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“We provide flowers that were not yet available in Kenya”

“People really had to get used to the petunias and pot roses, as they were not used to having these available in Kenya. In addition, we are filling in a gap by providing lots…

Vacancies:

Sowing flower mixes - playing chess with nature

Sowing flower mixes is trendy. Researchers at the Dutch institute, FLORON, are well aware of that. But, is it always useful? 'Good for the bees' seems to be the cute,…

ITC Wilches celebrates 25th anniversary

"We are leading the commercialization of flexible packaging for perishables"

A family business founded by Mrs. Carmen Wilches in 1996 oriented to the flower market manufacturing of bouquets packing, for more than one decade. They have automatized and…

"Shorter panels of silos easier to transport"

There has been a lot of talk about container transport in recent months. There are not enough available containers, with all the consequences that entails. One of those…

NL: Substrate trial Lisianthus on ErfGoed cultivation floor

Cut flower cultivation in the soil presents a number of challenges. Plant health, water, and environmental aspects, energy consumption, and cultivation optimization are just a…

US: local flower promotions sizzle during American Flowers Week

Slow Flowers Society launched American Flowers Week in 2015 as a community-focused floral holiday, encouraging everyone in the floral marketplace to participate — from flower…

Climate change and earlier springs

How are plants responding around the world?

Climate change is shifting the timing of many seasonal events in our natural world. When do the roses bloom in your garden? When will you see your first hummingbird? When will…

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Study on relationship between potassium nutrition and flower quality

Potassium is one of the sixteen essential nutrients required for plant growth and reproduction. It regulates 60 different enzyme systems in plants. Potassium plays an…

Special Energy 2021

Japan wants fossil-free greenhouses by 2050

Japan has recently set new sustainability targets. For greenhouse horticulture, this means that greenhouses must be fossil-free by 2050. In addition, Japan plans to grow…

NL: Permission to drill 4th geothermal heat doublet accompanied by concerns about the future

ECW Energy has received permission to drill a fourth geothermal doublet in the Dutch town Middenmeer. This is apparent from a draft environmental permit from…

"There is more to a retrofit than simply changing some lights"

Fluence announced the first of two comprehensive retrofit guides specifically designed to assist cultivators and growers in determining what they need for a complete, seamless…

Germany: Floragard appoints new Sales Director

Floragard Vertriebs-GmbH had appointed Aidan Campion as Head of Raw Materials Sales (Peat). Aidan Campion has over 20 years of experience in the horticulture industry, in…

Newly released: model for dynamic simulation of crop competition

Compete is a dynamic simulation model developed to simulate the competition for soil nitrogen (N), soil moisture, and solar radiation between the main crop…

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‘First-in-nation interception’: US Customs Agents find rare beetle in flower shipment at Texas-Mexico border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents recently intercepted a rare beetle at the Texas-Mexico border. In a release, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency described…
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Flower trade booms on Chinese Valentine's Day

Yunnan Province, China's main supplier of flowers, reported robust sales in the run-up to this year's Qixi Festival, or the Chinese Valentine's Day, on Saturday. The Kunming…

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US (TN): 20-year-old corpse flower 'Rotty Top' finally blooms at greenhouse

A corpse flower finally bloomed on July 29 at the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses at the University of Tennessee. The greenhouse obtained a corpse flower in 1999…

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AU: Florists employ more workers as sector enjoys COVID bouquet boom

Sydney waitresses, barbers and tradies have found themselves busy arranging bouquets and delivering flowers, with a boom in business enabling florists to hire COVID-stricken…

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US: Floral businesses are blooming in 2021

2021 has been a busy year for the floral industry, and it shows no signs of slowing down, according to the latest Economic Outlook Survey conducted by the Society of American…

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US (MT): Longtime floriculturist finds delight in dahlias

Martin Rippens believes there’s no experience necessary to grow beautiful dahlias, but it’s been a while since the octogenarian stepped into a novice’s shoes. Rippens, 85,…

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