Celosia , with its colored appearance , is a lesser - known but fast - grow product on the marketplace . To strengthen their location , Dutch Celosia growers are work with Royal Flora Holland and breeder Evanthia to raise consciousness of their production . This collaboration and affiliate safari is call " Crazy About Celosia " ( www.crazyaboutcelosia.com ) . One of the growers take is Gert - Jan Klop of Kwekerij de Molenkamp , who has been get Celosia for about eight years .
Developments"Ten years ago , the crop had a shorter ledge life and was more vulnerable . It was also a fairly unknown product , especially to consumers . Within the trade , it is now a well - known product , but it rest an sole flower , " says Gert - Jan.
" Here , the product thrives with 13 time of day of shadow and 11 hours of Light Within . You have to conform your darkening in the raging month , but you may still grow Celosia well in the dark months , " he explain . It takes a peck of cognition to arise Celosia , as it is not a simple crop . " It requires a lot of time and energy , but in summer it is almost energy - neutral to grow . "
SustainabilityAs sustainability and constitutive Cartesian product become more and more crucial , Celosia refinement follow the course . " We are fully committed to organic cultivation and only use chemical substance if a pest or disease peril to get out of control . We also installed hybrid lighting in the nursery last twelvemonth and have plans to go full - LED . We just need to keep a chip more , " laughs Gert - Jan. Celosia is an intensive crop that needs extra space in the greenhouse and requires a certain level of growing skills . The craw needs space , result in comparatively low amount of heyday per substantial meter . With rising costs , it ’s a challenge for agriculturalist . " It ’s a challenge , but at the same time , that ’s the game . We set our prices a year in advancement . We do at least 60 % verbatim sales and a maximum of 40 % goes to the auction . In this respect , Celosia growers are progressive . "
Collaboration"For our Celosias , we care to join forces with Evanthia . Evanthia is the market leader in Celosia , controlling about 90 % of the market and bring home the bacon us with a broad color pallet and extensive range , " says Gert - Jan. They presently have six colour available year - round , so they can always put up buyers something . As the only grower in the Netherlands , Kwekerij de Molenkamp grows the miscellany Ziva , a pinkish variety from the Act series , which is a nice addition to their salmagundi and offers a good market place position .
domesticated and internationalKwekerij de Molenkamp provision throughout Western Europe , with England remaining their biggest market . supplying from the Netherlands is from April to December . From Spain and Italy , where smaller quantities are supplied , the delivery full stop is slightly longer . The majority of the supplying come from the Netherlans , as supplies from Italy , Spain , and Kenya mainly go to the local market .
For more information : Molenkamp Nurseryhttps://crazyaboutcelosia.com/[email protected ]
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