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With opening of NPEC in September, plant research enters a new era of automation and a lot of data. NPEC stands for Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre. The focus here is not the plant’s genetic baggage – its genotype – but its outward appearance, or phenotype.
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the Agency of Renewable Resources (FNR) invites you to the online workshop "Off the peat path - Suitability and availability of alternative substrates for peat use in European horticulture" on 22 November 2022.
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...
Horticulture’s future in a digital world was the topic of discussion at the second AIPH World Ornamental Horticulture Summit, held on 28th September at Expo Floriade 2022 in Almere, the Netherlands.
Dümmen Orange has appointed Rik van Wijk as Director R&D Operations. He will assume responsibility for leading the breeder's R&D operations globally.
Floriade Expo 2022 Amsterdam - Almere closed its gates on Sunday after six months. In an ever-changing world Almere showed exceptional foresight by choosing an urgent theme for Floriade Expo 2022 ten years ago: Growing Green Cities. A World Horticultural Exhibition with a splendid theme.
Together with colleagues, partners and clients, HilverdaFlorist officially opened its new production location at Achterweg 62 in De Kwakel with the Future is HERE event on Thursday 22 September. During the diverse afternoon programme, which included a speech by Arthur Koekkoek (Director...
The construction of the new garden centre for Gardheimar in Iceland is progressing well. In May, Smiemans Projecten started preparing the rugged volcanic terrain of 3 hectares for construction. Most of the 7,250 m2 steel construction has now been built. The special cladding of the entire structure...
The run on renewable raw materials for substrate production has already begun and is set to intensify. "We haven't been talking about peat for a long time now, but about a potpourri of aggregates for substrate production," welcomed Ulrike Fockenberg, Sales Manager Germany, to a journalists' day at...
Josef Hermann Gramann: "The real challenge is that with the peat phase-out, everything has become much more complicated. Many new raw materials have come in and are affecting the blends."
The substrate producer Gramoflor has been around for over 100 years. In 1908, Anton Gramann founded a peat trading company in Vechta. This was followed by the company's own peat extraction and later, in the 1990s, the production of horticultural substrates. Today, Josef Hermann Gramann is the head...
In the hobby sector, there is still little knowledge about consumer attitudes, purchasing behavior and functionality in the use of peat-free substrates or potting soils. Geisenheim University of Applied Sciences therefore conducted an online consumer study in December 2021. For this, more than...
"We always try to switch to ecological technologies or cultivation methods at an early stage," explains Dirk Klefer, who is the third generation to run the retail business. For him and his parents Renate and Hermann Klefer, who are still active in the business, it has long been clear to reduce the...
In the HOT research project, an interdisciplinary team with the participation of Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HSWT) is investigating how to convince amateur gardeners to do without peat in potting soils and what assistance they need to make the use successful.
The peat reduction strategy drawn up by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) as part of the Climate Protection Plan 2050 envisages the greatest possible elimination of peat in commercial horticulture by 2030. This also poses challenges for the nursery sector. But there is...
Kleeschulte Erden has been developing, producing and marketing peat-reduced and peat-free soils for more than 30 years, and thus not only driven by current political requirements and social trends. In this respect, the company is a particularly interesting contact for questions relating to the...
Our following collection of topics on peat-reduced substrates offers you some valuable articles from the trade magazine DEGA GARTENBAU.
In short form, here is a list of news. The detailed news can be accessed via the links provided.
A new offer awaits trade visitors at IPM ESSEN 2023: the IPM Concept Store will be launched for the first time at the next edition of the world's leading trade fair for horticulture from 24 to 27 January at Messe Essen. An open and modern retail concept creates an attractive exhibition framework...
Gardening wholesaler Amevo and packaging system producer Modiform have together developed a unique lightweight pot for cultivating orchids. Not only is this new thermoformed 12 cm cultivation pot more than 25% lighter than existing injection moulding pots, but it also ensures good drainage and...
