A request from a Canadian strawberry grower is behind the exploitation of a novel reflexive dispenser for beneficial insects , lately introduced to the cosmopolitan public . The Entomatic was on display at Strawberry Day , and was develop by Biobest and HortiWorld , and is available exclusively from Biobest .
One of the important point in time when publish beneficial insect in the greenhouse is that they can get to work out quickly . Now , it sometimes happened that the insects were so startled by their introduction into the greenhouse that they had to recover for a while , for example , from a ' hard landing place ' on the craw .
Hanne Steel of Biobest and Rembrandt van Meegen ( Hortiworld ) at the Entomatic ™ .
Delayed landingDuring the growing of the Entomatic , a very careful alternative was made for a system that guarantee a soft landing for mites , pupae , egg , and larvae . " You should think of it as a chute landing , " Rembrandt van Meegen of manufacturer HortiWorld explicate pictorially .
This component slow the flow of air
By slow down the airflow , more hint demesne on the leave of absence . That is where they are require and not on the earth . " Different product can be carried in the source . With premixing , a soul-stirring system ensures a continuous and homogeneous supply to the distribution points . "
Even distribution"Entomatic is design and develop to achieve a very even , precise , and homogeneous distribution of mite merchandise , " explains Hanne Steel , Biobest product portfolio manager Beneficials . " Manual statistical distribution of good insects is labor - intensive and therefore clip - consuming and expensive . To optimize biologic control strategy and their effectiveness , it is important that beneficial dirt ball are evenly distributed over the crop . "
ModularThe automatic dispenser uses a modular system . At the Dutch grower ’s assumption , the Entomatic rides on tube rails , but it is also possible to have the Entomatic drive behind the tractor or other type of rapture fomite . " The machine is a unproblematic modular system and can be accommodate to almost all greenhouse crops and growing systems such as soft fruit , leafy crop , and ornamentals , " tell Rembrandt . " The conformation is easy , and the utilisation is also visceral . That ’s what we designed the system for . "
First usersBesides the Dutch strawberry grower , a Dutch gerbera grower is also work with the Entomatic . It is possible to have rods with dispersion distributor point pass under the craw gutter , as in strawberries , as well as along the top , in the case of standing gutters . The machine can have between two and 16 dispensing points per unit . bet on the numeral of dispersion points and the duration of the rows , it has a dosing capacity of up to 1.5 hour angle per hour . In improver to the first Dutch users , the Canadian grower , who approached Hortiworld in 2020 with a asking for an reflex dispenser , will also set forth using the Entomatic this spring .
Hortiworld , a company own by Rembrandt and Peter Oosterink , is also known for its Bio Bull , crop shredding machine widely used during craw rotary motion .
For more information : Hanne SteelBiobest Group[email protected][email protected]www.biobestgroup.com
Rembrandt van MeegenHortiworld[email protected]www.hortiworld.euwww.bio - bull.com
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