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  • From left to right: Oliver Borrmann, Peter van de Pol, Robert Ilsink, Joost Kos, Maarten Goos, Aad van der Knaap, Teunis Sikma, Leo de Vrie.

    New collaboration Royal Van Zanten joins Breeding Acce

    Breeding Accel was founded in 2014 by KP Holland, Schoneveld Breeding, Sion Orchids and Interplant Roses, with the aim of shortening the Time to Market for new products by joining forces in the fields of breeding, research and innovation. In 2020, Fresh Forward Breeding also joined Breeding Accel....

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  • Signify long day photoperiod - new light recipe

    WUR & Signify joint research Research shows that temporarily extending daylength significantly increases yield in cannabis cultivation

    Cannabis light and lighting Netherlands research and development

    Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have created a light recipe which extends the flowering phase of medicinal cannabis, leading to higher yields. By upping the photoperiod – that is, the length of...

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    • Instagram Inspired Exhibition Danziger’s Open Days 2022

      breeders and breeding flowertrials Israel

      Danziger’s Chrysanthemum Open Days 2022 will showcase more than 150 Chrysanthemum varieties, more than 22 novelties and more than 120 varieties of 16 diversification crops, including Paintball™ Craspedia, Golden Glory™ Solidago, Limonium, Sunflower, Aster, Skyler™ Veronica, and more. The annual...

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    • Philips horticulture lighting Signify Korea installs Philips LED horticulture grow lights in a 2.8 ha tomato greenhouse

      greenhouses light and lighting supply industry vegetables

      Seoul, South Korea – Signify Korea has installed a Philips horticulture LED grow light solution at the 2.8 ha Parm Farm Greenhouse for tomato production located in Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. Parm Farm chose to install Philips GreenPower toplighting compact to accelerate plant growth,...

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  • Accepting the 2022 Technology award  included: Nathan Sell (Managing Director APP, North America), Stephanie Whitehouse (Product Manager Decorative Annuals, North America), Marta Maria Garcia (Head of Marketing and Retail, North America), Hugo Noordhoek Hegt (CEO), and Keith Cable (President, North America).

    Dümmen Orange Award-Winning Intrinsa Technology at Cultivate’22

    awards breeders and breeding propagation trade fair USA young plants

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (July 21, 2022) – Dümmen Orange proudly highlighted its Intrinsa™ technology and breeding program at the recently completed Cultivate’22 in Columbus, Ohio. Intrinsa™ was selected as the 2022 Technology of the Year award winner during Greenhouse Grower’s Medal of Excellence program...

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  • Peter Persoon

    Death notice Beekenkamp Group board member Peter Persoon passed away

    Netherlands People

    MAASDIJK, THE NETHERLANDS - Peter Persoon, board member of the Beekenkamp Group and former director of Deliflor Chrysanten, unexpectedly passed away on Friday 22nd July at the age of 64. His death was due to complications following his diagnosis with bone marrow cancer four months ago. Despite his...

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  • The world found its way to FlowerTrials 2022.

    FlowerTrials 2022 Again the major pot and bedding plant event

    breeders and breeding flowertrials Germany Netherlands

    The vibe at FlowerTrials could not have been more positive is the conclusion shared by both exhibitor and visitor! After a gap of 3 years everyone who has business in pot and bedding plants and was able to travel visited FlowerTrials to see the latest developments in ornamental breeding, glean...

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  • The construction of a new multifunctional processing centre means Plantion will be able to offer clients more facilities in addition to organising its logistics streams more efficiently.

    Step towards further growth Plantion is building a new processing centre

    Netherlands new building wholesale flowers

    The construction of a new multifunctional processing centre means Plantion will be able to offer clients more facilities in addition to organising its logistics streams more efficiently. The new building is connected to the existing building. Completion is expected in July 2023.

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  • Erik Stappers is a plant specialist for vegetables at Signify. His focus is on high-wire crops and leafy greens. Erik is closely involved in projects in Western Europe and works together with the growers to create the optimal solution for their crop and situation.

    Blog from Signify How to shift from optimal growth with LEDs to optimal energy usage

    cultivation instructions greenhouses light and lighting research and development

    These are crazy times in horticulture. Growers are dealing with high energy prices and the impact on their lighting strategy. Last winter, many tomato growers in Western Europe switched off their HPS lights as a reaction to the rapidly rising energy prices. Some entrepreneurs made an accelerated...

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  • Fleuroselect FleuroStar Award for Petunia 'Bee's Knees' from Florensis

    associations and organizations awards bedding and balcony plants breeders and breeding flowertrials

    Fleuroselect, the international organisation for the ornamental plants industry, is proud to announce that the FleuroStar Award 2022-23 has been awarded to Petunia grandiflora Bee’s Knees from Florensis. Hagen Kalläne, Retail and Marketing Manager and Marjolein Kuyucu-Lodder, International Product...

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  • The special issue is available online.

    Horticulture technology Special publication on greenhouses

    Europe garden center Germany greenhouses machines Netherlands new building supply industry

    Once a year, the editors of the trade magazine DEGA GARTENBAU (Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart/Germany) publish a special issue. In particular, it presents an overview of new garden centers and greenhouses in Germany and Europe.

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  • From left: Bart, Bennie and Tom Kuipers.

    Emsflower in 48488 Emsbüren/Germany First bedding plants, then tomatoes

    bedding and balcony plants Germany Netherlands portrait vegetables

    Since 2004, the family business Emsflower of the Dutch Kuipers family in Emsbüren has continued to grow. At that time, Bennie Kuipers and his sons Tom and Bart were already producing 500 million bedding and balcony plants. German horticultural products are in demand and land for new greenhouses is...

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  • Fortunately, exhibitors from far away provided an international touch to the trade fair, above all the eleven-member Green Plants Costa Rica Consortium from the Central American country, which cultivates ornamental plants on a total area of 385 ha.

    IPM Summer Edition 2022 A small but fine fair

    Germany IPM ESSEN supply industry trade fair

    After IPM Essen had to be cancelled two times in a row due to the pandemic, the organisers decided to squeeze in an event on 13 and 14 June 2022 before the next big edition in 2023. It was clear from the outset that it would be a much smaller event. In any case, it provided valuable impulses for...

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  • Dümmen Orange New pelargonium series Santana and its features

    bedding and balcony plants breeders and breeding

    Pelargonium are as much a part of bedding and container gardening as the sun is of the summer. But this is not the only reason why the new Santana series from Dümmen Orange is an absolute must this season. The seven varieties in the interspecific Pelargonium series also bring a fresh,...

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  • Schoneveld Breeding Winter cyclamen

    breeders and breeding Netherlands potted plants

    Are you still thinking about the right product for your production for the late autumn and winter months? Currently, energy prices are extremely high in Europe for the last months, these costs are an important factor for choosing the right product. Have you thought about products that are...

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