The plants are almost ready and in a few weeks , thousands will pass on the nursery . In less than 2 months , the greenhouse will be empty and Dutch Bougainvillea raiser ' De Wintertuin ' will begin all over again . " The harvest is looking courteous and we hope everything will open up presently " , enjoin growers Wouter van lair Bos .
Wouter van lair Bos in between his craw
In his glasshouse in De Lier , he has n’t been light . precisely one year ago , several thousands of straight meters of glasshouse have been built , connect to the survive greenhouse . On top of that , recently , he invested in 600 solar panels , which fit nicely on a empty piece of land behind the greenhouse and joined Trias Westland -an forward-looking geothermal heat project to make greenhouse horticulture in Westland more sustainable . The cultivator is now almost completely self sufficient , regarding generate energy .
The solar panels
The cultivation , however , is n’t that vigour intensive , because no lightning is required , for example . Only in the extension surface area , which consist of 1,000 substantial beat . But there is a requirement for heat . The temperature may not go below 12 Degree Celcius . The biggest disbursal is childbed : the plants have to be clipped and cut several times , which is all done manually . Then in the high season all the plant in the entire nursery , more than 3.5 hectare , have to be delivered in one go . This is stick to by a major cleanup of the nursery , pot up and mark out the vernal plants and managing their growth .
new wave den Bos has been growing plants for 30 geezerhood , of which two decades bougainvillea , at this locating . As of January 1 , 2020 , he has involve over the fellowship from his father Frans , who now occupies more an consultative office . avant-garde den Bos elder start out cultivating Bougainvillea 20 years ago . Before that he grew gelded rose wine , first only in De Lier , but at a certain stop also with a baby’s room of his own in Kenya . However , the grower foresaw the conflict that the African rose would enroll into with the Dutch , and the consequences . With that in idea , he look for something else , a plant that he was literally found on the roadside in Kenya : the Bougainvillea .
Own nicheThe bougainvillea is a tropical annual plant that acquire in temperate conditions and has become a niche product in the springtime range over the retiring few year . In the Netherlands , the acreage is just below 10 hectares , and the number of growers can be look on a few fingerbreadth . ' De Wintertuin ' is one of the larger I . Plant output take place entirely indoors , a specialty that has been mastered over the years . With the improver of a number of own potpourri from own facts of life .
And goNow Van den Bos is hope for as few corona - related restrictions as possible and as much overnice atmospheric condition as possible . " Last twelvemonth we ’ve had honorable sales , " he concludes . " Times were challenging for a while , but luckily , the market oped up just in clip for us . We then also continued the expanding upon , because we were growing a bit each time . Now , we are quick again for the shipments to take off . "
For more informatinWouter van den BosBougainvillea kwekerij De WintertuinNoordlierweg 4a2678 LV De LierEmail:[email protected]www.dewintertuin.nl
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