" We of late received feedback from a Spanish agriculturist on the software of Croptimum . After a sirocco at the end of March , he fancy a huge fall in his product , but in the crops where Croptimum had been used , the dip was much smaller . These are nice , interesting answer that confirm what we have already seen in a fortune of research , " say Arjen de Haan of Crop Health Vision International . He has been Commercial & Business Development Manager at the producer of biostimulants for greenhouse horticulture since February .
At the HortiContact horticultural fair in May , many growers made their first acquaintance with this comparatively newfangled player on the mart . The company was founded last outpouring , although the company ’s roots go back further . " Five years of inquiry introduce the initiation , " enounce Arjen , who himself had not heard of CHV until he hear a vacuum , and it caught his attention . " I fall across a caper posting , and it appealed to me . I was n’t really looking for something new , but I post an e - post and started a conversation . With biostimulants , you could do something to the plant that is not so gentle to understand but buckle under real solvent . It is a nice challenge for me as a salesman and as a former grower . "
Arjen de Haan in a Spanish glasshouse with the ware Croptimum
Stepping into horticultureThe origin of CHV International is in AHV International . That abbreviation stand up for Animal Health Vision , a Dutch biotechnology fellowship that has been commercially active in animal husbandry for over ten eld . The focus there is on improving the health of creature . Prior to the official initiation of CHV , there was , in Arjen ’s words , " research in flora polish that was step by step becoming a little more ripe . " Since its founding , that research has been greatly intensified .
" Lex de Boer , Head of Innovation at AHV and a true orchid enthusiast , take the first steps in researching various crop . To set up CHV , we calculate for true horticulturalists . Arnold Kloostra came from horticulture and , with Gertjan Streefland and Jan de Rooy from AHV , founded CHV . "
Arjen with Arnold Kloostra at HortiContact 2022
Many run , also commercial ones with field growersOn the website of the still young company , there are already many research results from all kinds of crops . What is take is that many results come from Spain . " The cause for this is dim-witted , " explains Arjen . " Immediately after our institution , many trials were protrude in the Netherlands in Lycopersicon esculentum and cucumbers . Those continue into the autumn , but in the meanwhile , we have done a sight of field trials in Spain during the winter season , and Croptimum is being used commercially . You now see many event on the website . The Dutch trial have since been come after up , with other crops being added . Moreover , found on the Dutch data from 2021 , actual , hardheaded habit has started at about fifteen growers . "
That there is still much to learn makes the job challenging , tell Arjen . " For good example , we are now learning that our production also works well with capable ground harvest , such as broccoli and beans . At the same time , growers are already accomplish great sales and results . "
ApplicationAfter more than a year of using Croptimum , the CHV International squad ’s preliminary determination is that it work easily when applied through drip irrigation . " You really ask to get the Cartesian product to the rootage and do so as efficiently as potential . The fact that our product is not made of constituent matter like many other biostimulants is an reward here . It does n’t cause pollution in piping organization . Our production is based on purified plant speck and therefore does not have any problems in the labyrinths of drippers either . "
With Croptimum , CHV International is sharpen primarily on ' procreate crops . ' " By that , I mean crops like roses , where you have new stems all the time , or tomato , where the plant keeps growing cluster . That ’s because we are committed to making crop lively . You do n’t use Croptimum on very youthful plants right on at the beginning , but a little later . After a few discourse , repeated every week , and a bit of induced tension , the crop start producing its own substance to make itself resilient ; you receive a works that can take a beating . "
The right attack to increase productionIn this sense , an of import period is approaching for Dutch greenhouse producers . summertime can easily stress a plant . " You have very red-hot twenty-four hours , the water character declines , or water is leave in the matte . A more resilient crop can withstand that good . Although all kind of techniques have been used here in the nursery to optimize refinement , we have already seen that the use of Croptimum allows the works to produce optimally for longer . This has been observed in less high - technical school crops , such as those in Spain , but also in rose - growing in Kenya and Colombia , where we already see major differences emerging . Consider the example of the dust storm , which reduced the amount of light for four days , leaving agriculturalist unable to turn the lamps on . At such a clip , a more resilient plant turn out to record a low dip in production . "
Arjen notice that there are already many suppliers of biostimulants on the market . That sometimes makes it difficult for a new player to get the growers ' attention . " Sometimes they have heard so much already that they stop at the word biostimulant . That ’s why I seek to explicate first and foremost what our product does . I consider it is important to explain what ' increase production ' means in our cause . By this , I imply give up plants to keep back their maximum productive potential for a longer period of time , even under nerve-wracking conditions for them . The best part of going down this route together is seeing results in the crop . That is what agriculturalist want , and I , who was once also a grower , can fully understand it . "
InternationalIn fruit vegetables and decorative crop , the necessary data has already been collected . As for voiced yield , CHV expects the first results soon . And in constitutional cultivation ? " At HortiContact , we have already seen many interested organic growers at our sales booth . grower who can only use manifest constitutive Cartesian product will have to be patient because the registration procedure for these mathematical product is still being completed . But growers who want to grow in a greener and more sustainable way and shrink their MRL horizontal surface can already use Croptimum .
Arjen is focusing on the Netherlands , Belgium , and the United Kingdom . There , Croptimum is already being used commercially in tomatoes and cucumber , among other harvest . He is also prepare a new colleague who is going to process for CHV in Spain and is make believe a scratch in Italy and following up on projects in Ethiopia . " The other day , I was in Spain . It ’s super cool when you get to see the results achieve there . That ’s what founder you energy . "
For more information : Arjen de HaanCHV International[email protected]www.chvint.com
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