What began as a pure mathematical process for flower potted plants , over the years , developed into a supplier of various merchandise such as winter vegetables in pots . Since last class , the Bioland glasshouse of Klaus Umbach also produces chard , wintertime postelein , Pak Choi , and various Asian salads , which are sell nationwide . " We started producing winter veggie in 2022 because we saw a great need for these . These assortments are desirable not just for hobby finish but also for takings cultivation . detail like Asiatic salads , but also staghorn plantain , chard , pak choi , thenar sugar or wintertime cress plant are exceedingly pop . "
" Furthermore , we desire to motivate people to spruce up their balcony boxes and further expand domicile culture . Through very popular online workshop , like those organized by Birgit Schattling ( Bio - Balkon - Kongress starting Friday , 08.09 . ) , interest and cognition about this product section is increased . " Umbach offers its good both through its in - house online store and five sales agreement put up in the Heilbronn / Stuttgart area , as well as through constituent middleman Weiling and Bodan . " Our products are at the intersection of ornamental , useful , and medicinal plant , with an increasing focussing on the latter . " The troupe hopes to extend products such as Asiatic salad , pak choi , staghorn plantain , and chard yr - round in the hereafter . " Wholesalers are still quite reluctant to lean the good , as we still have the ' blossom toilet impression ' on our frontal bone . "
1.5 hectares of nursery , 15 hectares of open landUmbach has admittance to 1.5 hectare of greenhouse space and 15 hectare of unresolved land space . " Protected cultivation is intensive polish , in which only pot plants have been grown to date . However , crops continue to be unload due to clime condition . While sunflower is still a strong constitutional product because it is a symbolic craw , more sensitive craw are more and more disappearing from our portfolio . Products like pak choi and Asian salads , however , are almost unbreakable , " Umbach say . " First and foremost , we are seeing a big change in assortment . That ’s a developing you ’ve always see in the fruit and veggie diligence . What ’s commute for us because of climate change is that the working minute for our employees are now more flexible , so we can begin work earlier if necessary and stop sooner accordingly . "
Overall , he said , yield cost have increase by seven to eight percent . " However , we were able-bodied to pass on the costs . This is a mixture of energy , material , and personnel costs . However , this increase of eight percent also occur last year compared to the year before last . We have felt a sure hesitation to buy since last class , but it is still relatively within the bounds after the high turnover of Corona years . We have had to deoxidise our constituent flower production , although we have again seen growth in potted herbs , medicinal plants , and wintertime vegetables . One thing is sure for us : as soon as the aura gets sparse , we can do without heyday , but not without veggie . "
Hemp production on four hectaresAdditionally , the nursery set out outdoor polish of commercial hemp this twelvemonth . " The hemp lacks a bit of water . Therefore , we expect to glean only a fraction of what we in the beginning wanted . In this respect , we are similar to steady agriculturalist : when the weather is sorry , so is the product . You need in force nervousness and a long - terminal figure scheme . " commercial-grade hemp is a allow food whose leaves are used for teatime and the seeds for flour and touch on process products . Very uncouth is hemp oil . " When it comes to pick out variety , we are in link with the University of Hohenheim , where hemp variety trials have been running for three years . "
Open houseUmbach and his team are just starting to pot up the wintertime vegetables . To present the winter vegetable , an undecided family will be arrest at his farm on September 23 and 24 . " The wintertime vegetables , medicinal herb , hemp , and the information about them are the nidus , with which we want to give particularly the close consumers . With this information and the response of our customers , we can also offer new intersection to the wholesale again . For us , the consumer is also the sales index number and our pathfinder to the future . "
For more entropy : Klaus UmbachUmbach Bioland GärtnereiKlinge 2 / Staufenberger Weg74074 HeilbronnTel . : +49 7131 58960 - 0Email:[email protected]https://gaertnerei - umbach.de
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