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Easter recap: Flower sales up at Swedish supermarkets

"The online flower sales skyrocketed, but at the physical stores, sales were also higher compared to last year", says Henrik Astrom of Axfood, one of Sweden's largest food…

Clement Tulezi, Kenya Flower Council:

"Lack of freight now the major hinderance to Kenya's cut flower export"

Kenya's horticulture industry - its third-largest foreign exchange earner, garnering around $1.15 billion annually - is suffering from lockdowns caused by the coronavirus in…

Ukraine: Ascania-Flora plans to destroy most roses due to quarantine, drop in demand

The Ascania-Flora rose growing greenhouse complex (Kyiv region) plans to destroy most of its finished products due to quarantine restrictions introduced in Ukraine and a sharp…

"Due to no labor to harvest, cattle are allowed in greenhouses for grazing"

Indian floriculture industry crumbles due to COVID-19

Actually this is the wedding season in India and the most crucial period for flowers sales. However, due to COVID-19, all these big fat events are being cancelled. This…

Smart alliance between the Dutch greenhouse technology and high tech plastic greenhouse

Another novelty from April 1st that's not an April Fools' moment: at the start of this month, French greenhouse builder Filclair opened up an office in the Netherlands, in the…

U.S. growers navigating coronavirus shutdown

Even some life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania are dealing with uncertainty during the pandemic. Taylor's Greenhouse in Biglerville has seen sales go up and down in the…

UK & Ireland

New biorational targets vine weevil eggs & early instars

Pitcher GR - a new biorational for the suppression of Black Vine Weevil eggs and early instar larval stages - is being hailed as a timely new tool in the IPM armoury for…

Halving finds in rose, doubling in citrus

NL: Less False codling moth found by KCB in 2019

In 2019, the Kwaliteits Controle Bureau (Quality Check Bureau, KCB), found False codling moth 127 times during phytosanitary import inspections. That's a…

Flowers for Pope Francis’ Easter celebration on display in Dutch churches

For the first time in 35 years, there were no flowers on Saint Peter’s Square during the Pope’s Easter Celebration. The Netherlands, which has been supplying the flowers for…

Special Service Supply

Tips on holding crops

MSU recorded the webinar last week covering the extremely relevant topic of holding crops. When crops can’t be shipped on time, there are things you can do to help hold plants…

from April 15

CAN: Quebec greenhouses, nurseries and garden centers can reopen their doors to the public

After numerous negotiations, FIHOQ (Interdisciplinary Federation of Ornamental Horticulture in Quebec) are pleased to announce that the Government of Quebec…

abc westland expands business park

Hines abc westland will expand the business park by 5.5 hectares in 2020 and 2021. In recent years abc westland has purchased various greenhouses. Now that the access road to…

Veiling Rhein-Maas:

Important supply notes regarding the spring season supply times 2020

Since Sunday, 1 March, the spring season supply times are in effect. Veiling Rhein-Maas will start the early auctioning period on Tuesday, 14 April 2020,…

Which pathogens should you worry about in your water?

When it comes to talking about disease-related issues in greenhouse crops, one point of confusion is often over which pathogens can be transmitted by water. Some are obvious –…

Joint call for extraordinary & urgent EU support to the flower & live plants sector

In an unprecedented move, a united coalition of 9 European-based organizations, representing all segments and sub-sectors of the flower & live plants sector in the EU have…

Where have 140 million Dutch tulips gone? Crushed by the coronavirus

For tulip growers in the Netherlands, Friday the 13th of March this year was a true horror show. When tulip stems came up at the country’s largest flower market in Aalsmeer,…
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Influence of exogenous hydrogen peroxide on Ficus deltoidea

A study was carried out to investigate the regulatory effects of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on the growth, photosynthesis, biochemical properties, leaf anatomy…

Turkish Growers Association requests ornamental plant production to be included in agricultural support programs

Turkish Growers Association Chairman Ahmet Dundar: “The virus outbreak has also impacted cut flower and ornamental plant industry negatively. We believe that our growers may…

Proven Winners presents new varieties for 2021

"This list has improvements that represent a ton of work in the greenhouse and trial field"

Several new Proven Winners varieties for 2021 are debuting now. They’re the result of intensive breeding and selection efforts that sometimes involve years of development. The…

Frequently asked questions about the new supply regulation at Royal FloraHolland

This Q&A is for growers, buyers and relations of Royal FloraHolland and is revised daily in response to new information. Why a new supply regulation? What does the new supply regulation…

Changing the definition of LED reliability in horticulture

With more and more players entering the horticultural lighting space, it is essential that you trust a major lighting company with this critical part of your farm. You’ll…

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Nearly 30 thousand contract workers in Dutch agriculture

In 2019, the volume of labour deployed in the Dutch agricultural sector was equivalent to over 156 thousand full-time jobs (FTEs). Included were nearly 30 thousand full-time…

"Australian garden centers are open for business"

Glenn Fenton and Peter Vaughan had a teleconference with John van der Horst and Leigh Siebler (Garden Centres Australia), Graham Ross (Australian Garden…

Pakistan lockdown nips flower trade in the bud

For three scenic northwestern Pakistani hamlets bursting with blooms every spring, this time of year usually means fields of roses, marigold and jasmine are…

Malaysian flower farmers down in the dumps

As flowers are deemed non-essential products in Malaysia, all related trading activities were not allowed, said Cameron Highlands Floriculturists Association…

KQ protests as Kenya hands cargo deal to Ethiopian Airlines

Kenya Airways is contesting a government deal allowing Ethiopian Airlines to operate passenger planes grounded by the coronavirus for shipment of cargo from the Jomo Kenyatta…

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