With the theme of diversifying their salmagundi , Ecuadoran jump farm Rosadex set about trialing unlike crops . After several years of trialing , they ’ve pick out 3 crops to boom their assortment with , namely spray roses , anemone and ranunculus . The USA is the main market for these products and they are proud of with their conclusion and the reactions they ’ve received so far .
Andres Davalos and Daniela Moreno of Rosadex at the IFTF in Vijfhuizen , the Netherlands .
Rosadex ’s farm is around 29 ha in total and base in Quito , Ecuador . They used to grow standard roses at their farm , but decided four years ago to broaden their assortment . After trialing several varieties , they replaced some rose hectare with spray roses , ranunculus and anemones . " A moment more than one hectare lie in of nebuliser rose wine and this class , we will have 3 hour angle of anemones and genus Ranunculus , of which half is unexampled and half supercede the roses . "
Spray roseThe nebuliser rose is the crop that disagree the least from their standard roses , production wise . However , agree to General Manager Andres Davaol , the terminal ware itself differs a raft from those from other growers . " Our rose have many flower or bigger heads - you will never observe a atomizer rose with 5 roses per stem turn , which is almost 50 % more stems than of other growers . We accomplish this by choosing particular salmagundi and glean them differently " , he allege .
genus Ranunculus and anemonesRanunculus and anemones are two totally new crops with also whole dissimilar cultivation technique - which is quite challenging . " In Ecuador , but also in Colombia , only some growers can produce it . It is very sensitive to bacteria and requires proficient germination , which is challenging . "
They grow the varieties of one of Italy ’s large ranunculus breeders , Biancheri , who set out render to a excerpt of South American farm only several years ago . " Also for them , growing ranunculus and anemones in the Ecuadoran climate is young . Therefore , we had to invest a portion of time in trialing the different potpourri and retrieve the right techniques , which are the same for both crops . During the total summons , it was very authoritative to keep in creative thinker that it mainly is a merchandise of the Northern Hemisphere and we require to acquire how it reacts to the Ecuadoran climate . "
genus Ranunculus is the biggest crop , but order often go hand in script with anemones . " If a buyer wants ranunculus , he often also want anemones and the other elbow room around " , tell Davalos .
complement the lower seasonsUnlike their received roses , which mostly go to the US , Russia and 25 more countries , these new products only go to the US market place . The spraying roses are bring on and supplied all year round , but the anemone and ranunculus are more ' seasonal product ' . " They are seasonal in the mode that we lower the yield when the provision out of Italy ( the largest producer of these harvest ) is high - which is from January till March . In these months , we can not vie with them . The quality of our product is more or less exchangeable , but they can put up them for humble cost as their production per square time is higher , and they are ordinarily grown outdoors , and we grow them in a nursery . "
Future plansSo far , Davalos is very pleased with their decision to add new crops . " Last year , it was a difficult twelvemonth for the rosaceous industry . Also for this cause , I am glad that we took the first footmark in diversifying our classification . Currently , we will hold any elaboration plans in roses , but the ranunculus and anemone land area will be a fleck larger this yr . " In the future , they will remain looking for new harvest to add together to their assortment .
For more informationRosadexAndres DavalosEmail:[email protected]www.rosadex.com
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