Hortidaily Special Year Overview
October :Dalsem builts 20 ha in Russia, Philips recall and breakthrough in TM3 resistance
1 October 2014: During the AGF Detail tradeshow in Houten, The Netherlands, the Dutch Seed breeder was showcasing the orange/red - yellow striped bell pepper variety that was cultivated as a trial by growers Wilfred and Monique van den Berg from Elst. at that time.
3 October 2014: The seed of one of the varieties that Belgian tomato grower Stoffels BVBA grows disappeared during the logistics process in October 2014. What exactly happened was unclear. A complaint was filed and an investigation took place. It is possible that the seed was stolen by another grower with the intention of growing the variety illegally.
6 October 2014: For the past few years, Mexican vegetable growers have been successfully adapting Peatfoam as a propagation medium. The propagation blocks are primarily used in a cultivation cycle with cocopeat slabs. Many growers and agronomists were so enthusiastic about the achievements of the Peatfoam that it has become their substrate of choice.
9 October 2014: In October 2014, a new greenhouse of 20 ha was being built by Dalsem in the Kaluga region in Russia for Agro-Invest. This was the first stage of the in total 238 ha project. The goal was to become self-sufficient in the production of vegetables in the future.
14 October 2014: In October 2014, the Canadian Greenhouse Conference took place at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The show and conference program, which were all about the ins and outs in the latest greenhouse technology, optimizing production outputs and taking marketing activities to the next level, was a top notch networking event for the North American industry. Please take a look at the Photo Report that we made.
14 October 2014: The North American growers that installed Philips HID/HPS 1000 Watt supplemental lighting in their greenhouses over the past year have gone through a difficult period. Due to a manufacturing error, lamps could explode spontaneously. Even though the chance of it happening was small, the growers that had these lamps installed, were required to turn them off, until they were replaced by new lamps.
21 October 2014: A commercial variety with TM3 resistance was affected by the TMV virus. Tests showed that the entire range (TM0, TM2 and TM3) was viable and that the culprit is a new strain of tobacco mosaic virus. "The important thing now is that growers know that a variety with resistance to TM3 offers less protection against the TMV virus than previously assumed,"says managing director John Coremans of Rijk Zwaan Netherlands.
23 October 2014: In October 2014, the first edition of the HortiDaily Buyer's Guide was printed. The first buyer's guides were distributed during the Canadian Greenhouse Conference in Niagara Falls and the PMA in Anaheim.
23 October 2014: Dutch rose growers have to deal with difficult times. In October 2014, two rose growers had to deal with financial difficulties. Dutch rose grower Zuurbier & Co was in a process of suspending their outstanding payments and Steejo went bankrupt on October 15th VOF Steejo filed for bankruptcy.
24 October 2014: During the Canadian Greenhouse Conference Bus Tour, HortiDaily reported how the growers of Boekestyn / Flora Pack are dealing with stricter Canadian regulations without making concessions to the quality or their business.