A lighting trial carried out ondifficult to propagate patioplants with Philips LEDGreenPower toplighting atKernock Park Plants, reportsan increase from 30% to96% in propagation successrates for one crop and up to75% in energy savings.Other benefits have

included faster rooting andimproved crop quality,uniformity and control ofbotrytis. The energy-efficientLEDs also give off less heatand create a more uniformlight distribution, making themodule ideal for conditionedenvironments.Kernock Park Plants, based

in Cornwall propagatesnearly 1 200 varieties for itscatalog, ranging from

Selecta Klemm as in previousyears is participating at thisyears FlowerTrials with twolocations in Germany and theNetherlands.Selecta opens a permanent

show garden at the premisesof Christian Filla in Straelen atthe Lower Rhine area withmore than 500 Selecta well-proven varieties and noveltiespresented in baskets andcontainers. The show gardenwill be open beyond the Trialsto give producers andretailers the opportunity to

annuals to nursery stock,and trials a further 400varieties on its 4 ha (10acres) of glass andpolythene greenhouses. Thechallenge is to successfullypropagate as many high-quality plants as possible,especially those that aredifficult to propagate usingconventional HPS lightingmethods. Using energy-efficient LEDS offersKernock Park Plants thepotential to increaseproduction, profit margins oncertain varieties and cropquality to strengthen itsmarket share.“LED lights will be used a

great deal more for both ourmotherstock andpropagation in the future,”

visit until autumn to makeassortment decisions.Selecta Holland’s

FlowerTrials® presentation inthe Westland takes place inthe main building of theFloraHolland in Honselersdijk.In the upper floors arepresentative selection of theassortment and severalmarketing presentations willbe shown!For the first time Selecta islaunching a brand new trendmagazine which summarizesmarketing theme worlds and

says Bruce Harnett,managing director ofKernock Park Plants. “Notonly are we seeing qualityimproved, I am able toprogram our buying-in ofunrooted cuttings withgreater certainty, knowingthat we can supply plugs toour customers on exactly theday they require them.”Based on the success of

initial propagation trials withPhilips GreenPower LEDproduction modules thatbegan in 201 1 , new trialswere designed andconducted in 2014. NewGreenPower LED toplightingmodules were used todeliver light levels typicallyranging from 40-300pmol/m2/s in a highly

other ideas in a retail-optimized way and severalnovelties will be presented.NightSky is the new Petuniasensation with anextraordinary pattern. Theflowers in dark violet withwhite spots seem like abeautiful starry sky. Thevariety is very early with asemi-trailing, medium strongvigour and convinces with avery good branching. It isidealy suited for baskets andmixed containers and isapprox. 1 m trailing.New types of garden

carnations are the compactgrowing varieties Pillow Redand Pillow Purple with filigreeflowers. The two varieties inred with dark stars and pinkwith dark stars are very wellbranching and have a flat,mat-like growth habit. Pillowvarieties are suited for potsand baskets as well as aground cover. The flowerswith an interesting star-pattern also convince withan excellent shelf life andcontinuous flowering.

efficient way. This set-upoffers considerableopportunities to increaseproduction and improve cropquality during the year.The results with varietiesknown to be difficult topropagate were a revelation.Propagation success ratesimproved vastly — in somecases they rose from 30% to96%. Other improvementsincluded faster rooting andbotrytis control was limitedto just one preventativespray. Based on just oneseason, it is estimated thatthe return on capital will beless than 2 years — not tomention the 30% reductionin the amount of powerrequired compared to HPSlighting. For the propagatedplants, light intensity,optimum blue percentage

Calibrachoa cultivars RaveA brand-new Calibrachoa

line with five varieties isRave, its striking star patternstands out and makes thebig, single flowers a real eye-catcher. Rave Calibrachoaare the novelties thatshouldn’t be missing in anyassortment. The five varietiesare early flowering with amedium-strong, goodbranching growth habit.The compact Verbena linePop has been realignedcompletely with seven newvarieties and also, new in theSelecta assortment is thePelargonium grandiflorumline Novita. The fiveinterspecific Novita varietiesare of Selecta’s ownbreeding and selected toprovide cultivation and salessecurity. They convince withmedium-sized flowers, smallfoliage and a very goodbranching, are earlyflowering even without acooling phase and can becultivated together withbedding.

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“Due to soils or growingmediums lacking essentialorganic matter it is possiblemany growers are notachieving the full potential ofapplied fertiliser and thereforewasting money,” says JackHolden (right) of horticulturalfertiliser specialists Solufeed.This can easily be rectified bythe application of Fulvic acidan essential component ofhealthy soils that increasesthe availability and uptake ofessential nutrients andminerals. Solufeed haveintroduced Fulvic 25 a naturaland sustainable soil improverto their portfolio of PlantHealth Cure products.Fulvic acids are the ultimatecompounds formed by themicrobial degradation of plant

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