Selecting and propagating rosaceous varieties , Plantec Ecuador has been doing it for closely three 10 in Ecuador at their 20 - ha farm in San José de Oyambarillo , Yaruquí . Nowadays , they present five rose breeders and this permit them to offer a all-embracing collection of miscellany enroll the market with new human body and new coloring every year . In addition to San José de Oyambarillo , Yaruquí , Plantec also has a show way and observational field at Flores Verdes in Cayambe . Along with other VIP visitor ofExpo Flor Ecuador , FloralDaily.com had the opportunity to attend a guided tour by Aviram Krell and get an insight into Plantec ’s propagation and choice process .
The dignitary visitors during the Plantec tour
PropagationWhen propagating , it all start with the clean material for the new sort . The eyes from the varieties are grafted onto the rootstock in their propagation greenhouse . This installment is divided into different compartments where Plantec controls environmental cistron such as light , humidness , CO2 and temperature . The recently graft plants are placed in a sub - division of the glasshouse where high levels of humidity are keep to protect the leaves from dry out out .
From the graft to legal transfer of the plants take about 7 weeks . During these hebdomad , the grafted bud and particularly the roots are develop . To get the optimal plant life , great precaution during this geological period is crucial . " All the sections in the glasshouse are equipped with special technique to create the best atmospheric state for plant ontogeny , but manual care is still necessary . We pinch the plant when the first bud begin to develop . Our goal is to direct all the industrial plant ’s energy towards building up its vegetative foundation . The more experienced personnel office take the fourth dimension to select the plants by size and prepare those plants for deliverance . " One of the most crucial aspects in the extension in Plantec is the hardening sub - division . In this last part of the product of the plants , Plantec cause certain that the plants become acclimatize to the conditions of the flower agriculturist . " This is to ensure that the plants do not undergo any serious jounce when planted in the roseate agriculturist ’s fields . "
SelectionAnother important undertaking for Plantec is selecting the miscellany from the five rose breeders they crop with : German breeder Kordes Roses , Dutch breeder Interplant , French stock breeder George Delbard and Scea Rosaplants , and Australian breeder Grandiflora . per year , Plantec receives more than 8,000 code from their stock breeder and the option cognitive operation begins . Aviram explains that they set off from the consumer ’s item of eyeshot . " After planting , the first step is to ensure the flower : We ask ourselves , ' is it nice ? ' " Is the color , shape , and size commercially practicable ? " Then , we check how it behaves in the vase : ' What is the vase living and how does it uprise in the vase ? ' " Only then do they start to look at the output behaviour of the plants . " The first two years , we try not to throw any varieties away . After the first two years we begin to discard during every selection cycle , which stand for around 85 - 95 % of the variety are chuck out in their first excerpt bike . In the 2d cps we keep up around 7 % of the continue diverseness . "
Aviram Krell during the tour
The selection squad in Plantec cultivate around the clock every day to preserve exact data on all of these variety , which highlight that selecting varieties is a problematic job . Besides the vase life test which is orient towards the net consumer , Plantec looks for the trait important to the grower . The outside guests present at the tour , also experienced the challenges of rose selection . After a distinctive Ecuadorian tiffin with the noted ceviche stunner , they had to evaluate the roses themselves . This was n’t an easy task , everyone had their preferences and opinions .
The Ecuadorian lunch
One of the panjandrum judge the rose wine
The selection depends on the biological behavior of the plant , including datum on : productivity , stem length , flower size , electric resistance to diseases , etc . The process of pick out a new variety starting at the initial reception of code from the breeders until commercial delivery is between 5 - 7 years . Even after a kind is introduced to the commercial-grade market , Plantec continues to collect data on how the variety show behaves in the PRO rootstocks . " We are seeing that our new varieties are consistently exhibit positive results as we take more data point assembling of the new rootstock " , says Krell
Some of the Plantec change
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