Colombia is well - known for its cut flush , but did you know that the nursery industriousness is thriving all year round as well ? In this clause , Gustavo Ochoa , Commercial Manager at L&G Agroflowers , a provider of seeds and starting material to Colombian agriculturist , secernate us more about the industry and its potentiality .
idealistic climateOver the last 20 years , the glasshouse industry in Colombia has been growing rapidly . grant to Ochoa , this growth is the result of many factors . " On the one hand , Colombia has a privileged location that allows agriculturalist to produce a large variety of plant life all year round . And there are more varieties and improved variety on the marketplace . With the reappearance of Gloeckner in 210 , for example , we could convey better form to the baby’s room . On the other hand , Colombia has more than 50 million dweller , and the malls and department stores have arise significantly , benefitting industrial plant sales . In Bogotá , for example , we have the biggest department store that sells plants at the Latinoamerican degree . "
Vivero Cinco Sentidos .
Key production areasAccording to Ochoa , there are some key areas of product . One of them is San Antonio del Tequendama , which is about 25 minutes from Bogotá . " It is an region that has three caloric floors : frigid , template , and warm . And this is why the nursery region can produce many different varieties , from a cyclamen to a philodendron . " There are also extremely engineer production orbit in Antioquia and the Valley .
challenge in developmentsWhen bet back at the challenge , educating the growers has been the biggest challenge , explicate Ochoa . " For many years , the nurseries had a ' reproduction ' concept . It took quite some clip and attempt to shift it into a renovation mentality . This enable companies like Vitro Plus , Syngenta , Dümmen Ornage , Bekeenkamp , and Ball to prove themselves and their genetics in Colombia . And they did . And greenhouse like Cinco Sentidos are leaders in several of these genetic science , under programs that we deliver throughout the class . "
The greenhouse industry is still growingThe market of ornamental plants in Colombia is growing more and more every yr , with greenhouse workers who deal more and more about improving production , he continues . " Many of them began as employees and nowadays have their own crops . "
Currently , most of the plants grown in Colombia are still sold in the national market , but over the last years , some company ( like Bromelias de Colombia , Plantas del Tambo , Vivero Tierra Negra , and more ) have started to export their industrial plant . " Of naturally , the industrial plant export is not expected to become as braggart as the flower exports , but there we made a start . "
ExpoplantasAnd because of all this growth and developments in this sphere , Colviveros , the Association of Colombian Nursery agriculturist , will be holdingExpoplantasin September , from 20 - 22 . At this show , L&G will have a Pavilion show a lot of varieties from different breeders like Dummen Orange , Vitroplus , Panamerican Seed , Morel , Schoneveld , HilverdaFlorist , Benary , Syngenta . " They are all grown by the best nurserymen from Colombia . "
For more data : Gustavo OchoaL&G Agroflowers[email protected]www.lygagroflowers.com
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