The question is how good to keep gerberas productive in summer in the hot continental climate of Central Europe . As a consultant to growers , Alfred Forray has had a honest experience with ReduFuse IR.Forray is a crop adviser for the renowned Magyar nursery company Floratom in Szeged in Southern Hungary . The company ’s key craw is its 20 - hectare tomato harvest . In addition , there are three hectares with sweetened peppers , one hectare with mini cucumbers , and three hectare with gerberas . Approximately five hectares are high greenhouses , the other hectares are lower gutter height . This make clime control a challenge in summertime .
" In the past , they used to apply shading chemical compound on the glasshouse above the gerberas , using spray chalk or a interchangeable product . We assay everything over sentence , but the dim-witted ice products did not suffice . They made the plants too vegetative , the flower quality was poor and they were unmanageable to remove . close a shade curtain in summer was also not a result because that made it even hotter at bottom , " say Alfred Forray .
Accepting more lightIt required a shift in thinking to throw over to ReduFuse IR . This is because Gerbera are able to convert quite a fleck of visible radiation into production , offer that light is well circulate and the temperature does not become too high .
Forray : " We first interchange over to modern coatings for our tomatoes and dulcet pepper . We ultimately ended up using ReduFuse IR . We also decided to use this for the gerberas and the result is awe-inspiring . The flower character and color are much well , the prow stay more sturdy and it increased the vase - life-time . Furthermore , the leaves do not grow to be as long and wilted . "
Forray also suffice as advisor to his co-worker genus Gerbera growers . Ten hectares have since been converted to ReduFuse IR on his recommendation . " It took some getting used to . At the beginning the response of raiser was that it stayed too light inside the nursery . They were used to coatings that importantly reduce light-colored storey and were afraid of damage . But now they are confident , " he allege .
More efficient photosynthesisGerbera has a thick canopy of leave that lie on top of each other . In cause of direct light , the top leaf process all of the radiation and therefore become accented . For this crop diffuse luminance is therefore a major measure forward , because many more leafage can now participate in photosynthesis . In summer the temperature must also be kept down for optimal growth and to avoid growth disorder . This is why the combination of diffuse light and heat reflection is ideal .
" In Hungary there is about 30 hectare of gerberas . The blossom go to the domestic market , as well as to border countries such as Romania and Serbia . A third of this airfoil expanse now use ReduFuse IR at twenty bucketful per hectare . The finishing is lend oneself at the beginning of April and remove at the end of September , " he say .
Forray is also in inter-group communication with rose grower in his rural area . They are also using ReduFuse IR but are increasingly concerned in ReduFlex Blue . This finish reflects warmth radiation and at the same time subdue the transmission of the blue light . This ascertain farseeing flower halt .
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