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Italy: Ceradini Group is back with hydroponic strawberry's

Ceradini Group, from Verona (Veneto), got back on the market on 1st July 2013 with the second season of Fragolà, the soil-less mountain strawberry . Quantities are scarce at the moment, but they will increase in the next few days.

The success of this product, cultivated in the biggest European strawberry field on a high ground - Velo Veronese, VR, Alta Lessinia, 1,100 metres above sea level - was such, that the company increased crops by around 50%, going from 150,000 to 220,000 plants.


Above and below: 3.5 hectares of strawberry greenhouses in Alta Lessinia. 



The cultivars being produced are Irma, Capri and San Andreas - they have been transplanted at the beginning of May 2013 and they will be harvested between July and October 2013. 130 tons are expected.


In the greenhouses, there are 18,000 metres of soil-less crops.

Massimo Ceradini comments that, "the extension was difficult because of heavy rains, abundant snowfalls and low temperatures in Winter and Spring. Therefore, I must give credit to our team and, in particular, to our agronomist Andrea Bonetti as, despite all the difficulties, we managed to make it."


The greenhouses are completely renovated by the Ceradini group.

Many wholesale dealers requested them again after selling them in 2012 for the first time. "If there are some dealers coming from places where our strawberries aren't available yet, they can contact us," says Massimo Ceradini, who points out that they already had clients asking them when they start production."



"Despite 2012 was the first year we sold Fragolà, it went better than we expected. Thanks to the excellent quality we managed to obtain, our prices were much higher than other brands. Now, thanks to our experience, we can look positively at 2013, a year in which we will further improve."



Fragolà is completely traceable " We know the exact harvest date, who harvested the produce and on which row for each single packet, therefore, personnel is also made feel responsible."







Contacts:
Massimo Ceradini
Ceradini Group
Tel.: (+39) 045 8510268
Fax: (+39) 045 8518981
Cell.: (+39) 347 5366206
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ceradinigroup.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ceradini.fragola





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