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Fashion Flowers adds new crop

“Yes we canna”

Danish Jakob Christensen of Fashion Flowers is still in the middle of his aeschynanthus season, and when it ends in April, he usually shifts the production of bedding plants.…

Vacancies:

Select Breeding debuts at IPM

In 2009, Select Breeding started a special cross-breeding program to develop Floribunda roses for use on the patio and in the garden, that can be grown in the unheated…

Model the climate and the crops: bring your production to the top

Imagine steering the roses to bloom just before mother's day. Or designing the ideal greenhouse for growing tomatoes anywhere in the universe. This is to some degree already…

Turkish carnations unsold due to excess supply

Grower Selcuk Celebi, the co-owner of Turkish carnation company Trendy Tarim, spoke about the current issues in cut flower production in the areas around Antalya. Selcuk…

Udo van Slooten, Signify:

"We sold over 100 hectares of toplighting compact grow lights in the first year alone"

Signify has expanded its Philips GreenPower LED toplighting compact range to give growers more choices tailored to different crops and cultivation set-ups. Whether they want…

"He who sows AI shall reap accurate predictions"

Good harvest forecasts are key for an optimal pricing strategy and labor planning. Under and over production, for example, can have major consequences for pricing. In…

US (NC): Hoffman Nursery grows management team

Hoffman Nursery has expanded its management team. The market for grasses and sedges continues to grow, and customers rely on the nursery for expertise and support to meet the…

Fun and football at Plantec's employee appreciation day

On the eleventh of January Plantec hosted its annual employee appreciation day. It is one of the ways that Plantec tries to show their employees how much they are valued.…

Special Trade Shows 2020

Biobest displays entire product range at IPM Essen

The International Trade Fair for Plants (IPM) in Essen has become one of the most important dates in the horticultural events calendar. An appointment that Biobest has been…

Kuehne + Nagel to accelerate development in Asia Pacific

Following the combination of the former three European regions into one Europe, the significant growth and integration of three major acquisitions in the North America region,…

Chinese engineer reveals how he grew the first ever plant on the moon

At London’s Design Museum, one of the engineers behind the historic Chang’e-4 mission to the moon gave a demonstration of the spacecraft’s ‘mini-biosphere' where he and his…
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Valentine’s Day fun facts 2020

Most holidays are meant to be a show of love, affection and gratitude, but no holiday does it better than Valentine’s Day. After the Roman Emperor Claudius II outlawed…

Why mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people

Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn’t get very far. They rely on this sense to find a host to bite and spots to lay eggs. And without that sense of smell,…

to calculate optimum production

French start-up launches lighting management platform

"Produce more, but better!" That is the slogan of the Provence start-up Vegetal Grow Development (VGD). The young company, created in 2018 after three years of research and…

Biotalys and Chrysal announce collaboration

Evaluating the potential of biofungicide in ornamental crops

Biotalys, a Food and Crop protection company developing a new generation of protein-based biocontrols, announces a collaboration with Chrysal to protect…

Uncovering the genetic roots of seed response to cold

Timing is everything for seeds. Lying beneath the soil, they wait for the perfect moment to emerge, taking cues from the environment above. Germinate when it’s too hot and…

How to maintain the proper pH of a growing medium

When asked “How do you maintain the proper pH of a growing medium?”, often the answer is to adjust the water pH to achieve a growing medium pH in the ideal range of 5.6-6.2.…

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New book traces history of flowers in India

“Wherever you look, the flower is not far to find” writes Alka Pande in her seminal book, Flower Shower which traverses through the culture of flowers in India. The book is a…

New Zealand's "most expensive houseplant" sells for $5000

An Auckland botanist has walked away with almost $5000 after her monstera sparked a bidding war on Trade Me. As the Instagram house plant craze has soared, the monstera has…

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