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Growing tomato plants on a cultivation floor! Arjan Kouwenhoven’s company Fonte Verde Agro is located in Adradas, not far from Sao Paulo in Brazil: more than 1.5 hectares of the growing facility of two hectares are used for growing tomatoes. This is a glass greenhouse and that is unique for the South American country. ErfGoed

Can chrysanthemums be grown in any other way than in the open ground? To answer this question, ErfGoed teamed up with Delphy, Van Iperen and Deliflor to conduct a study on the cultivation floor of the company from Moerkapelle. Director Hugo Paans and head of research Cock van Bommel report that the first trial was

That’s the question that often crops up when I talk to growers who specialise in growing vegetable plants. Usually followed by: ‘That’s what you do on a concrete floor, isn’t it? Doesn’t a porous cultivation floor involve a risk? What’s the story with the hygiene protocol, for example?’ Several growers of vegetable plants in other

In collaboration with Delphy, ErfGoed is to provide online sessions about the optimal use of the cultivation floor. Earlier this year, the full course consisted of two days alternating between theory and practice. Online approach General director Hugo Paans of ErfGoed says that the company has decided to continue online for the time being for

Offering phalaenopsis growers increased flexibility. That was ErfGoed’s aim when they asked the experts at Delphy and the Improvement Centre to join them in a study into whether Phalaenopsis can flourish on a cultivation floor. Is the cultivation floor comparable with, or even better than, traditional trolley systems? During this study it became apparent that

There’s a movie on YouTube with a rabbi talking about how lobsters grow. I think we can learn a lot from this. Especially at the moment. A lobster is a soft creature that grows in a rock-hard shell. As it grows, the lobster’s shell gets too small and the animal feels anything but comfortable. So

The third Tuesday of September is the State Opening of Parliament (Prinsjesdag) in the Netherlands. This is traditionally the day when the King reads out the government’s plans for the coming year. Obviously, the economy is an important focus. A long period of growth lasting several years would now seem to be coming to an

I hear more and more people talking about how tired they are before they go on holiday. Does that go for you, too? On the one hand, you can really look forward to your holiday. On the other hand, you can almost end up dreading it because you know you’ll be so busy before and

ErfGoed will be present at the Canadian Greenhouses 2019 in Niagara Falls, Canada on 9th and 10th of October. As Canada’s foremost event for commercial greenhouse flower, vegetable, cannabis, berry and nursery growers, the Canadian Greenhouse Conference is the ultimate connection point for growers, suppliers and research partners. ErfGoed is located at booth: 2009