" If we do n’t do anything , we will inescapably run aground with our plant protection . The issue of chemic agents usable is speedily drying up and its use is becoming more and more strictly regulated . We agriculturist need to move fore with biological works protection . We have to innovate more – there ’s no other path , " shares Martijn Roos in his consultation withKoppert . Martijn RoosThese run-in come from Martijn Roos . He is the flora protective covering specialist for the entire society at Green'05 in Bergschenhoek , the Netherlands , which , with seven locations and a total of 33 hectare , is by no mean value small . There are upright reason why Martijn stresses the need for innovation so emphatically . Green'05 , owned by Arco van der Kaaij , delivers more or less directly to prominent retail chains in Europe ( such as Aldi , Lidl , and Tesco ) , to the major home furnishings retailer IKEA , and to DIY chains . " They are constantly tightening their criterion when it comes to the product used and residues . An example ? When Closer was authorized for the control condition of whitefly , our buyers right away prohibited us from using it . “No small taskMartijn start working for the producer of green and flowering flowerpot flora and bedding plants ten years ago . He looks back for a moment at the type of works tribute used back then . " After a couple of years , I came to the conclusion that we were in the process of spray ourselves to oblivion . All pests and fungal disease were combated with chemical . This would take you three - quarter of the week to do but you did n’t really make any progress at all . And , of course , chemical substance never provided any real solution . “It was for this reason that Green'05 decided to switch to integrated cuss management in 2012 . This was no little job in a ship’s company that had so many different crop , a complex and interfering internal logistics complex body part , insects on a regular basis flying in from out of doors , and buyer that barely permitted anything . Pulling out all the stopsGreen'05 determines the scheme as regards the beneficials to be used based on the reconnoitring observations . exhaustive reconnoitering is essential during the refinement geological period . Nevertheless , the company has now made pregnant progress in terms of biological flora protection . One object lesson is the cultivation of poinsettias . These are mainly exported to the UK . Although it is a relatively small crop for Green'05 , the UK grocery store maneuver a strict zero - tolerance policy . If an examiner were to find tobacco whitefly , for representative , the alarm would sound forthwith . In other Scripture , trading would cease completely . This is why the party is pulling out all the full stop to give rise poinsettias without the aid of chemicals . “In a trial we are necessitate in together with Koppert , this is something we have succeeded in doing over the preceding three years , " Martijn explains . " Together with the consultant Richard Saarloos , we influence our scheme base on reconnoitring notice . After all , measurement is the key to knowledge . We then release a mixture of the predatory mites Montdo - Mite ( Transeius montdorensis ) and Swirski - Mite ( Amblyseius swirskii ) and the epenthetic wasps Ercal ( Eretmocerus eremicus ) and En - Strip ( Encarsia formosa ) . These four teams keep thrip and whitefly completely under control . There is no need any longer to spray the product clean when the delivery day of the month is approaching . In summation , spraying kill all the beneficials even though they do their problem 24 hours a Clarence Day . “Much of this success , according to Martijn , depends on a fresh start of culture and exceptionally just exploratory survey . " That is very important . Scouting guide a very long time with poinsettias , but in the end we harvest the success . “Fully organically - produced go to bed plantsMartijn Roos attend initiation as a core activity of Green'05 . For instance , the company has developed an organic alternative to chemical antimycotic agent that is very effective . " But this type of success does n’t simply happen overnight . All in all , it convey us over eighteen months to get this far . “According to Roos , Green'05 is also successful in the constitutional refinement of bedding plants . " We specifically wanted to acquire our bedding plants with as few chemicals as potential . Our colleagues more or less said we were crazy , which is understandable as it is indeed very difficult . And yet we succeeded . We are likely now the only provider of bedding plants in the Netherlands that put to work entirely organically . “There is another ground why Martijn thinks that growers ’ house should innovate in their plant protective cover methods – novel case of pests . " Echinothrips have now becoming established in the Mexican flameleaf and the cabbage fly is new to the crop . We need to find solution to these new terror . As broad - spectrum products are no longer becoming available , more and more cuss are appearing in the crop that would normally not be there . Hopefully , Koppert will soon have unexampled biological beneficials for this problem . “For more entropy : Koppert Biological Systems[email protected]www.koppert.nl
