Geert started working at Beekenkamp Plants 2 year ago as a Product Assistant and has grown into a Product Specialist within two years . Beekenkamp is a breeding company . This think of that we develop new and improved variety through breeding ; the intersection of plants . This is done in the science laboratory and in the greenhouses . Not only the most beautiful , but the best plant will eventually come out on depot shelf worldwide .
“ And we pick out the best plants ! ” Geert says sky-high . unexampled mixed bag emerge from this multiplication mental process . These varieties must run across all kinds of quality requirements so that the grower , the trade and the consumer corrupt the salutary ware . It can take up to 6 years for a plant to become commercial . The plant has to go through several phases before we are positive that a variety show is effective than what is already available on the market .
“ just state , a plant is first tested by the Breeders for 3 years . The selection of plants that has passed all the trial , expire to the ware specialists . They test the plant ( depending on the specie ) for another 3 years . The tests are more extensive every year . On average , about 0.5 to 2 % of works that add up from the Breeding Department become commercial . This differs a lot per crop !
“ A plant conk through different phases . We prove for color , shape and foliage keeping , but also for example , for resistance to fungi and worm . We test the ledge life during transport and we screen how the plant do on the memory board shelves . At the same time , the raw industrial plant finish up in the show garden in the Netherlands , where we assess whether the consumer will enjoy them . We also examine this in other climates and therefore in other land .
In the short time that Geert has been make for at Beekenkamp Plants , he has already achieved a batch . He goes to America once every 3 months to valuate trial there . To travel to America as a 24 - year - quondam is of path fantastical ! In America he is mainly meddlesome at work , he visits several trial garden ( the same idea as a show garden ) to see how our species are doing in the mood of that peculiar part . “ By seeing our mixture in unlike climates , I can give good advice to the Sales Department ” . As advert above , Geert cultivate closely with the other departments within Beekenkamp “ You really are a spider in the World Wide Web . ” This is also what Geert is proud of , that Beekenkamp , together with all department , brings a good ending product to the market . “
