Malou van der Burg of Blouming Floral Art explain Aad van Luijk how to flex a rose . Aad has been in the rose business for 40 years . He is one of the proprietor of Porta Nova , and despite being retired , he is at Porta Nova almost every day .
Aad van Luijk
Malou is visiting Porta Nova with Mike Duivenvoorden of Duif Flowers . She arrange her flowers from Duif Flowers and come up ferment sustainably very important . To pick up more about the story behind the roses she uses , she bear a visit to the rose baby’s room . " When I receive a rose , I take off all the thorn and leaves . That does n’t happen at a greenhouse , of trend . " Aad explain that a agriculturalist does not want to damage the rose because of hygiene : the more damage , the great the chance of bacteria . As a florist shop or consumer , however , it is better to remove them . That way all the zip can go to the rose wine and not the foliage .
Aad van Luijk , Mike Duivenvoorden , Malou van der Burg , and Marc Eijsackers
To learn the Indiana and outs of growing roses , Malou and Mike are attending a guided spell by Aad and Marc Eijsackers , who also work at Porta Nova . During the turn , Aad and Marc explain more about the greenhouse where Red Naomi pink wine are grow on an area of 19.3 hectares . Every day between 175,000 and 200,000 roses are process , seven days a week . " Our goal is to grow red roses of high timber and in large number , in the most sustainable way potential , " Marc says .
The ' star award eatery '
Daily menuThe roses are break a extra nutritional formula that is aline daily according to the plants ' needs . The fixings and amount are put together with preciseness . The water used for this process is collected rainwater . Porta Nova collaborates with a nearby business park to collect rainwater , which is then stored in an secret water storage . Before use , the water is filtered in the ' internal sand dune ' of the so - called ' lead present eating place ' , as the growers call their solid food center .
The recipe of the week is in this bottle
Aad explicate the Green elbow room
Green roomIn the ' Green Room ' , Aad explicate how cold and hot weewee is salt away 100 meter underground . In wintertime , the hot H2O is used to stir up the greenhouses , while in summertime the cold urine cools the greenhouse . In addition , the ask CO₂ comes from residuary waste from refinery in Pernis . " Everything in the nursery is pitch towards not using natural gas , " say Aad . Even Porta Nova ’s residuary oestrus can be enough to stir up a large part of a residential arena .
Grown locallyIn the ' nursery ' , the pink wine are cared for as they grow . It get hold of 6,5 to 7 from weeks to fill in a cycle . Three miscellany of Red Naomi are grown at Porta Nova : Supra , Unica , and Magna , with length , maturity , and bud sizing being the independent difference . This yr , a new craw has been planted in a part of the greenhouse .
During the enlistment , Mike says he opt locally grown flowers . This is also one of the reason why Malou orders her bloom from him . " In Scandinavian supermarket , for example , there is also much more sentience of Dutch blush wine , " enunciate Aad , Malou nod in arrangement .
After cutting the roses , they can recover in the ' recuperation room ' , which also look a flake like a sterile hospital room . This is where the roses get the first water after press cutting , which is presuppose to be hygienical and dusty . " With a very low amount of chlorine , " says Aad . All this is meant to extend the vase life of the roses . accidentally , the water with atomic number 17 is re - used for the next batch in the convalescence room .
The recuperation room
Audition time
prison term to shineThen it is time for the roses to audition and see which tag the roses will get . Will it be Supra , or will it be Unica or Magna ? The roses are checked , sorted by category , and then packed . During the tour , Malou takes lots of photos and video to share with her followers on social media , and to make more awareness of Dutch flower gardening .
Could this be a bunch of Supra ?
The Red Naomis are sorted
Until their loss , the Red Naomis are assort and chilled in the ' wellness core ' . It is cold in this way as it is only a degree above zero . After the roses have been pampered , it is time for departure . The enlistment also comes to an end .
Ready for difference
The last room to be see is the ' realism room ' . Here , roses are test in practice and improvements to the Red Naomi are influence on .
With Malou and Mike ’s sojourn , another step has been hold in raising awareness about flower gardening . Through florists like Malou , this cognition is further divvy up with consumer . And Aad ? Now , he bang how to flex a rosiness .
For more info : Marc EijsackersPorta NovaTel : +31 ( 0)6 51 61 02 36[email protected]www.portanova.nl
Mike DuivenvoordenDuif FlowersTel : +31 ( 0)6 19 37 88 69[email protected]www.duifflowers.com
Malou van der BurgBlouming Floral ArtTel : +31 ( 0)6 10 00 97 10[email protected]www.bloumingfloralart.nl
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