Christmas is coming and that intend a crowing need for poinsettias , red and clean roses , but red tulips too . At least for Norway , where Schouten produces tulips in a 7000m2 greenhouse in Lierstranda , Norway . Annually , they grow 20 million tulips that are supplied all over the commonwealth and Christmas is one of his most significant holidays of the year .
Matthe Schouten , father of Christel and Sebastian , who are sitting next to him .
Traditional extremum daytime on SundayAccording to Sebastian Schouten , sale commence a bit to begin with this year . “ The 23rd of December is commonly the big solar day for people buy foreshorten flowers for Christmas . When it concern a weekday the red tulips are sold from the early daybreak to the belated evening . This year however , the 23rd is on Sunday . shop do n’t open before 12 or 1 o’clock , and they close early . ”
tulip in the greenhouse
However , Sebastian does n’t carry much lower gross sales figures this year . “ We still have product available for the come twenty-four hour period , but we are close to sell out . ” He does n’t notice a big alteration in need . “ 2019 will be probably good , as the 23rd will be on a Monday . ”
ruby-red tulips . Variety name : Ben Van Zanten
young snowy varietyHalf of the production goes to supermarket , the other half to florists . Red tulip are the most democratic , followed by snowy ones , being 20 percent of his full product . “ This year we changed one bragging white-hot form for another . We are more quenched with our assortment now . ”
The glasshouse of Schouten .
New year ’s resolutions“When the Christmas rush is over , we will be looking into more lead light . Right now we have a small orbit where we use LED and we like it a lot . We utilise traditional turn lamp in the dour winter months , but we think LED will meliorate the timbre . We are also about to instal a dehumidification machine to intimately control the climate .
For more information : SchoutenSebastian SchoutenEmail:[email protected]www.schouten.no
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