In ’s Gravenzande ( the Netherlands ) two brothers , Lex and Matthieu Barendse , give a climate chamber in which , under LED lighting and fully conditioned luck freesias are originate in a three - tier system . The brothers are past the experimental phase , the first stalks have been harvest . Although there is room for improvement , the scheme definitely solve . We fuck off an brainwave into the troupe , where last Friday the annual freesia trials from Van den Bos were held .
Lex and Matthieu Barendse in the clime chamber with the Freganzia
It ’s really something else , it is n’t comparable to the common freesia cultivation , tell Matthieu . " Usually one bulb is enough for a few stalks and the harvest of cormlets , which are then prepared and replanted . Here , we take the whole plant life , wad the stalks and plant raw electric-light bulb . "
View from above
One incandescent lamp usually lasts half a yr for a agriculturalist . Here , it only last for ten week . That ’s why not every freesia variety is worthy for this system . At the moment , only the Fraganzia from Van hideaway Bos can be used . On the other hand , there are some unequaled marketing points : the finish is fully controlled , no crop trade protection is needed and the raiser has the same amount of stalks throughout the year with the same quality . There is no other like this on the market , and that ’s why Barendse is go to sell all 500,000 stalks that are supposed to be grown each twelvemonth , at the auction . The multilayer polish organization is something totally different which is n’t proceed to replace the soil cultivation , but it can for certain bring forth its own niche .
Daan Vermeer from Van den Bos
There are not many freesia cultivator , but it ’s a world of its own . Throughout the years the bloom has been improved by gentility and the cultivation has been professionalized . With the correct lighting the flower is available all class around , but the amount of growers keeps decreasing . The investments that are necessary for a higher production and a heavy character are in high spirits . There are also growers who choose not to enter in this rat race , they do n’t have the lighting or the most fancy greenhouse , perhaps not even a twelvemonth - unit of ammunition ware . Some choose to combine the freesia with other merchandise and still make a living because their input costs are lower .
New varieties from Van hideout Bos
The three - tier cultivation system at Barendse is very new . Fellow growers , installers and suppliers succeed it with great pastime . The aim looks a lot like the high - tech cultivation spaces like you see at some tulip grower or innovative potted plant grower , but it ’s a first in freesia cultivation . This crop has its own requisite regarding water and lighting , so it ’s new for all sort of companies and people .
Around this clock time , every year , Van den Bos , and also Penning and Hofland , organise their freesia flowering trial . These three companies account for most of the freesia breeding in the Netherlands . Several newfangled varieties are added to the current assortment , in which the growers get to pass judgment them based on growth and flowering .
For more information : Barendse FreesiaHeenweg 362691LD , ‘s - GravenzandeNetherlandsE:[email protected]www.barendsefreesia.com
new wave den Bos FlowerbulbsDijkweg 1152675 AC HonselersdijkNetherlandsT +31(0)174 612 121E:[email protected]www.vandenbos.com
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