Futagrow nominated for Greentech Innovation Award
One of the main principles of the system is a sequence of short cultivations where two crop stages are growing continuously in the greenhouse. The system is based on 5.6 short tomato cultivations per year , during which nine bunches per plant are produced (50 bunches per year) . Between the gutter rows with the existing crop, the young plants grow, which makes a 365 days a year production possible .
The cultivation takes place in an oxygen -rich film of water , which makes substrates no longer necessary . The aqueous composition may be adjusted at any time of the day and of the cultivation .
Since all materials used in the cultivation are biodegradable , this way of growing is very durable and fits with the Cradle to Cradle principle . Furthermore, the carbon footprint per kilo of product is 20 % lower. This is mainly achieved through the utilization of light in the greenhouse which year around is 95 % and there is no longer a non- productive period.
Futagrow is an ongoing project in which the new cultivation system is tested thoroughly. The partners of this project are Metazet / Formflex, Triomaas, Priva , Prominent , Demokwekerij Westland , Combinations , Inno-Agro , RijkZwaan , Groen Agro Control , Jiffy, Hortilux and Van Iperen.
GreenTech will take place on 10-11-12 June 2014 in Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands. Metazet/FormFlex will be present at stand 11.105.
More information:
Metazet / FormFlex
Arjan Kouwenhoven
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06-55821952
