You are a plant nursery whose buyers keep expanding . What do you do ? In the Netherlands , Globe Plant advisedly prefer to produce along with those customers . They have added a second positioning . Vera Grootscholten , Globe Plant ’s manager , tell us more about their new greenhouse ’s layout .
" We ’ve bought six more hectares . Of these , four are being make for plant cultivation , " she says . The nursery ’s stay on two hectare will be put into use afterwards . So , it is just about double the area liken to the current 5.5 hectares . " It was a difficult move . Now , we have space available at the raw location for other companies . " Globe Plant ’s Johan Grootscholten and Henk van Dam are already looking for new customers .
Johan , Paul , and Vera Grootscholten with Thijs van de Westelaken .
' flora growing ready’Globe Plant desire to employ the nursery as a yield site . They still have to do some employment before they can begin using their novel acquisition . The whole structure has to be made ' plant growing quick ' , as it were . That is Paul ’s responsibility , and Vera explicate what that fee-tail .
" The greenhouse will have an ebb and flow floor . So , we have to swarm concrete . And we have to subdivide it ; the magnanimous section is 5,000m2 . Unlike veg growers , we do n’t work with cultivation toilet , so those have to go . "
Underfloor heating plant and lighting have to be put in . " We ’ve opted for SON - T lighting . One part will have a SON - T / light-emitting diode combination , " she says . The ethnic music from Huisman Scherming will cover the new greenhouse in mesh , just like the current one . They are also going to qualify the screens . These will be hung with brownout and Energy Department canvasses .
Transport sluiceThe nursery will have a path with a penstock from front to back . " This will keep the sections more unsympathetic . The three way of life - left , right , and heart and soul - will ensure a cleaner working environment . And there ’ll be fewer climates differences . Plus , you do n’t have to take the air through the division unnecessarily . "
weewee technologyWater plays a lively role in the new project . Part of the current refinement space will be set away for processing and water technology . Proper disinfection is crucial . " We want to be able to set up each base one by one , " explains Vera . Enthoven , who also put in the electric car at Global Plant ’s current location , will work on that .
Rol divisionThe ship’s company ’s present locating will rest important . " Here , we ’ll keep inseminate , selecting , pick , and potting different vegetable plants . These include tomatoes , cucumber , aubergine , and other vegetables , " tell Vera . They will distribute bell shape Piper nigrum in the novel nursery .
coat and confetti for an early celebration of the expanding upon .
SeptemberThe new site ’s renovation process has just start and should be done by September 1st . Fortunately , there is no staff shortage . Global Plant has retain the selling agriculturist ’s workers . And they have engage many people from the surrounding arena .
Globe Plant is , thus , quick to shortly start mainly growing ornamental and bell pepper plant at their new fix . " We , and Thijs van de Westelaken , have already explore the space . "
" We ’re going to divide him in two , " jokes Vera . " He ’s go to live near the new site . But we can easily commute between the two locations ; it ’s less than five kilometers , " she concludes .
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