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Rapo Werner Hack / Marielle Nagtzaam founded 40 years ago clients all over Europe 3 seasons member of Fresh Forward ( Fragaria ) over 120 hectares of propagation. Fresh bare-root plants. Planting March 1.5 m spacing Depends on variety. Digging fresh plants.
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Rapo • Werner Hack / Marielle Nagtzaam • founded 40 years ago • clients all over Europe • 3 seasons • member of Fresh Forward (Fragaria) • over 120 hectares of propagation
Fresh bare-root plants • Planting March • 1.5 m spacing • Depends on variety
Digging fresh plants Lifting : End of Julyearly short day cultivars Darselect, Rumba.. August midseasonand late short day cultivars Elsanta, Sonata, Jive, Polka October short day cultivars for Spain Camarosa, Fortuna, Calinda
Grading of fresh bare-root plants • Grading in 2 sizes in bundles, packed in crates • Sprinkledandcoveredtoavoiddessication • Planted on 1, production field 2, waiting bed
Fresh plants strawberry production Tunnels Open field
Waiting bed plants • Fresh bare-root short day cultivars transplanted 1-15 August on a temporary bed of 1 m wide • Multi-crownplantsby end of November forprogrammedcropping
Waiting bed plants Plants are dug November andDecember Gradingbased on crown diameter • >22 mm • 18-22 mm • 15-18 mm Waiting bed plantstendto have 4 to 7 flowersstalksand 40 to 60 fruits/plant
Waiting bed substrate production Planting March Production June
Coldstoredrunnerplants • Planting March-April Adaptedformarketable Plantsgraded in: • A • A+ • A++
Digging and grading • Plants are cut beforelifting • Stored in bins • Shedgraded
Grading of frigo plants based on crown diameter A++ >18 mm (150pl/crate) : 3-4 flowerstalks 30-35 fruits A+ 14-18 (250 pl/crate) : 3 flowerstalks 20-30 fruits A 9-14 mm (500 pl/crate) : 1,5-2 flowerstalks 15-20 fruits
The use of cold stored plant material of short day varieties
Before planting on production field: • Nematodes • Verticilium • PhytoptoraCactorum
How to avoid? • Take soil samples of the field • Tagetes • Kalkstikstof
Wilt-Verticillum • Infectionmainly in warm periodand on sandysoils • Wiltingandyellowcolouring of leaves in autumn • Many small crowns
How to avoid? • Take soil samples of the field • Not plant on fields wherepotatoeswere • Difficulttodesinfectsoils • Start with clean material
How to avoid? • Healthyplants • Good drainage andnotoverwatering • Goodstructure of soil • Goodorganic matter • Bedculture is better drainage • Chemical treatment before 2 daysafter planting
Summary important : • Healthyplants • Good drainage andnotoverwatering • Goodstructure of soil • Nutricients of soil • Goodorganic matter • No Verticilium / nematodes in soil • How to handle whenyourecieve frigo plants • ThreatmentsPhytoptora / ohtercropprotection
varieties • Early season: • Honeoye • Lambada • Darselect • Rumba • Wendy • FF1602 • Middle season: • Elsanta • Sonata • M. Centenary • Polka • Vivaldi • Elegance • Late season: • Florence • Symphony • Salsa • Jive • FF1504
Rumba • early cropping • beautiful presentation • healthy crop • high yield • very shiny
Propagation year 2016 • Cold spring • In theEastern part of the Netherlands lots of rainandhaildamages • In August notenoughfreshplantsavailabletothe market • Notenough frigo plantsavailable in spring • Important to order in time
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