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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

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Ivan Freeman, Uhuru Flowers on the Weber vacuum cooler

"Vacuum cooling preserves flowers quality, allows them to withstand transportation"

Keeping flowers’ quality during transport can be quite difficult. While the sector is experiencing a global logistics challenge, growers still need to deliver their flowers…

Flower groceries at Polish supermarkets on Valentine’s Day

Yesterday, Valentine's Day was celebrated in many countries all over the world. Also in Poland and also here, it is an important holiday for the flower industry. "After…

Biobest invests in Plant Products

Plant Products, a distributor in plant protection, plant nutrition, seeds and other innovative growing aids in the North American specialty horticulture and…

Russian greenhouse complex Yaroslavsky increases potted rose Kordana area

At the Yaroslavl greenhouse plant, which is part of the Gorkunov group of companies, the cultivation of Kordana potted roses is expanding. Here, due to the modernization of…

Cindro: "Making crops more resistant to external stressors"

Using science as biological support during cultivation is Cindro's mission. "We've repositioned ourselves and have new branding. We want to use this to more…

The Midwest Groundcovers' team rocks!

Video "Never ‘stop believin’ in the power of plants"

At Midwest Groundcovers LLC, it seems as if it's full of Glee and Weird Al fans. Turns out, the Journey were actually wrong and there's no boy or girl in a midnight train that…

China no.1 export destination for Dutch greenhouse materials in 2020

In 2020, over 103 million US dollars worth of Dutch greenhouse materials went to China, pointed out Martin Olde Monnikhof, former Dutch agricultural consul in…

Researchers grow first gladiolus in Oman greenhouse

A research team from the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has for the first time succeeded in growing Gladiolus plant in a greenhouse. The effort was part of intensive research…

Special Climate

Netherlands: Practical test with closing the water balance at growers Kwintsheul

Growers in the area around De Hooghe Beer in Kwintsheul are conducting a project to investigate the extent to which infiltrating rainwater into the subsoil and…

Carbon calculation tool for indoor agriculture

“Consumers, retailers, and investors are hungry for reliable sources of produce with reduced carbon footprints. Carbon score labeling is just around the…

Richard Smits, manager at De Kruidenaer:

"We wouldn’t have made it without LED"

De Kruidenaer has been growing basil in a hybrid setup with water-cooled LED lighting from Oreon since 2016 (and was one of the first in the Netherlands to do so). Grower…

Six new varieties earn AAS winner award

All-America Selections, North America’s most well-known and respected non-profit plant trialing organization has six impressive new winners that brokers, growers and retailers…

NL: "The Westland didn’t grow thanks to those growers isolated on their own little island"

In a series of portraits, Royal FloraHolland interviews members of the cooperation an entrepreneurs involved in the flower business. In this column, Freek Jansen (35), grower…

Gediflora gives away 70 hot air balloon trips on 70th anniversary

This year, Gediflora celebrated in a grand way the bond they have with their clients with an original promotion. On Valentine’s Day, they gave away no less than 70 hot air…

Today on social media

Kenya Flower Council

Ms. Karuiki, Mr. Bedi and Mr. Tulezi did several interviews with local and foreign media on “Why Kenya for Investments and Tourism “. https://t.co/qdGLbbnO7K — Kenya Flower…

NZ: Three Manawatu rosarians awarded to recognize their service

Three rosarians from the Manawatu were recently honored with awards recognizing their service to the rose in New Zealand. Peter Elliott was presented with the T.A. Stewart Memorial…

China's e-commerce flower market grows:

Sales of roses for Valentine's Day increase for Missfresh

Valentine's Day flower sales increased strongly, with purchases of roses increasing by 20-fold, on Missfresh's on-demand online retail platform as more and…

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China: Flower prices spike as cold weather hinders supply

Prices of flowers in Southwest China's Yunnan province, a major domestic supplier of flowers, rose dramatically ahead of Valentine's Day and the traditional Chinese Lantern…


"There are a lot of opportunities for berries in the market, both for strawberries and for Tomberries" With decades of experience in the Spanish fruit and vegetable sector and after having passed through UC DAVIS as a post-harvest graduate, Antonio Ripolles Viciedo packed his bags and started growing in Slovakia a couple of years ago. Despite many challenges, bumps, and trips, he is now looking to expand his strawberry and…

Image: Facundo Arrizabalaga/MyLondon

Columbia Road Flower Market filled with smiling Londoners as city begins 'new normal'

From busier commuter trains to hordes of tourists in Oxford Circus, London’s move towards a ‘new normal’ has been increasingly evident over the past few weeks. However, one…

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US (ME): It’s tulip season in this Waldo County greenhouse

At just 8 degrees Fahrenheit, it was too cold on Monday to take any chances with the armloads of tulips that Lisa Kalan and Angela Baglione grow in their heated greenhouse at…

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Columbia flower sector creates massive flower airlift for each year's Valentine's Day

The flower growers of Colombia like to say their business is half agriculture, half logistics. It’s hardly a stretch, especially as they prepare for their biggest day of the…

Fewer workplace accidents in Flanders agriculture and horticulture in 2020

Every year, on average, just more than 370 people are injured on the job at agricultural and horticultural companies in Flanders, Belgium. Most (81%) do not have lasting…

Farm labor shortage continues - despite surge of working holiday visa applications

Almost all of the foreign backpackers granted a working holiday-maker visa since Australia announced it would lift its border restrictions remain overseas. The…

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