Propagating vegetable plants simplified by growing on tables
Propagation on tables
By participating with vegetables growers who already use an internal transport system, and comparing their findings to growing on a concrete floor, several interesting things came up. Growing tables ensure that the grower can deal flexibly with others. Also, new software (by say, Logiqs Agro) can measure evaporation and irrigate individual tables. This has the added advantage of letting the grower determine how much water the individual crops receive on a daily basis. Then there’s the reassuring fact that viruses, fungi and bacteria can’t spread any further than the table they’re living on. This gives the grower a large risk reduction.
Initial costs, on the other hand, are slightly higher than propagation on concrete. These, however, can be made back relatively easy. Partly due to innovations such as the 2D shuttle by Logiqs Agro, the capacity of internal transport systems is significantly increased. There are no more problems in terms of capacity during peaks.
In short, an internal transport system is becoming increasingly interesting for those propagating vegetable plants. In the future we can expect more companies switching to the flexibility, efficiency and quality of such a system.
Source: Roy Ton, third-year business administration student from the HAS University Den Bosch, as part of an internship.
More information:
Logiqs Agro International bv
Gert-Jan van Staalduinen
Honderdland 131
2676 LT Maasdijk
The Netherlands
+31(0)174 – 514 141
+31(0)622 – 934 350
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http://www.logiqsagro.nl
