“It’s all about the right balance between yield and fruit weight”
Grow light is gaining ground among high-wire cucumber growers. Reijm & Zn in Berkel en Rodenrijs in the west of the Netherlands are among
Crux Agribotics develops cucumber robot with machine learning
Brabant start-up Crux Agribotics has developed the world's first fully automated cucumber harvesting robot. The robot is unique because it also harvests cucumbers deeply
Good cucumber yields in innovative Winterlight greenhouse
Last year the focus in the Dutch 2SaveEnergy greenhouse was on high-wire cucumbers. Over two production cycles, Wageningen University & Research investigated whether it
Small core cucumber project calls for intensive collaboration
By the end of June 2016, time was getting tight for cucumber grower Marco Zuidgeest. If he wanted to grow the innovative small core
‘Qlipr is a really interesting system to work with’
Paul Jeannet, farm manager of the UrbanFarmers rooftop greenhouse in The Hague, has used the Qlipr system for three months in four different crops:
Luring effect of pheromone enhanced by adding plant aromatics
Plant bugs like the European tarnished plant bug and the common nettle bug are a serious problem in crops such as aubergine, cucumber and
Cucumber grower takes quantum leap with Next Generation Growing
Hans Houben’s initial reason for trying out Next Generation Growing was to save energy. “But that shouldn’t really be your main objective: you need
First cucumbers harvested in Winter Light Greenhouse
Recently, harvesting of cucumbers started in the new Winter Light Greenhouse at the Greenhouse Horticultural Department of Wageningen University and Research Centre in Bleiswijk.
Bom Group introduces Winterlight Greenhouse concept: 10% more light
BOM Group will present a completely new greenhouse concept at the Greentech: the Winterlight Greenhouse. This concept, in combination with a new type of screen
Russian greenhouse project Agro-Invest captured on video
Agro-Invest is a turn-key greenhouse project in the Kaluga region, a special economic zone located 300 km from Moscow. The first 20 hectare of
‘With good bacteria and fungi you can win the war in the slab’
Plants are just like people. The fitter they are, the more resistant they are to diseases. But how do you create such a fit
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