"No more moss in cutting production"

" With the Combi GreenPlug , we can kill two birds with one stone , as it were : the authorship is idealistic for rooting , and thanks to the top layer , there is scarce any moss formation or over - rooting . This has increase the achiever rate and quality , and we have become more effective . "

At IBN Kwekerijen , a social development company employing citizenry with a disadvantage on the travail market , they have struggled in late years with stem moss , also known as pillow moss ( which is middling atypical , in gardening , growers usually struggle with liver moss , a lichen ) . In search of a solution , director Frank van hideaway Bergh of IBN Kwekerijen and Matthijs van den Berg of Green Products put their " No more moss in cutting production " heads together , result in this new concept and several significant betterment .

Frank van den Bergh , director of IBN Nurseries and Matthijs van hideaway Berg of Green Products

" Cutting and pruning is study that brings in money , but transfer moss is not , " pronounce Frank . " Moreover , it is wearisome work because you have to bend over a lot . In the past , we used to spray , but that ’s no longer an option , as all kinds of chemical substance have been dropped in recent years . And you do n’t want to do that anymore for other reason too ; you do n’t want to break your people to those chemicals . "

An initial solution was first to see yourself how thing could be made cleaner . " To this end , we turned the water organization upside down . We went from rain to reason piss . We also pose up a de - ironing installation and installed a fabric filter to separate out out any ghost as much as possible . In addition , we started administering atomic number 1 hydrogen peroxide preventively , which keeps the pipes fair and reduces the spore pressure a small further . "

But , with a compass of over 1,000 crop , you ca n’t water too selectively . From a cultivation spot of horizon , it would therefore also be good to have a medium that can drain water well . " Now we knew the advantage of the paper plug , but in coniferous tree , which is our biggest product , its use is less common . On average , it rootle slow , the cutting stand for a long time , and it takes a long time before you have a nice full clump . "

Yet there are definitely advantages . " air travel and water are crucial for rooting , the cutting ca n’t be allowed to lapidify or drown and with paper stopper you may foreclose this . I think we have gained about a 10 % success charge per unit of rooting . Another important reason to really start using it was the compounding with the top level ( hence ' Combi GreenPlug ' ) . Now we can kill two birds with one I. F. Stone : the cud has a theme that is idealistic for rooting , and the top level prevents moss formation . Moreover , the wad do not become over - root , and they are easier to manage and quicker to transpose , both for manual potting and with potting robots . You get a better , full root ball and , moreover , you’re able to contain ph and ec a little better . An investment should ante up for itself , that has always been our starting percentage point , and with all these factors combine , it perfectly does . "

What the ideal composition of the top bed should be is still a spot of a puzzle , a question Green Products is specialize in solving . Matthijs : " What ’s outstanding about this projection is that we think along with the customer ; it ’s a uninterrupted betterment outgrowth in which we actively contribute to ameliorate the various stairs in the cultivation process . In plus , we can disburden the client so that they can focus more on their substance business , namely the yield of young plants . For example , we have taken over straw the plant from them , whereas IBN used to do that itself . We do n’t just require to be a supplier , but also offer real solutions , and that is distinctly visible in a project like this . "

BroadeningWith its own product method originating from the fag industriousness , Green Products is capable to make a very airy and homogenously fill plug . " The stopper are used mainly for quick - growing crops , " continues Matthijs . " geranium , bedding plant , pot plants - these are all crops that raiser require to repot as quickly as potential and preferably also mechanically . That piano crop is our height period , from December to March some , which will not change in the inadequate full term . But now that a wide of the mark range of a function of products is let on the advantages of the GreenPlug , it also entail a widening of the season for us . "

IBN has over 25 age of experience in the cut of fearless garden plants . The company has grown year on year , both in range and people . On an yearly base , 30 million cuttings are produced , which in the main find their way to Dutch growers . There are about 200 employees whose main tasks are cutting and circularize . Frank is responsible for the daily operations and handle the entire nursery with some fifteen colleagues .

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For more data : IBN Kwekerijen[email protected]www.ibn.nl

Green Products B.V.[email protected]www.greenproducts.nl