Dakar Rally by dirt bike “I did ride through the greenhouse once,” Arjan Bos says. “But there weren’t any peppers then. It was during the crop change. I just wanted to give it a try.” As we speak, he pushes his dirt bike into the greenhouse. Time for a picture…
SERCOM represented at GPEC 2016 in Tokyo Bas van der Velden of Veldex represented SERCOM with the SC400 at the booth of his Japanese partner HOAGS at GPEC 2016. Last week the biannual GPEC Greenhouse Horticulture & Plant Factory Exhibition Conference took place at the Tokyo Big Sight in Japan.…
Ter Laak about to start phalaenopsis cultivation in Guatemala One of the largest Dutch orchid growers, Ter Laak Orchids, is almost ready to start the cultivation of its first phalaenopsis plants in their new 1ha greenhouse in Guatemala. “The greenhouse is currently being manufactured and in the second week of…
Improved coco buffering with new dose unit with SC400 During the last two decades, ever growing concerns regarding slow renewal of sphagnum peat, which is widely used in agriculture for production of pot plants and cultivation of different cultures by hydroponic method, has given rise to more intense search for…
Visit second edition GreenTech Amsterdam The second edition GreenTech in the RAI in Amsterdam takes place from June 14th until 16th. The final list of participants shows a lot of Dutch companies and also a lot companies from abroad. GreenTech Amsterdam is organised around the themes of water, energy, crops…
German Sercom user develops cucumber beer Cucumber drinks have been growing in popularity for years. Water or sparkling water with a slice of cucumber is healthy and trendy and hip clubs complete their gin and tonics with a slice of green. Cucumber grower André Busigel takes it one step further.…
Dutch Minister Ploumen visits Pavlodarsky Teplichny Last month a Dutch horticulture trade mission took place between The Netherlands and Ukraine. Dutch Minister Ploumen visited the largest tomato nursery in Ukraine: Pavlodarsky Teplichny Kompleks (Pavlovski greenhouse complex). This greenhouse complex uses a Sercom climate computer. The operation was built in 2013…
GreenTech Q&A with air quality specialist Crop optimisation needs to include measuring air quality. While measuring and controlling climate and irrigation in greenhouses has been a common practice for many years, measuring air quality is still underexposed. We found that NOx in a greenhouse has a negative influence on the…
Glass greenhouse in Tunisian desert At the end of February 2015, construction of a more than 4.5 hectare greenhouse started in El Hamma in the south of Tunisia, in the Tunisian desert. The project was started from scratch in the desert under the name Maison L’Oasis. Contrary to other projects…
SERCOM and partners at IFTF 2015 As in previous years, SERCOM will be present at IFTF 2015 along with its partners EMS and installation specialists Eval. We hope to welcome you there. There will certainly be plenty to discover and explore at this edition of IFTF! Attractive combination IFTF offers…
