Start light , stay clean . This is the essence of the raise Greencare policy in use at Dümmen Orange . The increasing disease pressure sensation and globalisation are pretend this a must . Frank Wagenaar : " We ’re taking on a self-aggrandizing obligation , not only for rose as a ware category but also for the commercial interests of the Netherlands . We ’re doing everything potential to produce clean and healthy rosaceous cutting . "
" If there was ever an obvious rationality for developing our Greencare policy , it was what come about in the summertime of 2016 . " Frank Wagenaar , Head of Production the Netherlands , think the Ralstonia outbreak at the rose baby’s room . " We were just start an acquisition process . Dümmen Orange would be taking over this location run by Olij Rozen . And then this happened . But it was also the time for us to redesign our oeuvre procedures so that another outbreak would n’t stand a chance . " They strike rigorous standard .
To make indisputable that ' what begin sportsmanlike , stay clean ' , Wagenaar and his fellow worker looked at how any bacterium that was present could spread : by means of the industrial plant material itself , the water , and the employee ' oeuvre clothing and tools . Next , they pioneer far - reach amount to control the phytosanitary risk of infection from breeding through to yield . Wagenaar : " If you ’re involved in breeding and propagating , you have to start off with flora material . We employ a closed system whenever possible . This minimize how many plant we play in from outdoors . But any plant material we do bring in from exterior is keep in quarantine for ten weeks . Under no luck may they come into contact with the plants we already have here . Not until three sequent tests show negatively charged results for diseases and pests may these plants enter our roseate pool . Yes , this entire cycle adds another two and a half months , but times have deepen due to globalisation and an increase disease pressure . That ’s when taking responsibility really counts . "
Four exam rather of twoWagenaar : " We also check and treble - moderate the urine . For environmental reasons , we reuse our urine whenever potential . This mean , however , that we have to do a good job of disinfecting it . One way we do this is with UV lamp . But that ’s not all . To enter in the Naktuinbouw rose puddle , Naktuinbouw ( The Netherlands Inspection Service for Horticulture ) has to check our water twice a year . But we have this done not two but four times a year . We swear on these tests to know straightaway if there are any divergence in our water sample . If so , we want to know at once . "
Employees no longer use their own secateursThe third possible source of disease - clothing and tools - is the one that affects employees most . Every segmentation - breeding , generation , output and the show greenhouse - now has its own work clothing in its own colour . A commercial-grade laundry pull in the habiliment twice a hebdomad . Previously , everyone had their own secateurs ; now , each path has its own secateur that may only be used there . Joost Mohlmann , Manager : " This has a lot of implications ! A. , it takes more time , and B. , nobody has their own secateurs and gloves any longer . Before this , everyone thought it was very authoritative to have their own secateurs . " Now , employees working in breeding who wear a blue sweater ca n’t just walk into the ' black ' multiplication greenhouse . This means that they sometimes have to take the long way round . Mohlmann : " It took some getting used to , but people read why . Everyone realises that this is the Modern world . And everyone would hate for anything to go wrong . Looking on at the heyday you ’ve maturate with such care being cleared out of their greenhouse : it ’s not something we wish to about . "
Greencare in a nutshellGreencare is the phytosanitary policy Dümmen Orange follow through to surrender healthy and sporty starting material to raiser worldwide . It guides us to forestall , control and minimise phytosanitary risks from breed all the agency through to product , by means of :
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