The cargo ships container that has been converted into a climate chamber at Royal van Zanten has become the hub of innovation in freesia breeding . This closed growing bedroom shorten the polish time by half , ca-ca most crop protection agent purposeless and can run energy - impersonal through self - render electricity .
Together with Royal van Zanten , a grouping of refinement company has been solve on the development of freesia cultivation in closed system for the preceding five years . Royal van Zanten supplies the most suited varieties . This affaire has been intensified by the ship’s company now put in its own produce chamber . The breed fellowship focuses on fresh freesia varieties , especially for closed cultivation .
One diversity , a double - petal white one , is already in full production . In 2022 four new varieties will be bring out in the unmarried - petal segment in white , blue , pinkish and yellow . And there is a heap more floral beauty in the pipeline , says stock breeder Wil van Aert , who passionately took over from his inspirator and former fellow Wim Haytink .
“ At Royal Van Zanten there was always elbow room for our passion . That is why we are frontrunners in freesias today , ” articulate Wil . “ It ’s a challenging craw because of the great dependence on diminishing medical specialist travail . That challenge gives direction to origination in our diversity . As a stock breeder we are really in the van , nobody is as innovative in this crop as we are . ”
raw freesia with leaf less dependent on specialist labourIn the closed organisation , not only the stem and efflorescence but the entire flora is harvested , leaf and all . The Modern freesia sort with leafage is less vulnerable , which pretend automation in all cultivation phases possible . These developments create unexampled demand on variety and tender opportunities for stock breeder .
“ These developments also mean that growers are paying more attention to other aspect , such as the cosmetic time value of the flush . We are look at the crop in a completely unlike way ; starting again from abrasion from a technical point of view , ” Wil van Aert explains .
Continuity , speed and plannabilityThe closed system in which these freesia are grown has a continuous climate . advanced firing and cultivation formula see a faster , plannable crop all year around . This is possible at any location , at any time , all year around , whereas in the past , freesia culture in the Netherlands was only potential in the outflow month . The lead time from planting the lightbulb to harvest the flower is also greatly deoxidise . This economize time for the cultivator and , in terms of breeding , ensures that new diversity can reach the securities industry sooner .
Sustainable cultivationThe shut system run on electrical energy , which we are increasingly able to beget ourselves . In accession , no crop tribute is needed in unopen cultivation . The agriculturist involved won the Greenovation Award in 2020 for their economical enjoyment of energy , chemical and water .
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