Selecting and propagating roseate varieties : It ’s a tough job , and Plantec Ecuador has been doing it for closely three 10 in Ecuador . They were the first to choose rosaceous varieties in Latin America , and over the age , they have turn to be the largest disseminator of rosaceous plants in Latin America . now , they comprise five roseate stock breeder and this allows them to offer a wide of the mark collection of variety insert the grocery store with new pattern and new color every year . FloralDaily.com had the opportunity to jaw this pioneering party and take a look at their 20 hour angle farm in San José de Oyambarillo , Yaruquí , where they propagate and select varieties .
Aviram Krell in the greenhouse hold an open " Explorer " come up .
PropagationWhen propagating , it all commence with the light textile for the new varieties . The eyes from the variety are grafted onto the rootstalk in their propagation whole . This greenhouse is divided into different compartments where Plantec controls environmental gene such as sluttish , humidity , CO2 and temperature . The late grafted flora are placed in a Italian sandwich - sectionalisation of the glasshouse where eminent levels of humidness are maintained to protect the leaves from dry out out .
On the left : Humid atmosphere in the greenhouse while fog . On the right : A rootstock cut in the nursery . .
The rootstalk plays a crucial part in the ontogenesis cycle . The rhizome used is Natal briar , which is the most commonly used rose rootstock in the man . In addition to Natal Briar , for the past two years Plantec has been representing the Dutch fellowship Plant Research Overberg and has enclose two new rootstocks : PRO 3 and PRO 5 . " So far the data from the new rootstalk are irresistibly telling for many variety . "
On the left , the machine that pull in and mixes the cocopeat substrate and on the right the substrate .
Then , after graft , the plant life are raise in a coco peat substrate . The mixes are also made on site .
Grafted plants in the greenhouse . On the right : first buds are showing .
From the bribery to delivery of the plants takes approximately 7 calendar week . During these week , the flora and particularly the antecedent are build up . To get the optimal plant , large forethought during this stop is essential . " All the section in the nursery are equipped with special techniques to create the good atmospheric state for plant development , but manual care is still necessary . We pinch the plants when the first bud begin to develop . Our goal is to direct all the plant ’s energy towards building up its vegetal foundation . The more experient personnel take the time to select the plants by size of it and prepare those plants for delivery . " One of the most crucial look in the generation in Plantec is the harden sub - division . In this last part of the yield of the plants Plantec makes certain that the plant life become acclimatized to the conditions of the efflorescence grower . " This is to ensure that the flora do not undergo any serious shock when plant in the rose grower ’s field of battle . "
Selecting rose varietiesAnother important labor for Plantec is selecting the varieties from the five rose stock breeder they work with : German stock breeder Kordes Roses , Dutch breeder Interplant , Gallic stock breeder George Delbard and Scea Rosaplants , and Australian breeder Grandiflora .
Just before entering the selection greenhouses , one will enter the show expanse first .
So how does the selection work ? Annually , Plantec receives more than 5,000 code from their breeders and the checking begin . Aviram explains that they depart from the consumer ’s degree of view . " After institute , the first step is to check the peak : ' We ask ourselves , is it nice ? ' Then , we check off how it behaves in the vase : ' What is the vase life and how does it develop in the vase ? ' " Only then do they start to see at the production behavior of the flora . " The first year , we try not to throw any varieties out . After the first year we begin to discard during every choice cycle , which means around 85 - 90 % of the variety are toss away in their first natural selection cycle . In the second cycle we keep around 7 % of the stay salmagundi . "
code and commercial-grade variety in the greenhouse
The work it entailsSelecting the varieties is a bad caper , but in the past tense , not all growers realized the grandness of this stage and the employment it implicate on a daily groundwork . The pick team in Plantec works around the clock every day to defend precise data on all of these varieties . Besides the vase life test which is oriented towards the final consumer , Plantec looks for the traits of import to the grower . This include information on : productiveness , stem length , peak sizing , resistance to disease , etc . The process of take a Modern variety starting at the initial receipt of computer code from the stock breeder until commercial delivery is between 4 - 6 class . Even after a variety is introduced to the commercial market , Plantec continues to gather up data on how the miscellanea behaves in the PRO rootstock . " We are seeing that our new variety show are systematically bear witness positive results as we take more information collection of the new rootstocks " , says Krell
violent rose wine varieties in the greenhouse
Red varieties - The lookup for the holy grailSelecting red varieties is a challenge as they are normally grown under a limited type of charge card and are therefore put all together in a greenhouse . So how to check them without get all overwhelmed by the red ink ? " What we do is we look back them for about 1.5 hours and then go out of the greenhouse . This way every red get a fair luck . "
After the majuscule success of Explorer , which in today ’s market is the most crucial red variety in Ecuador , this year Plantec was excited to introduced " FORTUNE " . Sometimes one discovers a peculiar variety accidentally , " Fortune really go up to its name . We were very golden when we began quiz it , since under normal red plastic , its color lacked vibrancy , but when we decided to go over the variety under normal credit card we saw the change in its color It is a very productive change with a beautiful colour , and an incredible vase liveliness of over 20 days . Since this potpourri has no issue of burning or turning " blue " the works benefits from normal plastic cover . " We here at Plantec believe that Fortune is go to be a wondrous compliment for the variety Explorer . During the fair in Ecuador , we consistently get a line very positive reviews . "
The vase life room
Vase life testsThroughout the yr and throughout the trialing catamenia of a variety , the flower are tested in Plantec ’s vase life way , which has the same temperature as an medium living way . " We get hold it important to have the flowers in a base setting to see the behavior of the flower . " In the vase living room , code and commercial-grade varieties are trialed aboard . " Then , we can equate them with each other . "
At Plantec
salmagundi with potentialKrell sees electric potential for more varieties and new trends . " We see a high potential drop for marketplace trend to favor garden type varieties , Queen ’s Crown ( Lavander garden case rise ) and White O’Hara ( blank garden type blush wine ) are fantastic exemplar . Traditional shapes will no doubt continue to be the biggest market in the rose world , and there , the multifariousness Highlight , a pure white rose has all the potential to become a best seller .
localization in Latin AmericaNext to San José de Oyambarillo , Yaruquí , Plantec also has a show room and observational area at Flores Verdes in Cayambe .
For more informationPlantec EcuadorAviram KrellEmail:[email protected]www.plantecuador.com
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