08/10/2021

Collaboration a key step towards autonomous irrigation

Piet Wijnen is the cultivation manager of various strawberry greenhouse sites of Dutch nursery Thwan of Gennip BV. At two sites, he uses a Ridder (formerly […]
07/09/2021

Ad Hurks – Crop advisor

Ad Hurks is a consultant in different types of soft fruit in the soft fruit industry and is active in this sector worldwide. For example he […]
30/06/2021

Precise control over irrigation raspberries

A big challenge when growing raspberries is determining the right way of irrigation. Determining the right moments to water is important, but often happens on a hunch. Nowadays irrigation can be monitored and optimised with substrate sensors from Growficient. Grower Bart Mensen from Verpaalen Soft Fruit and soft fruit consultant Ad Hurks will tell us more about this.
19/04/2021

Richard van Dijk – Strawberry nursery Hoogsewetering

Richard van Dijk has been cultivating strawberries in a greenhouse of nearly 1 hectare in Pijnacker, the Netherlands since 2011. He has selected the Malling Centenary […]