John Landschoot: ‘We are strongly focused on reducing energy consumption’
As both mechanical engineer and the son of a ‘cash crop’ farmer, Johnny Landschoot had a solid foundation for becoming owner and operator of ...
Viktor Topchii: ‘We’re not just a farm, we’re a pharmaceutical facility’
As a producer of medicinal crops, GroVida has to comply with exceptionally strict regulations in terms of both security and hygiene. Viktor Topchii explains ...
‘Plenty of potential in Brazil for high-tech tomato growing’
In 2019 Dutchman Arjan Kouwenhoven opened a brand new tomato farm in Brazil, one of the few high-tech greenhouse operations in the South American ...
Gabriel Forero: ‘Overcoming challenges with technology, data and people’
As head grower in charge of the year-round production of both tomatoes and strawberries, Gabriel Forero has his fair share of challenges. “These are ...
Passionate about quality, sustainability and changing people’s lives
The ‘Qukes’ baby cucumbers grown at Family Fresh Farms in Australia are sold into supermarkets nationwide. The key to the company’s sustained growth lies ...
Cuttings production company in Uganda aiming for further growth
Xclusive Uganda – a company with Dutch roots − specialises in producing cuttings of chrysanthemum, kalanchoe and garden and pot plants. It supplies various ...
Neil Alcock: ‘Our focus makes it hard to decide which varieties to keep’
The small, close-knit team at Seiont Nurseries in Northwest Wales produces plugs and liners of shrubs, perennials and ferns for sale throughout the UK ...
High hopes of improving quality and yield while reducing costs
Father and daughter team Lucian and Laura Ene run the biggest and most high-tech gerbera cultivation facility in Romania. The last expansion, in 2019, ...
‘Everything is focused on delivering the right quality for our customers’
Everything Agrokultura Group does is focused on improving the quality of its fresh produce. It combines its agronomic expertise with advanced greenhouse technology and ...
‘High-tech greenhouses the direction for Chinese horticulture’
As part of a joint venture with Haofeng Food Group, in 2018 the Chinese state-owned building materials company China National Building Material (CNBM) set ...
In Greenhouses May issue free for all to read online
The Coronavirus is causing difficult and tense times for the greenhouse horticulture industry. At In Greenhouses we are making every effort to publish the ...
‘This greenhouse has everything a grower could dream of’
Little Leaf Farms is a semi-closed high-tech greenhouse facility in Devens, Massachusetts, USA. Horticultural entrepreneur Paul Sellew was keen to offer consumers in New ...
Austrian grower: ‘Flavour is our most important asset and we treasure that’
Quality, quality and more quality. That is key at Frutura Thermal-Gemüsewelt, an Austrian company that produces its vegetables exclusively for the Spar supermarkets. Although ...
The cousins Jos and Bram Moerman: ‘We keep the nursery in the family’
Many greenhouse operations are family businesses, and it can often be difficult to persuade the next generation to take the company on. At Sunnyside ...
‘Hybrid lighting guarantees high-quality tomatoes all year round’
A more generative plant, 10 to 12 % more production, and Brix measurements at summer levels all year round are the key results of ...
Ultra-thin glass: the way forward for the low-energy greenhouse?
Glass just 0.55 mm thick has been around for some time now. It’s on every mobile phone and tablet. It’s extremely light, strong and ...
Reducing water usage in Saudi Arabian horticulture
There are major changes afoot in Saudi Arabia. One key strategy is to convert the country from an economy that is dependent on oil ...
“We fine-tune the amount of water to the plant’s energy supply”
In Next Generation Growing, everything revolves around the needs of the plant. In the past, much of the way growers controlled the climate was ...
New predatory bug limits establishment of Nesi in tomato
Researchers have found three species of predatory bug in the Miridae family that can limit the establishment of the harmful predatory bug Nesidiocoris tenuis ...
‘We aim to grow the best basil in Europe’
Christ en Jacqueline Monden of De Kruidenaer in Etten-Leur had hybrid lighting installed in their new high-tech greenhouse, in which they grow basil, just ...
Fixed irrigation cycles are out, the plant itself tell us
Higher lighting capacity, new diffuse glass types and intensive screening are developments that are having a major impact on irrigation strategies. Plants themselves can ...
Research sheds new light on raspberries and blackberries
Raspberries and blackberries are relatively new crops under glass, so knowledge in this area is as yet in very short supply. Woody small fruit ...
“Combination of breeding and production is key to success”
Despite having gained a growing reputation in the world of plant breeding over the years, cultivation of pot and bedding plants is still German ...
Rhizoctonia
Rhizoctonia solani is a soil fungus with a wide host range and worldwide distribution. Host plants include almost all vegetables, flowers, shrubs and trees ...
LED light catching on in fruiting vegetable propagation
Grow light has been widely used for propagating vegetable plants for many years. The tried-and-trusted fluorescent lights in climate cells and SON-T lights in ...
Tulip forcers can reduce transpiration without affecting quality
Stem topple is a serious problem in the flower bulb sector. Bent stems are unsaleable and are therefore something to avoid if at all ...
“We’re aiming for 5% higher yields with more and bigger fruits”
The roofs of many new greenhouses now contain glass with an anti-reflection (AR) coating, which improves light incidence. For a long time there was ...
When each leaf counts, leaf samples can point to plant’s needs
It’s fine for a tomato plant to have a few spots on its leaves. But it’s a different matter when it comes to flowering ...
One drainage slit per plant distributes nutrients more evenly
At the Greenway tomato nursery in De Lier, the Netherlands, each slab doesn’t have just one slit but two: one for each plant. A ...
A new California
For years we would always tell our surprised guests that no, in fact, we don’t need artificial cooling to grow Phalaenopsis. “But doesn’t it ...
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