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Thursday, May 21, 2020

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Gerard Schouwenaar, Orchard Park Growers, on the impact of COVID-19

Ontario grower expects higher May sales, prolonged season

With demand stronger than ever, less staff and already planting for the next season, they're working overtime at Orchard Park Growers, a Canadian propagator and finished…

Due to COVID-19

US (CA): Sun Valley discontinues growing at Pleasant Valley division in Oxnard

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, Sun Valley Group decided to consolidate operations and discontinue growing at their Pleasant Valley division in Oxnard, California. This was…

Mother’s Day Florist Results 2020

North America: 84% of the florists reported a better than expected Mother's Day

Mother's Day this year was probably the most unusual holiday ever. But how was the day for the North American florist? Florenext surveyed florists and it seem to have been a…

Industry responds

USDA will provide up to $2.1 billion in direct payments to specialty crop producers

As part of the Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will provide up to $2.1 billion in direct payments to specialty…

UK: South West Growers Show to be replaced by “ShowCase” for 2020

Kernock Park Plants, hosts of the South West Growers Show for the past two years, has taken the difficult decision to cancel this year’s show planned for Wednesday October…

Floral donations in all shapes and sizes

Donations in all shapes and sizes are being initiated by the floral industry. Colombian flower export association continues donating flowers, this time for the Day of the…

FloriWorld opens online on the 21st of May

FloriWorld, the newest flower and plant attraction in the Netherlands, is ready to open! First online and as soon as possible, the doors open for everyone who…

Unifortes launch

New hand foam dispenser makes it possible to save 70% on sanitizer

As our economy and society are able to look forward again, Unifortes seeks new safety measures to provide a clean future. "We wanted a long lasting solution…

Koen Pack presents new cardboard buckets for shelf presentation

To meet the sustainability demand, Koen Pack is now introducing patented 8 and 10 liter cardboard buckets. "Due to their unique design and their natural look, the buckets are…

Special webinars & online education

Water Education Alliance

Bilingual sap measurement video available now

The Greenhouse Training Online program, led by Dr. Paul Fisher, is expanding to launch a new YouTube channel.A new video in English and Spanish walk viewers through the…

Kenyan flower farms receive Fairtrade Premium boost to support workers

Workers from Kenya’s flower industry in the last month received Sh27.4 million in food and hygiene material support following the effects of Covid-19, which…

US: A grower’s guide to reopening your greenhouse

Spring has arrived, Mother’s Day has passed, and signs of optimism are emerging throughout the horticultural industry. Several local and state governments have…

Russia: 20,000 Dutch petunias accommodated in Sakhalin

A large batch of perennial, ampelous and annual plants arrived from the Netherlands by plane to Teplichny. Bakopa, mecardonia, petchoa, fucsia, balsamine, salvia, begonia,…

China: The flower economy "unfreezes", they survived

The rising temperature has moved people to go out and enjoy the flowers, and also ignited the "frozen" flower economy for a long time. On the first day of the "May Day"…

Better and faster steaming with gas-fired steam heater

Because nurseries with soil-bound crops like lettuce or cut flowers are getting bigger, a 'normal' steam boiler isn't enough anymore in a lot of cases. Steam of over a hundred…

Video UK: Take a peek at the 12 acres farm of Real Flower Company

The Real Flower Company was supposed to present their flowers at the Grand Pavilion of the @RHSChelsea flower show this year, but as we all know, COVID-19 threw the spanner in…


Indian high-tech project realised despite floods, rain season & Corona outbreak "This is going to be a great eye-catcher anyway" The whole of India has been under lockdown since March 24th and that is rigorously enforced, but the government has made an exception for the construction of a high-tech greenhouse horticulture project for grower Simply Fresh. The construction team of about 200 people was given an exemption from the government. The growers…

Choosing the right pH and EC meter

Meters or sensors that measure pH and electrical conductivity (EC) are used to check the quality of irrigation water, calibrate fertilizer and acid injectors, and measure…

India: Flowers ending up as ‘cheap cattle feed’ — floriculturists turn to fruits as trade wilts

Floriculturists across the country are reeling under the effects of a near-complete halt in weddings, religious ceremonies and events in India since 25 March,…

"By 2028, Yunnan Dounan Flowers will be built into the "world's first" flower trading center"

In March, an expert demonstration meeting on the Work Plan of Dounan Flower Construction“ World First ”Flower Trading Center was held in Dounan. International…

Liam McBurney, Press Association

UK: Belfast garden centre owner 'relieved' at orderly reopening after coronavirus lockdown restrictions

The owner of a Belfast garden centre has spoken of his relief at an orderly reopening following lockdown. There was steady stream of customers at Hillmount Garden Centre on…

Swenson Gardens

The story of the "world's largest chemical-free peony farm"

The story of Swenson Gardens began with a passion for peonies. Wright County award-winning farmers Becky and Keith Swenson inherited their fondness for the flower from…

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Calamazag Nursery

Our own Dianthus ‘Freddie’ was going to be a new plant release for us and the centre piece of our display at this years RHS Chelsea Flower Show. We love it, hopefully it will…

Chinese liquor producer invests in sorghum greenhouse

Right now, it is the golden period of Maotai liquor production in China. The red sorghum is undergoing the brewing process of Maotai liquor to be perfect for the final…

China: Huma County Agricultural Science and Technology Park is full of spring

Recently, Huma County Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Park is actively carrying out resumption of production while seriously carrying out epidemic…

EKN Tanzania

Doing business in Tanzania: updates regarding COVID-19

The outbreak of COVID-19 has consequences for entrepreneurs doing business in or with Tanzania. The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality…

Frigga introduces a low-cost, single-use USB thermometer that lasts more than 90 days

Frigga announced their new 4G real-time thermometers at Fruit Logistica 2020 in Berlin in February. They are now bringing another new product for real-time…

Russia: In this greenhouse begonias bloom

Once you step over the threshold of the MBU Mahachkala-1 in Kirov region, you see an endless field of flowers, bushes and even trees. Here it is always eternal spring; the…

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