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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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Farm Manager - Abu Dhabi

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Kenyan weather affecting production

Red roses for Christmas: Higher prices, but lower volumes

Christmas is around the corner, which means flower shipments for this holiday are in full swing. At Kenyan farms Isinya Roses and Porini Flowers, for example, 60 percent of…

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Farm Manager - Abu Dhabi

Kwekerij R. Mooyman

FlowMaster streamlines orders at Dutch gerbera grower

At nursery R.Mooyman in De Lier, Havatec installed a semi-automated inserting machine for gerberas. Workers only need to stick the flowers in the boxes. On one side, you…

Rinehart Poinsettias by Danziger available for 2020 season

Danziger announces NA partnership with Rinehart Poinsettias

Danziger announces a new partnership with Rinehart Poinsettias. The two companies are joining forces to bring “Rinehart Poinsettias by Danziger” to the North American market.…

"Perfect potted hydrangeas for super-strict customers"

A shrinking number of pest control products and more stringent requirements are making crop protection across all crops that bit more complicated. Potted hydrangeas are no…

Plantpeddler Poinsettia Variety Day 2019 results

Plantpeddler, located in Cresco, Iowa, conducted a trial of 157 commercial and pre‐release Poinsettia varieties. Variety Day was hosted on Thursday, December 5, with…

OASIS Grower Solutions moves Florida manufacturing

To gear up for 2020, OASIS Grower Solutions has moved its Florida offices and manufacturing from Mt. Dora to a much larger and more modern facility at 5454 Foliage Way, in…

Carel Zwinkels says goodbye with 40 years of horticultural techniques on the counter

“A grower needs to keep on developing in order to stay afloat in this market”

He started his career in the world of cars, but soon found himself hooked on horticultural techniques. Carel Zwinkels recently waved goodbye to AAB nl, but it can’t be called…

A solution for clean water in the flower bulb sector

The Dutch flower bulb sector is facing a number of challenges, including the quality of the wash water used. When flower bulbs are harvested, a large amount of soil is still…


Krzysztof Sak, Agronom Berries: "Hydroponics help us guarantee constant soft fruit supply" Only a couple of years ago the team with Agronom Berries, one of Poland’s biggest soft fruit growers, started growing strawberries hydroponically instead of in the open field. “We thought we'd better start learning since we believe that it would become a necessity within the next decade”, says Krzysztof Sak with Agronom…