Transcript Waiting bed plants

Rapo
 Werner Hack / Marielle Nagtzaam
 founded 40 years ago
 clients all over Europe
 3 seasons
 member of Fresh Forward (Fragaria)
 over 120 hectares of propagation
Fresh bare-root plants
• Planting March
• 1.5 m spacing
• Depends on variety
Digging fresh plants
Lifting :
End of July early short day
cultivars Darselect, Rumba..
August mid season and late short
day cultivars Elsanta, Sonata,
Jive, Polka
October short day cultivars for
Spain
Camarosa, Fortuna, Calinda
Grading of fresh bare-root plants
• Grading in 2 sizes in
bundles, packed in crates
• Sprinkled and covered to
avoid dessication
• Planted on
1, production field
2, waiting bed
Fresh plants strawberry production
Tunnels
Open field
Waiting bed : 100.000 pl/ha
Waiting bed plants
• Fresh bare-root short day
cultivars transplanted 1-15
August on a temporary bed of
1 m wide
• Multi-crown plants by end of
November for programmed
cropping
Waiting bed plants
Plants are dug November and December
Grading based on crown diameter
• >22 mm
• 18-22 mm
• 15-18 mm
Waiting bed plants tend to have
4 to 7 flowers stalks and 40 to 60
fruits/plant
Waiting bed summer production
Waiting bed substrate production
Planting March
Production June
Cold stored runnerplants
• Planting March-April
Adapted for marketable
Plants graded in:
•A
• A+
• A++
Digging and grading
• Plants are cut before lifting
• Stored in bins
• Shed graded
Grading of frigo plants
based on crown diameter
A++ >18 mm (150pl/crate) :
3-4 flower stalks 30-35 fruits
A+ 14-18 (250 pl/crate) :
3 flower stalks 20-30 fruits
A 9-14 mm (500 pl/crate) :
1,5-2 flower stalks 15-20 fruits
Fruit production 3-or 1 row system
The use of cold stored plant material of short day
varieties
PLANT
MATERIAL
CROWN
DIAMETER
IN MM
FRUITS PER
PLANT
HARVEST
PERIOD
18-24
40-65
MAY-JUNE
JULY-AUG
SEPT
TUNNELS
OUTDOORS
TUNNELS
SOIL/SUBSTR
SOIL/SUBSTR
SOIL
A+ RUNNER
>15
25-35
APRIL-MAY
JULY-SEPT
JULY-AUG
SEPT-NOV
GREENHOUSE
OUTDOORS
GREENHOUSE
TUNNELS
SOIL
SOIL/SUBSTR
SUBSTR
SOIL/SUBSTR
A RUNNER
12-15
15-20
OCT-JAN
OUTDOORS
SOIL
TRAY
13-17
35-50
JULY-AUG
WAITING BED
SEPT-NOV
OCT-JAN
LOCATION
SYSTEM
OUTDOORS/
SUBSTRATE
GREENHOUSE
TUNNELS
SUBSTRATE
GREENHOUSE SUBSTRATE
Before planting on production field:
• Nematodes
• Verticilium
• Phytoptora Cactorum
Pratylenchus penetrans
and Meloidogyne hapla
How to avoid?
• Take soil samples of the field
• Tagetes
• Kalkstikstof
Wilt-Verticillum
• Infection mainly in warm
period and on sandy soils
• Wilting and yellow colouring
of leaves in autumn
• Many small crowns
How to avoid?
• Take soil samples of the field
• Not plant on fields where potatoes were
• Difficult to desinfect soils
• Start with clean material
Phytophthora cactorum
How to avoid?
• Healthy plants
• Good drainage and not overwatering
• Good structure of soil
• Good organic matter
• Bedculture is better drainage
• Chemical treatment before 2 days after planting
Summary important :
• Healthy plants
• Good drainage and not overwatering
• Good structure of soil
• Nutricients of soil
• Good organic matter
• No Verticilium / nematodes in soil
• How to handle when you recieve frigo plants
• Threatments Phytoptora / ohter crop protection
varieties
Early season:
Honeoye
Lambada
Darselect
Rumba
Wendy
FF1602
Middle season:
Elsanta
Sonata
M. Centenary
Polka
Vivaldi
Elegance
Late season:
Florence
Symphony
Salsa
Jive
FF1504
Rumba
 early cropping
 beautiful
presentation
 healthy crop
 high yield
 very shiny
Propagation year 2016
• Cold spring
• In the Eastern part of the Netherlands lots of rain
and hail damages
• In August not enough fresh plants available to the
market
• Not enough frigo plants available in spring
• Important to order in time
Our sales representative in Estonia :
Kindel Kasi OU
Family Kaskema