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Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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Growers Can Extend The Life Of Greenhouse Film
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
UV radiation, crop protection agents and metals all adversely affect greenhouse plastics
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High tech: no guarantee for success!
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
The technology driven design paradox. And how to do it better.
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Improve yield & water quality with Nanobubble Systems
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Oxygen levels in the root zone can be a major limiting factor
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Huwa-San Proven to Reduce Risk of ToBFRV Infection
Monday, 29 March 2021
Drastically reduce the risk of infection with viruses
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Managing Staff During the Severe Labour Shortage Period
Monday, 15 March 2021
How to improve labour efficiency and free up time
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Philips GreenPower LED toplighting
Monday, 15 March 2021
First Dutch grower to harvest cucumbers year-round
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Kotare Subtropicals Multi-Site Grower Mara kai
Monday, 01 March 2021
NZGAP certified body for domestic marketing of subtropical's
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Kotare Farm Banana & Subtropicals Nursery 2021
Monday, 15 February 2021
Supplying to commercial growers and ….
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Greenhouse Cucumber Production
Monday, 15 February 2021
Telegraph-type of cucumber was virtually unknown in NZ in 1958
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Nutrient management of a cannabis crop
Monday, 15 February 2021
Different situations require tailor made approaches
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Medicinal Cannabis Propagation Trials
Monday, 01 February 2021
Research on mother plants and propagation essential for the Cannabis sector
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Future-Proofing thrips management in strawberries
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Field Day held on January 14th
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Do you have a backup electricity supply?
Monday, 18 January 2021
What happens when there is an unplanned power outage?
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Heating and Venting is Ineffective and Wasteful
Monday, 18 January 2021
Greenhouse Growers are Increasing Vegetable Yields by Controlling Humidity
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Devastating Damage to South Island crops from Rain
Monday, 18 January 2021
Cherry’s split now worthless
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ToBRFV detected in small seed lot
Tuesday, 05 January 2021
Do you require a Greenhouse Hygiene Audit?
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How consumers are shaping variety selection at De Ruiter
Monday, 14 December 2020
Testing Across the Globe
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Growers Mitigate Labour Pressures with BumperCrop's Efficiency System
Monday, 14 December 2020
Big Impact to Bottom Line Performance
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EarthTwine for Hops
Wednesday, 09 December 2020
Demand for compostable twine expands beyond hothouse crops
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The Benefits ReduSystems Greenhouse Coatings have in NZ
Monday, 30 November 2020
Jason Culbert, Head Grower, Underglass Explains
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Best of 2020 - Who Still Believes in the Pre-Night Drop and Morning Dip?
Monday, 30 November 2020
Theory challenged by hard facts
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Grower2Grower audience doubles in one year
Monday, 30 November 2020
Over 100,000-page views & 15,000 people within New Zealand have accessed the site
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Why Should I Use A Broker
Monday, 30 November 2020
Finance brokerage is actually a free service for you
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Best of 2020 - The Need for Clipping Speed
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
66% faster than manual twisting
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Welcome Rain
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Great for filling ponds but not so great for sensitive greenhouse crops
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MedCan 2020
Monday, 16 November 2020
What is the Standard Operating Procedure for growing the plants?
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Covid-19 doesn’t slow down High-Tech Greenhouse Construction
Monday, 02 November 2020
Apex MD James Harris excited about future
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Greenhouse Energy Survey
Monday, 02 November 2020
Go in the draw to win a $500 Gourmet Food & Wine Gift Basket
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Greenhouse Harvesting Robots
Monday, 02 November 2020
Covid-19 and minimum wage increases accelerates the need for alternative solutions
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Powerplant's Announces New Partnership with Advanced Hort
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Key account management for New Zealand
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Covid-19 may potentially disrupt exports
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
How will this effect crop management
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NZ Gourmet Waiuku Achieves Labour Efficiency and Saves Time
Monday, 05 October 2020
BumperCrop is an accurate and reliable indicator of staff performance
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Global Warming / Climate Change
Monday, 05 October 2020
"The solution is to grow the crops under plastic shelters"
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Thrips Control Workshop via Zoom
Monday, 21 September 2020
Presentation free for Industry Members to attend
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BASF Vegetable seeds announces new NZ Distributor
Monday, 21 September 2020
Lefroy Valley to Distribute Nunhems Seed Range
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Senior Grower Opportunity - Cannasouth
Monday, 21 September 2020
Lead cultivation operations in one of New Zealand’s most advanced facilities
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Cultivators Medical Cannabis Workshop Review
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
Content was worth its weight in GOLD
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Queensland Farmers leave fruit to rot on the ground
Tuesday, 08 September 2020
Pay me $ 3,800 (Australian) per week please!
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Nursery Trade Day Disrupted by Auckland Covid-19 Outbreak
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
This would have been a great event
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Berry set ups in high and low tech Greenhouses
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Companies Decisions based on ROI
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5 Reasons Why AI Will Transform the Greenhouse Industry
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Game-changing technologies
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Spring is less than one week away
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Are you prepared for the increase in light?
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History continues to evolve for De Ruiter Seeds
Monday, 10 August 2020
Mark Dunning and Marco Lozada for De Ruiter in New Zealand
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Bert van Geffen – Your Horticulture Coach
Monday, 27 July 2020
Grower2Grower SME Strawberries and more
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Best of 2020 - Kaipaki Berries Endorse Flexi Tanks
Monday, 27 July 2020
Clean Water is imperative to their operation
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A Swedish view on high-wire winter cucumber production
Monday, 27 July 2020
with automatic lowering system
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Grower2Grower – Subject Matter Experts (SME)
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
A group of independent greenhouse crop experts
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Bumpercrop Staff Management System
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
New Staff System Comes at the Right Time as Growers Seek Efficiency
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North Island Spring Nursery Industry Trade Day 2020
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Hamilton, Wednesday 12th of August 2020
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Look back to move forward
Wednesday, 03 June 2020
Steering a crop becomes less guess work and more certain with data
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Lex Dillon Managing Director Underglass retires
Tuesday, 02 June 2020
25 years……. “It’s been a blast ”
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What were we purchasing in lockdown?
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Tomato prices improve as restrictions ease
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Marcel Huibers about 20 years high wire cucumbers
Wednesday, 06 May 2020
Labour still main challenge
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Powdery Mildew, Whitefly, TPP, Light and Irrigation
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Drought is over and mushrooms are growing
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IPM Taking the Natural Approach
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
Why do we continue to make the same mistakes?
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COVID-19 Update – prices crash
Tuesday, 07 April 2020
Prices crash for tomato growers but spare a thought for flower growers
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BumperCrop Offers Free COVID-19 Staff Checklist App to Greenhouses
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Health-Check App Helps Manage Risk and Ensure Compliance
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Discovery by Jack Crienen Boosts High-Wire Cultivation of Cucumbers
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
“400 cucumbers per square meter in the future”
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Control Thrips with Biological Predators
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Keep on top of Thrips going into Autumn with Zonda Beneficials -Thripex
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POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - Second Speaker added to Medical Cannabis Workshop
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Matt Hayes PhD - Expert in Cannabis Post-harvest management...
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Telegraph cucumbers under the spotlight
Monday, 24 February 2020
Plastic keeps product fresh, increases shelf life and reduces waste?
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NZGourmet Expands Automated Substrate Monitoring
Monday, 10 February 2020
BumperCrop’s Solution Improves Production and Saves Time
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Dubbed the Ebola of plant viruses
Monday, 10 February 2020
By Matthew Dent- Technical specialist Royal Brinkman Australia
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Strict protocols needed to prevent ToBRFV
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Visiting Consultants, Service Providers, Second Hand Equipment
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Automation 2020
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Labour costs and available workers- the hottest summer debate
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POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Medical Cannabis Growing Educational Workshop
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2020 to 2040
Monday, 13 January 2020
What may the future of the NZ protected cropping industry look like?
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Grower Profile - Bruce Nicholls
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Fancy lettuce and watercress the main stay
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Company Profile Pure LED
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Finance options which could involve no capital outlay
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ReduFuse and Strawberries
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
“ReduFuse makes it possible to produce summer strawberries in the greenhouse”
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CHRISTMAS CHERRIES Update 2019
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Has anyone tried producing early cherries in the Waikato?
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Update on Near-infrared technology - Student Jeremy Aditya Prananto
Monday, 02 December 2019
“Exciting results in our project that warrants optimism”
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Berry Workshop presentation: Marco van den Berg
Sunday, 17 November 2019
Nutrition Product Category Manager, Horticentre Group
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Extrutec – NZ Based and Owned Company
Monday, 04 November 2019
Compostable Twine for Greenhouse Growers
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Ecomix Presentation by owner Martin Vadakekuttu
Monday, 04 November 2019
Choosing coco grow bags for hydroponic growing
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e-Gro, ‘The more you know the better you grow’
Monday, 04 November 2019
Product Supplier to Solution Supplier
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Sili-Fert P Two for One Promotion
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Maximum natural resistance against biotic and abiotic stress
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Kiwi Labour Registration Tech Improves Staff Productivity
Monday, 21 October 2019
Freshwest Discusses Their Experience
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The use of bumblebees for pollination in berry crops
Tuesday, 08 October 2019
Presentation from Dr Gunjan Gera, Advisor for Zonda Beneficials
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Big thank you to the Horticentre Trust and Apex Greenhouses
Tuesday, 08 October 2019
Educational workshops only happen with industry support.
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Four Seasons in One Day
Tuesday, 08 October 2019
Light levels still good enough for increase in production:
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ReduSystems - Growers experience benefits of combining coatings
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Controlling growth with light: more in winter, diffuse in summer
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Grower Breakfast Wednesday 23rd October BNZ Pukekohe
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Ecomix Coco Substrates
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Pioneering Technology
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Biotremology to Manage Pests. Plant & Food work with Italian Researchers
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NZ Greenhouse Berry Grower Workshop
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Two Subject matter experts added to presenters list
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Understanding Absolute Humidity
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Differences in Absolute Humidity are the driving force for the abduct of moisture
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Greenhouse Berry Grower Workshop
Monday, 26 August 2019
Introduction to medium-high tech greenhouse Berry production
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The Futuristic Farms that will feed the world
Monday, 26 August 2019
NZ has the ability, we now need investment!
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FTEK - Kiwi Innovation leading the World
Monday, 12 August 2019
Spray Robot with Air-boost Spray Application Technology
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Presentation to the BNZ Waikato Agriculture Team
Monday, 12 August 2019
Showcasing the New Zealand Greenhouse Industry
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Growing a Workforce at Home
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Primary ITO Facilitates Career Pathways For Students
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Our Food Future Horticulture Conference 2019
Monday, 29 July 2019
Tomatoes NZ: Learn about what makes New Zealand grown fresh tomatoes so good!
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Sonny Moerenhout Presentation PCA Gold Coast
Sunday, 28 July 2019
Discusses Growing Medicinal Cannabis using precision growing
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Student Jeremy Aditya Prananto Presentation Captured my Attention (PCA)
Sunday, 28 July 2019
Near-infrared (NIR) technology as a tool to monitor crop nutrient status in real-time
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Black spots collapsing fruit post-harvest
Monday, 10 June 2019
Sunken water-soaked area on the outside of the tomato
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They will not go away!
Monday, 10 June 2019
Caterpillars are still causing crop damage nearly two weeks into June
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Jai Shankar - Sacrifice
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
The journey to make a better life for himself and his family
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Fieldays 2019 Promoting the NZ Greenhouse Industry
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Grower2Grower Invited to the BNZ tent
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Condensation, the forgotten problem
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Are growers using products to reduce condensation in their greenhouses?
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Air Movement and Moisture Distribution
Monday, 13 May 2019
Horizontal or vertical fans and air tubes, what are the experts suggesting
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Fruit load per m2 using temperature and available light (part 1)
Monday, 29 April 2019
Less fruit load more speed
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Public holidays equal two short working weeks
Monday, 29 April 2019
How do you catch up on your plant work?
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How do you know what you have lost if you never had it in the first place!
Tuesday, 09 April 2019
Truss Arching, how important is it?
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Smart Alerts Help to Achieve Optimal Rootzone EC and WC
Tuesday, 09 April 2019
Growers utilize BumperCrop to guide their irrigation strategy
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Making sure your oil burner runs efficiently
Tuesday, 09 April 2019
Regular cleaning and maintenance are key
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Why light transmission is so important
Monday, 25 March 2019
Not cleaning your roof reduces income potential
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Time for Boiler Maintenance?
Monday, 11 March 2019
Still warm day’s but night time temperatures falling
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Why Bumble Bee pressure is essential
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Setting in sequential order (Tomatoes)
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Inaugural Grower2Grower Breakfast Held
Monday, 25 February 2019
Aquasan and BNZ presentation’s informative and insightful
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Grower Profile, Gavin Naylor, Freshwest Ltd
Monday, 11 February 2019
King Sweeties: From Kaitaia to the Bluff
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Hot period sparks large populations of Thrips
Monday, 11 February 2019
Zonda Beneficial’s helps to control this damaging pest
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Substrate focus
Monday, 11 February 2019
Controlling the EC levels for young tomato plants growing in Coco Fibre
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Tomsystem proving to show results, quickly
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Plant friendly and increasing productivity
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Managing Labour During the Christmas holiday break
Monday, 17 December 2018
How to keep on top of the work (statutory holidays)
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AquaSan International Ltd
Monday, 17 December 2018
CEO Guy Richardson explains the benefits of Huwa-San technology currently available.
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What direction will cucumber cultivation take in the Netherlands (and NZ)?
Monday, 17 December 2018
"Cucumber cultivation in the future no longer feasible without lighting and further automation"
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BumperCrop Brings Affordability to Precision Growing
Monday, 17 December 2018
Trends enable growers to fine tune their programs and optimise their irrigation strategy
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Raj Sharma raises $ 40,895 for Cancer Research
Monday, 03 December 2018
Over 250 people witnessed Sharma 'Brave the Shave'
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Target Figures
Monday, 03 December 2018
“What about the amount/doses of water, do they vary by morning to afternoon or are they the same?”
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Antoni de Bruin, grower and consultant
Monday, 19 November 2018
Grodan's GroSens and e-Gro support capsicum grower with consultancy practice
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Cucumber Leaf Phytotoxic Reaction.
Monday, 19 November 2018
Accidentally damaged not through neglect but kindness
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Industry Profile, Debbie Mountfort,
Monday, 19 November 2018
Customer & Sales Liaison for Gellert Nurseries Ltd,
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Spring weather has been kind (until last week)
Tuesday, 06 November 2018
I tempted the weather gods!
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Murray and Penny Beare, Grand opening of Tuakau Offices
Monday, 05 November 2018
For Educhem, AquaSan & AgHort Services
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“Quantity is Important but Quality is Paramount”
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Rose and Grant Fannin 27 years of experience
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Plants Mysteriously Deforming
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Where do I advise the grower to get this tested?
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Grower Profile Martin Nieuwenhuijsen
Tuesday, 09 October 2018
Ruby Orchids Ltd export 90% of the Cymbidium Orchids they grow.
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Pukekohe Vegetable Growers Association 100 Year Celebration
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Centenary Dinner
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Caution is recommended when Combining and Spraying Different Products
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Insect numbers will start to increase
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New Greenhouse Production Sites (Best of 2018)
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
What I would be looking for
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Growing Successful Business Partnerships
Monday, 10 September 2018
Louise Millar, National Greenhouse Sales & Product Management, SPS
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The Pukekohe GREENHOUSE Hub?
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
The urban sprawl and the effect on outdoor Pukekohe growers. What are the alternatives?
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Tina Weng, Cucumber Grower
Monday, 27 August 2018
"There is a great, long-term future for growing cucumbers"
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Year-Round Strawberry Production
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Growing in High Tech NZ Greenhouse Conditions
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Gourmet Mokai – LED installation inspiring
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
The presentation from Piet Hein van Baar from Philips, was informative and educational
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Hans van Veen, learning to grow with LED’s
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Head Grower, Tomatoes, Gourmet Mokai
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The Post-Pesticide Age
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
“Reliance on Pesticides doesn’t fit well in today’s food story.”
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Nunhems' new Tomato Variety PROVINE
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Filling the gap between large Truss and medium Truss
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New Zealand Horticulture Conference, 23rd to 25th July Christchurch, Preview-
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
What’s in it for covered crops?
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Technical: Anti-Condensation Coatings RE-VISITED
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
How much more light transmission could we have by reducing condensation?
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Sonny Moerenhout, Born into The Greenhouse Industry
Monday, 16 July 2018
His close ties with New Zealand
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Mike Saklani, Tomato Grower
Monday, 02 July 2018
From working for multinational companies to running his own successful businesses.
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Aspects of Labour Management
Monday, 02 July 2018
An insight into a large Australian greenhouse companies labour structures and policies
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Using Screens in New Zealand Conditions
Monday, 02 July 2018
Its time to start thinking of new options.
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The Australian Berry Goldrush
Monday, 02 July 2018
Don’t expect to see high tech systems in Australia just yet!
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Apex Greenhouses Sales Manager Peter Holwerda
Monday, 18 June 2018
Approaching Thirty Years’ Service to the NZ Greenhouse Industry and Still Going Strong
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Yellow Stems on Tomatoes
Monday, 18 June 2018
Why does this happen? Should we investigate better control solutions?
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The Quiet Achiever Stephen Hadley
Monday, 04 June 2018
Nursery Manager and Head Grower of Vegetables for Gellert Nurseries
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Hunt for Macrolophus not Successful. Tamarixia results show promise
Monday, 21 May 2018
Tomato Industry Research Update
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Vegetables in the Cloud
Monday, 07 May 2018
Trutina, Real Time Information Making Irrigation More Precise
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Berries in Greenhouses
Monday, 07 May 2018
High Tech Berry Growing in Greenhouses is Becoming more Popular.
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Gummy Stem Blight (Didymella) is currently affecting some growers
Monday, 23 April 2018
Pre-morning warming and hygiene are very important to reduce the spread of Didymella
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Re-using your Substrate,
Monday, 23 April 2018
It is something I don’t normally recommend but, in some cases, it may work.
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Buyers Guide Special Promotion
Monday, 23 April 2018
Grower2Grower has had over 6700-page views in two months!
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In Memory of George Wheeler
Sunday, 08 April 2018
"I wish I had been in horticulture my entire career"
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Raj Sharma, 4.2 Million Cucumbers and Growing
Monday, 12 March 2018
Raj Sharma, growing cucumbers is his passion
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Grower Profile, Jason Greene
Monday, 12 March 2018
"Growing is a 24/7 job which comes with a lot of challenges"
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Labour Supply Concerns
Monday, 12 March 2018
Growers are finding it increasingly difficult to find workers
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The Next Generation (p2)
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Kate Miln, Production Assistant, Gellert Nurseries
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NUNHEMS comprehensive assortment
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Why not consider NUNHEMS for your autumn and winter cucumber variety program?
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February, the weather bombs
Monday, 26 February 2018
Leaf mould and powdery mildew have been affecting tomato and cucumber plants hard
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Advising on different substrates
Thursday, 08 February 2018
Different substrates have different characteristics, all have positives and negatives...
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Bacterial Canker Re-visited
Thursday, 08 February 2018
I wrote an article in 2012 regarding Bacterial Canker. Since we have had extreme temperatures over the country this...
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Peter Schreuder The Next Generation
Thursday, 08 February 2018
Part 1 in the ‘next generation of young grower’s’ series.
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Bumble Bees and Pollination
Thursday, 08 February 2018
I quickly established, within the 20 years I grew tomatoes, my best workers were bumble bees.
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Back to Basics, Part One Irrigation Monitoring
Thursday, 08 February 2018
How many growers do standard deviation checks of their irrigation systems?
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Diffused Light
Thursday, 08 February 2018
Diffused coatings should have a high transmission and haze factor.
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From High School Teacher to Tomato Grower
Thursday, 01 February 2018
James and Jae Kang have been growing tomatos for the since 2001. How and why this happened is truly a moving story
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Plant Maintenance Procedures
Thursday, 01 February 2018
This article describes techniques used for crop maintenance on Tomatoes and Cucumbers.
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Grower2Grower
Thursday, 04 January 2018
The one stop shop for advice and services for the New Zealand covered crop industry
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February '15 - A Great Loss
Sunday, 01 February 2015
In January New Zealand lost one of the best tomato growers in the country. Sadly Jeff van Rijen lost his battle...
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December '14 - Merry White Fly
Monday, 01 December 2014
The festive season is upon us and white fly are starting to party early!! Growers will start to see a large increase...
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May '14 - Insect Wars!
Thursday, 01 May 2014
I am currently at war with the invisible invader the Psyllid. I say invisible because I never see them, yet I have...
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February '14 - Fruit Quality
Saturday, 01 February 2014
The last two months have seen a mixture of wet and dry conditions, throw in a couple of heat waves, some sub 10 degree..
