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A Dutch Plantin article in Hortibiz - April 2013
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Our customers get the right support
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Dutch Plantin is main sponsor of "The International Symposium on Growing Media and Soilless Cultivation 17-21 June 2013"
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Zuurbier & Co: specialist in roses - in the Netherlands and Kenya
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Dutch Plantin coco: the base to produce high quality roses!
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A good advice results to a much better yield!
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First new tomatoes in Belgium
Three weeks ago, at the 20th of December of 2012, a Dutch Plantin customer in Belgium harvested his first new tomatoes. These were planted under assimilation lights on October the 15th and already after 3½ weeks rooted through the whole bag. The grower is already growing for several years on coco, and he is very pleased with our mixture with coco pith and coco chips. He emphasized that wetting up the compressed coco never before was that even and easy as this new experience on Dutch Plantin growbags on 14 ha of tomatoes.
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Dutch Plantin India celebrates Festival Pooja
Dutch Plantin considers sustainability as a broad concept. For us it doesn’t end with efficient use of water or pressing coco to minimize fuel waste. Sustainability means taking care of 'the Dutch Plantin Family' as well. That is why we have good health and safety policies for our employees. But like every family does, we also celebrate together.
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Dutch Plantin joins again the Horti Fair in Amsterdam
The Horti Fair in Amsterdam is the largest and best known Horti Fair for growers and horticultural suppliers. Over 50,000 visitors visit this international trade fair each year. Just like last year, Dutch Plantin will be exhibiting as the leading manufacturer of coco products for the international horticulture sector. At the Horti Fair we will show our newest innovation. From Tuesday October 30th until Friday November 2nd you are very welcome in our stand.
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Dutch Plantin researches coco mixtures for soft fruit
Coco is of common use in growing soft fruits like strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and redcurrant berries. Growers of strawberries often use substrates consisting of 100% coco peat. Growers of other soft fruits tend to use a more loose and airy mixture, which has coco fibres or coco chips added to it. In cooperation with DLV Plant, Dutch Plantin has set up several special tests at KICK Randwijk, to study the differences between both types of substrates.
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Supply from compressed products from our Dutch stock
Dutch Plantin ships countless containers of compressed coco products directly from India to many customers all over the world. In addition to our shipments from India, we also sell compressed products from our stock in Holland, e.g.:
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Dutch Plantin expands in types of coir products in Holland
As the sales of several loose coir products increase, the production in our factories in both Helmond and Boekel runs at full speed. Besides our high quality buffered coco pith with an EC < 0,3 (in the 1:1,5 dilution), we also produce the following types of coir products at our Dutch production sites:
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Raspberry growers succeed with compressed coir briquettes
Already for some years now UK growers are happy working with coir briquettes of Dutch Plantin. It is easy putting the bricks of approx. 7 ltr into the pots at the field, expand them with a starter solution and then it is ready to plant. We put approx. 1850 pieces per pallet and with 20 pallets in a 40ft container you get coir to fill up 37.000 pots. If you use potted propagated plants (1,8-2 ltr) you just leave 1 pot empty every 3-4 pots. Easy, fast & cheap.
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Is all coco the same?
In professional horticulture, coco seems to be becoming a more important player as substrate, every year. Nevertheless, experiences are not always positive and therefore we focus on two important characteristics of coco: the physical aspects and the chemical aspects which can highly vary depending on the supplier.
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New developments
For the past few months we have been working on the development of several new products and applications. Some of these new developments are quite unique, to say the least. In the next edition of our newsletter, you can read all about these innovations.
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Investments
Production capacity and storage facilities are crucial for Dutch Plantin. How else can we meet the expanding demand for our products? Therefore, we have invested in multiple warehouses, that guarantee our deliveries, even in rainy times like we have seen in the past few months. In India, we increased the number of presses. As a result, we were able to produce and deliver more growbags than ever before. Another effect of this investment is the fact that we are able to load more growbags on one pallet and lower the shipping costs per growbag. Furthermore we are planning on investing in a new track and trace system. This will also include a modernization of the pallet labels.
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Unique coir pith no one can get close to
Dutch Plantin aims to centralize the supply of raw materials for coir products in India, to ensure the quality of our products and to meet our customers' standards in the best possible way. As an answer to the ever increasing demand for coir pith, we see organizations enter the market with coir products of fluctuating quality levels. Especially too young coir pith can cause problems in the growing process, because it cannot provide the necessary stability, which means that the product cannot be buffered optimally. This can cause a sudden shortage of calcium en high rates of potassium and boron. For all horticulture products, Dutch Plantin only uses special aged coir that provides the essential stability.
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Dutch Plantin at the Soft Fruit Conference 2012 in the Netherlands
"Growers deserve the best quality. Ask for 100% Dutch Plantin coir."That's the message that Dutch Plantin will deliver at the Soft Fruit Conference 2012, which is held in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. The first day of this convention, January 18th, is organized especially for Dutch and Belgian growers and is called 'Aardbeiendag'. More information can be found at www.aardbeiendag.nl. The international conference will take place on January 19th. At www.softfruitconference.com, you can read all about the exhibitors, the programme and all further details of this conference.
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Ongoing expansion of Dutch Plantin
First of all, Dutch Plantin wishes you a happy and healthy 2012. This new year will bring new opportunities, just like 2011. We closed last year successfully, in the Netherlands as well as in India. Our new production site in Boekel (NL) is fully operational, which allows us to meet the increased demand for the various types of coir. In India, we will expand our influence in the production process of coir. Our goal is to monitor and control the quality of the production process from the beginning to the end. In the past, we worked with partners who met Dutch Plantin's standards. But the only way to optimize the quality of our products at all times, is by implementing all steps of the production in our own factories.
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Major water and fertilizer savings attainable for tomato crops grown on DP Optima™ coco slabs
Made, the Netherlands, 9 January 2012: In greenhouse trials carried out over the course of 2011 at the facilities of PlantResearch in Made, the Netherlands, the DP Optima™ double layer coco slabs from Dutch Plantin were found to require 10 to 20% less water and fertilizer feed than rock wool slabs of similar dimensions, while still producing the same tomato yield. This would not only make coco slabs well suited for areas where water is a limiting factor in horticultural production, it also provides sustainability benefits in horticultural advanced regions such as Europe or North America.
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SAVE water.........with our Optima growbag......... meet us at the Hortifair 2011
At the Hortifair (1-4 November) Dutch Plantin will expose and pay attention to the Optima growbag. Research at PlantResearch International BV has shown a big advantage: Saving water up to 20% compared to growing on rockwool!
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New exhibition in Vienna
Dutch Plantin Coir Pvt Ltd joined recently a new show in Vienna, called Hortivienna. It is held in Vienna for the first time from 27 to 29 September and attracts visitors from Austria and the surrounding countries. Pro Horto Ltd is already for many years the representative in Central Europe for Dutch Plantin.
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Dutch Plantin at the Horti Fair 2011 in Amsterdam
The Horti Fair in Amsterdam is the largest and best known Horti Fair for growers and horticultural suppliers. Over 50,000 visitors visit this international trade fair each year. Just like last year, Dutch Plantin will be exhibiting as the leading manufacturer of coco products for the international horticulture sector. From November 1st until November 4th, you will find us in Hall number 8, at stand number 08.0324!
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Dutch Plantin at the PCA in Australia
Along with Redox, our partner in Australia, Dutch Plantin participated in the biennial Protected Cropping Australia (PCA) Conference and Exhibition. This interesting and well organised event showed us, in many ways, the modern face of horticulture and was held in the Adelaide Convention Centre from the 3rd of July until the 6th of July. At the exhibition, we were happy to see the growing acceptance of and interest in our range of Optima growbags among vegetable growers. They said they were happy with the quality and the consistency of Dutch Plantin growbags and indicated they will stick with Dutch Plantin as long as the quality is maintained.
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Dutch Plantin growbags for raspberries and blackberries
When it comes to producing growbags as a substrate for soft fruits, Dutch Plantin is the most experienced manufacturer in the world. For many years we have been providing strawberry growers all across the globe with two types of high quality cocopeat. First of all, there's Dutch Plantin cocopeat as a loose product (awarded with a RHP label) which is distributed through potting soil companies in the Netherlands en the surrounding countries. Furthermore, we produce compressed cocopeat, which is preferred when transport costs are of the essence.
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Dutch Plantin's Open Days are a resounding success
Spread over two days, Dutch Plantin presented the new production location in Boekel (The Netherlands) to a broad audience. The doors were open on Friday 24th of June for business relations and guests and on Saturday 25th of June all the stops were pulled out once again to introduce interested visitors to Dutch Plantin's products. A dinner in a special setting, a glider flight over the region, insight into the production process and attention for the Amaidi Foundation formed the ingredients for two fantastic days.
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Coco-15, the new addition to the assortiment
Dutch Plantin started with the production of cocopeat over twenty years ago. The product quickly got the cultivators' attention. They were pleased that there was a new substrate available that as well as organic, was also stable, airy and able to hold enough water. Potting soil producers also saw the benefits. They started using the coco in large quantities to improve substrate mixes. With the introduction of coco chips, Dutch Plantin added a new dimension to improvements in potting soil and the development of substrates. Since then there is a new addition to the assortment: coco-15. The number 15 represents the average length of the fibres, which is 15 mm. With the development of this product new growth opportunities have emerged.
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Dutch Plantin invests in new techniques for packaging
Dutch Plantin believes good packaging is as important as a good product. Careful and effective packaging keeps the product protected, ensures a safe and flawless shipping process and is cost effective. To ensure the highest handling and delivery standards, Dutch Plantin constantly invests in new packaging techniques. This will lead to very interesting benefits for our customers.
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Dutch Plantin Optima to exhibit new product
Dutch Plantin will be exhibiting its newest product for strawberry growing at Fruit Focus, 20 July, East Malling, England, which was successfully launched earlier this year in the UK.
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Biological coir pith
Biological agriculture - or ecological agriculture - is becoming more and more important. This specific form of agriculture focuses on preserving the environment, the landscape and the wellbeing of animals. Therefore, biological agriculture excludes the use of chemical insecticides and artificial manure, and the products do not contain chemical or synthetic preservatives or ingredients to enhance the color or the flavor. Genetic modification is also not allowed in biological products. In order to meet the mineral need of the crop, animal manure is used. All these measures are used to respect and protect nature's cycles. The increasing demand for biological products creates opportunities for agricultural companies like Dutch Plantin.
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Dutch Plantin India invests
At Dutch Plantin, we're very happy to see that our company continuously grows. However, that also means that we have to expand in order to guarantee that we can deliver during the rain season. Therefore, we decided to invest in stockyards at our largest production facility in India. With this investment, we ensure that we can supply our customers, even in times of long continuous rain. Besides the expansion of our stockyards, we decided to add more drying floors and presses. That’s a big leap towards our goal: doubling our production capacity of growbags in the upcoming years.
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New Dutch Plantin Optima roots perfectly
Dutch Plantin recently developed a new type of growbag, called the Optima. This growbag contains a special mix of both coco pith and coco chips. A mix that offers more stability when it comes to the structure of the growbag. That way, the substrate maintains a higher air content during the years of reuse. We are currently running tests with strawberries, which show a perfect rooting. We have fifteen years of experience in producing special coir as a loose substrate to grow strawberries, which we now used to develop a compressed growbag, that also holds chips.
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ECAS to visit Dutch Plantin production sites
Quality is key within Dutch Plantin. We aim to supply the best possible products, in terms of both performance and durability. The RHP label on our products ensures our clients can rely on the premium quality of our cocopeat and our growbags. In order to verify Dutch Plantin is still meeting the high RHP label standards, the independent inspection authority ECAS is about to visit our production sites to determine whether our production processes still satisfy the RHP requirements
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Developing new growbags
The development of a growbag takes a great amount of time, research and perseverance. Nevertheless, at Dutch Plantin we continuously aim to improve our products’ quality and performance. We’ve therefore tested no less than eight different new kinds of growbags in the past year. Two of them proved to be very promising.
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Successful Growtech Eurasia Exhibition for Dutch Plantin India
The Growtech Eurasia Exhibition celebrated its tenth anniversary in early December 2010. This annual agricultural exhibition is set in Antalya, Turkey and has an international audience. The fair played host to an impressive 526 exhibitors, consisting of both Turkish and international companies. Among them was Dutch Plantin India and we were happy to welcome a great amount of visitors to our stand. The Growtech Eurasia Exhibition opened its doors to a record breaking 60,000 visitors from all over the world and many of them paid us a visit.
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Dutch Plantin's Fer Weerheijm joins the Coir Products Group within the RHP Foundation
With the coco peat market developing itself continuously, the quality standards have to be adjusted at the same pace. To make sure that its requirements are up to date, the RHP Foundation partly relies on the knowledge and experience of professionals in horticulture. Just recently, Fer Weerheijm – production and sales director at Dutch Plantin - was asked to join the Coir Products Group within the RHP Foundation. To be specific, Fer will be chairman of the Coir Products product group.
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Merry Christmas and a High Quality New Year
As 2010 draws to a close, Dutch Plantin would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and sustainable 2011. Just like last year, we will be giving our best to improve the quality level of our products and make them even better than they are already. As the coco peat market develops rapidly, some suppliers risk the quality of their products in order to respond to the increasing demand. With Dutch Plantin, that is not the case.
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Dutch Plantin joins the The 2010 Growtech Eurasia Fair to be held from 2 - 5 December in Antalya, Turkey.
In its 10th year Growtech Eurasia has grown by 20 percent, reaching a record 25,000 square meters in exhibition/stand space. As the largest agriculture fair in Turkey and its region Growtech Eurasia will host more than 500 local and international brands from 25 countries this year.
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Wim Roosen teams up with Dutch Plantin
As from October 1, Wim Roosen will join the Dutch Plantin sales team. Wim Roosen has tons of experience in small fruits and vegetables. Among other things, he was a crop scientist at the Dutch advisory board, DLV, in his previous job. With Wim boosting our team, our service will only improve, as he will be sure to help our customers around the globe to choose the right substrate for their crop. Wim’s knowledge and his all-round experience are of great value for both our company and the growers that rely on our products.
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Dutch Plantin at Horti Fair 2010 in Amsterdam
The Horti Fair in Amsterdam is the largest and best known Horti Fair for growers and horticultural suppliers. Over 50,000 visitors visit this international trade fair each year. Just like last year, Dutch Plantin will be exhibiting as the leading manufacturer of coco products for the international horticulture sector. And we will also be showing a great addition to our product range. Of course, we can't reveal our new product just yet, but if you stop by at our stand in Hall 2 (number 02.0205) we will tell you all about it!
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Advantages of Optima cocopeat in growbags
Dutch Plantin develops products with excellent growing results. That's the main reason why we don't recommend the use of growbags that contain a filling of 100% crushed husk for vegetable crops. A mixture of both chips and coir pith, also referred to as 'Optima cocopeat', has many advantages. First of all, it gives the growbag a higher water-holding capacity, which is a key feature for hydroponically grown vegetables
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The importance of measuring the correct EC in a substrate
Young roots are very sensitive to an unbalanced nutrition content, an excessive EC level and harmful elements like chlorine and sodium. To avoid these factors, choosing the right coir substrate is crucial. The widely available unwashed materials offer a rather risky alternative compared to washed and buffered coir. Indeed, it is possible to wash and buffer growbags before planting. But since this period is definitely the busiest one in the lifecycle of the crop, it makes washing before planting too risky for most growers. If we take the money invested for a new crop into consideration, it underlines the importance of a quality substrate and the highest possible reduction of any risk.
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The Dutch national football team and Dutch Plantin are putting the Netherlands on the map
We are sure it won't have escaped your attention; the Dutch football team has managed to reach the finals of the World Cup in South Africa. We will be facing Spain next Sunday at 20-30 pm in Johannesburg. It will undoubtedly be a difficult match, but no matter what happens, the Dutch national football team has certainly had an excellent tournament. It goes without saying that we at Dutch Plantin are very proud of our team's performance. It certainly shows what a major role such a small country can play.
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Coconut palm trees versus oil palm trees
The coconut products from Dutch Plantin come from the coconut palm tree (cocos nucifera), not to be confused with the oil palm tree (elaeis guineensis). Although not nearly everyone knows the differences between these two tree species, there are clear differences.
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Dutchplantin is very proud to put the focus on one of it's closest partners Redox
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Dutch Plantin is expanding its production locations
During the past year, the weather had a significant influence on our production. Due to an exceptionally long rainy season in India and a seemingly never-ending period of frost in the Netherlands, we were occasionally not able to meet the requirements of our customers completely. And that peeks our pride, which is why we are doubling the capacity of our production location in Boekel. In addition, we are considerably expanding the possibilities of producing and storing cocopeat indoors, so that we will be better able to attune the specific weight of the cocopeat to the needs of our customers.
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Dutch Plantin aims for sustainability
Dutch Plantin sees itself as a cutting-edge company, especially when it comes to socially responsible business. We respect the world around us – both people and environment.
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Cocopeat for Rose cultivation
Cocopeat is a natural, and renewable resource produced from coconut husks. When coconut husks are being processed, two type of products are being extracted:
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Cocopeat for Strawberry Cultivation
Cocopeat is a natural, and renewable resource produced from coconut husks. When coconut husks are being processed, two type of products are being extracted:
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Cocopeat for Professional Horticulture
Cocopeat is a natural, and renewable resource produced from coconut husks. When coconut husks are being processed, two type of products are being extracted:
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When lifespan is prolonged by ageing!
Earlier issues of FCI have indicated the growing interest among growers on all continents to adapt their production to soil-less systems.
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Dutch Plantin's reaction on the shortage of spagnum peat
In the second half of 2007, we saw that the forecast for the production of sphagnum peat was rather negative, 2007 was too humid and the atumn and winter too warm and wet.
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Coco-chips as a substitute for Bark
Now that the production of pine bark from France and Portugal is under pressure, more and more potting soil producers change from bark to Coco-chips as an additive to improve drainage and air porosity in their potting soil.
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Growbag RHP-certified
Dutch Plantin is the FIRST producer of compressed Growbags which is allowed to use the RHP quality mark on its growbags.
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Bus transport for co-workers
India is the land of big distances. Therefore our Indian co-workers face huge difficulties to travel to our coco-production facilities. Often there is no good bus connection and not all co-workers own a decent alternative
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Dutch Plantin features prominently at Horti Fair 2009
Dutch Plantin is launching a new look at the 2009 Horti Fair. We’ve revamped our image and the most telling example of this is our brand-new website. With an attractive design, our website also provides more information and a wide range of options.
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