At the meeting on spraying proficiency organize by Vertify and Glastuinbow Nederland , Caroline van den Hoek from Syngenta did n’t enshroud the challenges growers are facing when it comes to spraying - especially considering the progressively fewer options out there .
The case hosted a series of eight workshops focusing on the many facets that make spraying : green products , how to use them , adjuvant , and spraying proficiency . For instance , how do you check you also properly target the undersurface of the leaf ? And how do you lower emission ?
Before the workshops kicked off , there was a plenary academic session where Jeroen Sanders did the honors on behalf of Vertify . This was also a particular juncture for Jeroen , as he ’s leaving the commercial-grade world to get into education at Inholland Delft . Kyra Broeders from Glastuinbow Nederland also took the level to gift him a flower bouquet and wish him practiced fortune with his next endeavors . Then , she proceeded to mainly discourse European politics .
Workshop by Caroline of Syngenta on adjuvant
Green ProductsThe Policy Specialist for Plant Health of Glastuinbouw Nederland expressed surprise at the decisiveness to retreat a new harvest protective covering law ( the SUR ) . The left thought the law was too fallible , the right too strict , but is the onanism of the law skilful newsworthiness at all ? The reduction of available products continues unabated . The rising of ' unripened mathematical product ' needs to accelerate .
In the SUR , there was limited attention for green products , but now that the SUR is not proceeding , there ’s concern that the advancement of green intersection could also be hindered . Kyra expressed Bob Hope that artificial intelligence information could facilitate in the transition of crop auspices and also head out that there was positive newsworthiness from Europe : the options for breed with new inherited techniques seem to be genuinely extend .
Björn Scharenborg of MagrowTec excuse how a attractive feature parcel helps to make more uniform droplets for the Growmast
Clean Starting MaterialThe greenish products on the market , including the necessary link agent , require optimized spray techniques , Liesbeth Nijs of Glastuinbouw Nederland explained in her presentation . The Theme Specialist for Plant Health briefly talk over the Precision Crop Protection pilot , co - fund by Stichting Kennis in je Kas and by the growers in the way .
Part of that airplane pilot was also the monitoring of set off material . Sergio Harinck of Vertify share results from a sampling embark on in November . Notably , a high-pitched incidence of thrip was found in cyclamen . In some cases , predatory mite were also found , indicate that the growers had already engage in biological warfare against pestis .
The sampling was conducted in cucumber , pepper , and in both light and unlit tomato cultivation , as well as in various decorative crop . Sergio apprize growers to test the quality of their starting material . In this way , they could see what pests might already be there .
Hans Beerkens of Mertens next to the Growmast
Lure SugarOnce in the greenhouses of the World Horti Center , Syngenta and Certis Belchim talked about ( their ) available craw shelter products . This also talk about administering lure sugar for wanderer tinge . This allows cultivator to lure thrip to become combat-ready so that , for example , in pepper , the thrips can be thread out of the flowers at the top of the crop , allowing them to be efficaciously place with a liaison agent .
New technique for spray were take by Mertens , Empas , and MagrowTec for their joint presentation . Hans Beerkens of Mertens showcased the Growmast . This makes smart use of electromagnetism , allow agriculturist to achieve well spraying results . A poster convey along showed the results of its use in a tomato cultivation in IJsselmuiden . Such a technique is already known in the opened - field space , Bjorn Scarenborg from MagrowTec explain . However , with six units already being sold , this modal value of spraying is entering the horti world .
Maikel van Essen of Koppert next to the Natutec auto for deploy biological control broker in a high - wire cultivation
hard spray Not BetterMaikel van Essen of Koppert also showcased techniques for breeding instinctive enemies . Next to him stand up the Natutec , who also had scale models of the Airbug and the Airobug - all proficiency for automating the deployment of biological control agent . Koppert also showed the Natutec Drive operational in strawberries . Maikel revealed that body of work is being done to combine Natutec and Natutec Drive . This would , for good example , give a tomato grower access to a machine that can both spray and distribute biological control agent .
Optimal spraying is still a issue of discussion . Both Jeroen and Sergio discuss spray trials . Jeroen one for pepper , Sergio one for pot works . They await at , among other things , the type of nozzle used , the spray angle , and the spray volume .
Jeroen from Vertify on spray tryout in pepper
With dewy-eyed adjustments , growers can amend the spray pattern . raiser can also experiment with other proficiency that befit them the best . For example , measure with water - sensitive report how deep into the craw you’re able to get through after aline the pressure with which you spray . Spraying with 5 to 7 bar is ' more than sufficient , ' Hans from Mertens defy to say base on his 24 year of experience .
The meeting could also weigh as a half - day for the filename extension of the spray licence , which a large part of the participant made manipulation of . For the ' technique ' part of your spraying permit , as one of the participating growers said , a coming together like this is very utile . " You always learn something . Sometimes , especially because you get the chance to hear how other growers consider thing . "
All presentation , include those from Van Iperen , Biobest , PATS , and Vertify , can be viewed here .
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