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Vermicompost leachate improves tomato seedling growth
Worldwide, drought conditions, extreme temperatures, and high soil saline content all have negative effects on tomato crops. These natural processes reduce soil nutrient content and lifespan, result in reduced plant growth and yield, and ultimately translate to lower profits for tomato producers. As an alternative to unsustainable practices such as the use of synthetic fertilizers, producers are ...
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British Tomato Growers’ Association is a finalist in the Horticultural Oscars
Yes, its awards season again and the BTGA is delighted to have been shortlisted in the 2014 Grower of the Year Awards in the category ‘Best Consumer Marketing Campaign’. Our application, along with all the other finalists, goes before the judges on 22 January and the winners will be revealed on 4th March at the awards ceremony at the Grand Connaught Rooms in central London. We ...
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Van Der Hoeven Horticultural Projects Realises Doubling For Costa
Costa is located in New South Wales in Australia, near the village of Guyra. This client grows tomatoes for the Australian market. The construction of the current project started in 2019. However, work temporarily halted, caused by the bushfires that raged in Australia at the end of 2019, but the project eventually resumed in September 2020. Daan Kristel (Project Coordinator) explains the details ...
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TGA success at the Horticultural Oscars
Five years on from winning this prestigious award for the first time, the British Tomato Growers’ Association (TGA) were delighted to once again have their efforts recognised by being awarded the top prize in the marketing category at the recent national ‘Grower of the Year Award’ ceremony held in London, for their 2013 marketing campaign. TGA Secretary Julie Woolley ...
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Zeta Amaltea signs a Joint-Venture agreement to develop a project in Oman
Spanish companies Zeta Amaltea and MSC Fábricas Agrícolas have signed a Joint-Venture agreement with Al-Hosn Investment Company to develop a 12-hectare hydroponic greenhouse project in Barka (Oman). Believed to be the first of its type in the region, this project will consist on cultivating tomatoes and green peppers to export and it´s expected to use up to 60 per cent less ...
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Tomato Grower Gets Out of Red With Cornell Co-Pilot
A large tomato grower in Central California was having issues with pumps that were being running unattended. Without someone there to watch the pumps continuously, they run into operational problems. The fleet of several dozen pumps would see intermittent cavitation, causing pump damage. Bearing failures were another issue. Frequently, debris would enter the pump suction and restrict flow, or in ...
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British tomatoes - the best of the best!
2014 has just witnessed the 9th Tastiest Tomato Competition, sponsored by Marks and Spencer, organised by the British Tomato Growers’ Association and held at the National Fruit Show in Kent. Staged towards the end of the British tomato season, there was no shortage of entries in four separate classes at the show, ranging from tiny cherries to juicy beefsteaks, proof of the skill of British ...
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British Tomato Growers` Assocation Conference 2013
The British Tomato Growers’ Association Conference is taking place between the 25-26th September 2013. Clarke Energy will be exhibiting once more at the show which will take place in the Midlands. Come visit us to learn about greenhouse CHP and our new project in Cheshire. Clarke Energy has installed over 100MW of natural gas-fueled CHP equipment for the greenhouse industry in both the UK ...
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Testcenter Blue Lab
Greenhouse constructor KUBO has opened its own test centre in 's-Gravenzande in the Netherlands: Blue Lab. In two Ultra-Clima greenhouses totalling 1,600 square metres in cultivation area, the Monster-based greenhouse constructor will be testing new concepts in practical circumstances, with respect to both technology and software. The first pilot aims to further explore the possibilities of ...
By Kubo Group
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Geo-thermal Heating Projects
Verbakel-Bomkas is aware that the availability of fossile fuels is finite. The use of available natural resources contributes to the development of green businesses. Geo-thermal heat offers many possibilities for horticulture. Geo-thermal heat originates from depths of 500 meter or deeper and comes from earth's core. The heat is useful for heating in both residential as in several industrial ...
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Reinforced Ultra-Clima greenhouse can cope with snowfall in the north of Russia
Russia aims to have more control of its food supply. This is coming under more and more pressure because of the ongoing boycott of Western vegetables and fruit. KUBO has now realised some 200 hectares of modern greenhouses. The most recent project is in Sosnogorsk, a city in the north of the country. The production greenhouse will be eleven hectares, including a nursery section. The Russian ...
By Kubo Group
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Using ventilated latent heat converters to reduce botrytis pressure
Controlling the humidity insfcle a controled environment e one of the most discussed concerns amongst greenhouse growers. A solution that is more often notic ed by growers are the so c aled VentJated Latent Heat Converters (VLHC); These units extract humid air from inside the greenhouse and convert water vapour into water and heat by blowing the air through a matrix of desiccant-filled elements ...
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British Tomato Growers Association Conference 2015
The Tomato Growers' Association event will take place 23rd -24th September at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Warwickshire. There will be an Energy seminar during the afternoon of 23rd September and an eclectic mix of speakers and topics on the main programme on the 24 September. Their aim is to emphasise and reassure consumers that their growing methods are both natural and complementary to the ...
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Wild Tomato Species Focus of Antioxidant Study
Tomatoes are known to be rich in antioxidants such as vitamin C, lycopene, β-carotene, and phenolics. Antioxidants, substances capable of delaying or inhibiting oxidation processes caused by free radicals, are of interest to consumers for their health-related contributions, and to plant breeders for their ability to provide plants with natural resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. While ...
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Bon Appetit Management Company asks everyone to harvest near home
Eight years before the New Oxford American Dictionary added the word "locavore" to its pages, Bon Appétit Management Company committed to using local foods on its college, corporate and specialty café menus. In 1999, Bon Appétit launched its Farm to Fork program, a company-wide commitment to buy from small, owner-operated farms located within 150 miles of their cafés. ...
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Participatory breeding program assists organic tomato growers
Organic tomato production is growing rapidly in Midwestern states in the US, as evidenced by a USDA study that found certified organic tomato production increased more than 277% in the region from 2007-2011. The authors of a report in the September 2015 issue of HortScience say that to keep up with high consumer demand, organic tomato growers need to identify cultivars that are well-adapted to ...
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Decrease water emission in Egyptian vegetable production
Egypt is an important exporter of vegetables to Europe (like the well-known beans) and the Middle East. For the intensive cultivation of tomatoes and sweet peppers plastic greenhouses are used. Problems with soil diseases, water use and emission of nutrients are increasing. The collaborating Egyptian and Dutch governments are stimulating Egyptian companies to organise research into biological ...
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Leading New Zealand greenhouse operator chooses Hanovia UV to disinfect cultivation water
Hanovia UV technology has been selected by NZ Hothouse, a leading New Zealand provider of fresh produce, to disinfect the water used for soil-less plant cultivation in its glasshouses. Located near Auckland, NZ Hothouse has almost 20 hectares of glasshouses on two sites growing tomatoes, capsicums and cucumbers for distribution both nationally and internationally. The source of the ...
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Taking Israeli agritech on the road
For CEOs of start-ups, spreading the word on a new idea or technology is a bit like being a missionary. In order to get people to believe in what you’re doing, you need to be a super-believer yourself, preparing your presentation to perfection, anticipating any questions or objections in advance, and anticipating opportunities waiting to be seized before they slip away. That’s a ...
By miRobot LTD.
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UF/IFAS Finding Could Help Farmers Stop Potato, Tomato Disease
A University of Florida scientist has pinpointed Mexico as the origin of the pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish Potato Famine, a finding that may help researchers solve the $6 billion-a-year disease that continues to evolve and torment potato and tomato growers around the world. A disease called “late blight” killed most of Ireland’s potatoes, while today it costs Florida ...
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