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Thursday, August 27, 2020

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Informing potential clients about the certification program

NL: MPS on tour

MPS is organizing information sessions in different parts of the Netherlands to inform potential clients about the certification program of MPS ABC. The first session kicked…

Serres Frank Zyromski

CAN (QC): Young plant producer attracts $1 million investment

The Fonds régionaux de solidarité FTQ Laurentides (FRS) have invested $1 million in Serres Frank Zyromski, a Rivière-Rouge-based company specializing in the production of…

CIOPORA, AIPH, Euroseeds and Plantum request revision of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community Plant Variety Rights

In a joint letter addressed to the EU Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, AIPH, CIOPORA, Euroseeds and Plantum have requested that the European…

Dutch Flower Group welcomes new partner in Airflo

Dubai based perishable logistics company Q7 Air Cargo is to acquire an interest in the Dutch holding company of Airflo, the specialised perishable logistics group of companies…

Mycorrhizal applications offers improved Gibberellin PGR: ProGibb LV Plus T&O

"This new PGR offers both efficiency advantages, environmental benefits"

Mycorrhizal Applications is offering a newly reformulated ProGibb gibberellic acid Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) for the ornamental horticulture industry. ProGibb LV Plus T&O…

Chrysal Arrive Alive D-block

"Keep your online flower orders fresh during delivery"

Faced with lockdown regimes and store closures, consumers turn to online and mobile shopping. Online sales of flowers have also increased worldwide. However…

UrbanStems

Affirm partners with UrbanStems 'to bring people a better way to buy fresh flowers'

Affirm, which provides an alternative to credit cards, announced a partnership with UrbanStems, a floral and gifting company. Now UrbanStems customers can make someone’s day…

Pistil Nursery

Who's paying $5,000 for one houseplant?

"Collecting can be a sort of lovesickness," journalist Susan Orlean wrote in the latter part of the last century. "If you begin collecting living things, you are pursuing…

Special Energy

Technician Theo builds high-tech greenhouse as a hobby

How great would it be to have a small greenhouse in your own garden where you can grow vegetables, fruit and herbs in an environmentally-friendly, clean and energy neutral…

August 24-28, Antioquia, Colombia:

Chrysanthemum Week: Meet the breeders

Chrysanthemum Week is in full swing. In Antioquia, Colombia, nine breeders are presenting their varieties virtually this year. Tomorrow will be the last day of this week long…

Belgium: 25th edition of Fleuramour postponed

Fleuramour has been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus. This year’s edition would have taken place from September 25–28, 2020 and traditionally would have attracted more…

UK: Glee New Product Awards entries start pouring in

Who will be the winners in the Glee New Product Awards, in association with GTN, for 2020? Despite Glee not taking place for real at the NEC the teams at Glee and Garden Trade…


High flavor, high production, and labor efficient New high-tech tomato varieties hitting the market Sakata Seed is continuously working on developing new vegetable varieties with improved eating experience for the consumer while including extended shelf life. In addition, the breeding process focuses on improved labor efficiency and increased productivity for growers. Recently, an exciting new range of tomato varieties have…

Flower Circus

How to promote your flower business online (and why you can't ignore it)

If you think promoting online is just something you can do in your spare time, please don’t read this. You will need all your spare time to understand how it works and how to…

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The hidden plants that ‘bleed’ nickel

Sixteen years ago, Aiyen Tjoa was exploring a small mining town of Sorowako in the heart of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Sorowako once had been a home to immense…

Greenlife Industry Australia CEO hopeful about 'flattening' second wave

"As the second wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) starts to ‘flatten’, hopefully we can approach Spring in the knowledge that we have the relationships, systems,…

Royal FloraHolland

Royal FloraHolland:

Second party for environmental registration will be available soon

Royal FloraHolland asks all suppliers to complete digital environmental registration by 31 December of this year at the latest. MPS is currently the only supplier to meet the…

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US: Florists promote ‘back to school’ flowers

After the longest summer break in history, school children around the country are preparing to hit the books again — some, in traditional classrooms (now featuring masks and…

Today on social media

@Fleuroselect

Sally visited the Fleuroselect trials at Pieterpikzonen in Luinjebert, Friesland together with judge Guus Vogels.Pieterpikzonen is one of the 15 Fleuroselect trial grounds. In…

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India: Children use locally-sourced flowers to make ‘pookkalam’ due to COVID

To avoid the risk of coronavirus infection, children made ‘pookkalam’ (floral decoration) with locally-sourced flowers for Onam celebrations in Kerala. They collected flowers…

UK: New science initiative aims to tackle bacterial plant threats

A new initiative on bacterial plant diseases has just begun with support from the UK Research and Innovation Strategic Priorities Fund and specifically funded by UKRI-BBSRC,…

Svensson

the roadmap to sustainable horticulture:

Monitoring and controlling all the balances

Plants are created to produce fruit and flowers efficiently and sustainably by design. And as a grower, why not empower them to do just that? For growers, optimizing your…

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