Lilacs and Ilex agriculturalist Marcel Groeneveld has been working with Jamafa ’s raw flower processing line of descent for about one month now and is the second grower in the Netherlands using this brand new introduction . He has already been work with the Jamafa Universal grading machine since 2018 and is still very slaked with the combination of the two . " The machine write labor , speeds up the processing proces and provide more uniform Ralph Bunche . All in all , it give peace of mind and more more job gratification , " he pronounce . FloralDaily stopped at his quickness to take a look .
Grower Marcel Groeneveld and Bas Goede of Jamafa in front of the new FlowerLine .
Groeneveld is a seventh - genesis agriculturalist who mainly cultivates lilacs and Ilex , a good combination because their season follow each other . The polish of lilacs is his inwardness line , but the season has n’t started yet . He is currently meddlesome processing Ilex . This will last until the end of December . Then , the Ilex -which is currently drying in the 0.5 hour angle glasshouse - will make elbow room for the lilacs . A part of the glasshouse is also used for the production of jackpot industrial plant .
Ilex verticillataThe Ilex branch are processed from October to December . The Ilex verticillata , also love as winterberry , is part of the out-of-door cultivation that starts in October . Groeneveld has 10,000 bush that are harvested in 2 lots every other twelvemonth . The Chuck Berry branches ( the distaff bush ) are cut from the shrubs after which they are taken to the baby’s room . In the greenhouse , the branches are put under charge plate to " brew " . Within four weeks the leave of absence fall off and only the branches with the berries remain . This means they are ready to be work .
Clockwise , the " brewing " summons . Top left : the branches are still under the tarpaulin , then the leaves are shaken off and the branches with berries remain ( bottom leftover ) .
Processing - GradingThe Ilex arm , but also the Lilac ’s , are processed in the warehouse into bunches and this process , from grading to bunching , has been fully automatise since former November .
" My father used to do the grading , but he ’s getting old , so we start looking for a grading machine because our first machine needed interchange . We ended up choosing Jamafa , who have a grading auto that can grade all kinds of flowers using a television camera . It can sort them by length , heaviness , mass of the flower / Chuck Berry , and turn of buttons moet zijn heyday buds . " At first I was quite sceptical , but after seeing the motorcar being used by another grower we pick out the ' Jamafa Universal grading motorcar ' . "
Groeneveld has been working with this machine since 2018 and is very quenched . " First of all , it saves us a lot of study , the bunches are more undifferentiated and because of that we have not received any complaints in term of timbre from the flower auction , to whom we deliver most of our prime , or from other customers " .
How does the mark body of work ? Groeneveld : " Only 1 soul is needed to see to it the automobile . After the machine has been adjust to the grading criteria ( we can enter 12 different criteria ) , we can go by simply placing the stem in the tray at the beginning of the conveyer belt belt . Next , the photographic camera scans the outgrowth and assigns it to a certain grading " . See below .
The Ilex is placed in the tray per limb . On the right the 12 grading compartments .
The data point from the camera .
The grade branches in the trays . The predetermined place criteria can easily be adjusted on the tray with a wax crayon .
Flower litigate lineAfter grading , the flowers are bunched on Jamafa ’s brand new flower processing crinkle . This blossom process line , also desirable for process Lilacs and many other types of flush ( with both laborious and flaccid stem turn ) , is officially called the FlowerLine and spot itself from other machines by , among other thing , unruffled processing . For cutting the flowers other machines often work with a circular sawing machine , but Jamafa has chosen to work with a combination blade ( a trilled blade and a antagonistic - pressure sensation roller ) . " This not only results in the branches being cut off quietly but also prevent the lot from locomote , which you normally see with a circular byword that is blunt , " says Bas Goede , Sales Manager of Jamafa .
The line work on as follows : After the grade branches are removed from the trays , they are placed in bunches on the FlowerLine , after which they are cut to size and bound . Below the step - by - step process ..
From the grading tray , a certain number of branches are roll up .
The cluster is put on the conveyor knock . The belt slop at a 6 - degree angle , allowing to intimately see the product and succeed the lines that bespeak the distance . The use of melody allows unlike ware lengths to be processed simultaneously .
After this , the bunch arrives at the ' rotating scissors hold ' , where they are write out off quietly .
After the bunch is cut , it is bound double by a Cyklop reaper binder . " We are not going to invent what is already for sale on the market . We would rather influence together and apply that , " says Bas Goede .
The bunch is quick to be sleeved now .
After sleeving , the caboodle are put in water containers , ready for transport to the flower auction sale .
Groeneveld is the second grower to employ this line . Voorn Roses is the first , see the television below .
More peace of judgment and funDue to the novel flower processing assembly line Groeneveld has gone from needing 5 to only 3 people for processing . This is a fiscal advantage , but fit in to the grower , not the most important . " It gives more peace of intellect and we ’re having more fun work , " he says . " ordinarily when processing the Ilex , especially in the running - up to Christmas , we really have to make a self-aggrandising effort to keep up . Now that ’s not a problem at all . Our bunch are also more consistent , the camera in the Universal grading machine is always nonsubjective as oppose to the human eye . This results in a product with a high grading consistence , which in turn contribute to good overall caliber and client loyalty . With this car , we can easily adapt the bunches to our customers ' needs . ”
" And a well grading also ensures a good price per grading " , total Bas Goede . " 80 percent of the bloom cease up in bouquets . Poor grading will eventually lead to bouquets look more odd and will result in a sales difference for florists or other party selling bouquet , the consumer will nibble the corsage with the most volume . ”
A bit further , the islands where the lilacs develop .
Lilac cultivationBesides Ilex processing , we also had the opportunity to take a further aspect at the company . As mention above , the lilacs are also treat with Jamafa ’s grading machine and flower processing transmission line . Processing is done in the same way , but finish in an solely different way and is very intensive . In fact , obtaining a lilac prime requires a 16 - footfall unconscious process and there are presently only 15 growers worldwide ( mainly based in the Netherlands ) that naturalise this product . But what makes it so intensive ? Groeneveld afford a abbreviated explanation . " The Lilacs , some more than 100 years old , are grafted and then cultivated on 6.5 hour angle spread over 28 islets in the Westeinderplas in Aalsmeer ( which march Groeneveld ’s backyard . ) culture take two long time .
This sauceboat brings the lilac to the greenhouse .
In fall , the bushes are taken out of the ground and taken to the nursery by boat , where they will be kept outside the greenhouse until the death of December . The empty fields are covered with clay to exert their stature . In December , the lilac are brought at bottom in small batches and the temperature is raised to 36 arcdegree Celsius . This loosens the flower . After harvest , the flowers are process and set up for vendue . The au naturel shrubs are clip and refund to the subject on Westeinderplas ( for a detailed account of the whole process . ” See thewebsitefor more detailed selective information .
The lilac are observe outside the glasshouse .
mess plantsIn addition to lilacs and Ilex , Groeneveld also cultivates alight tummy works . “ We have a CHP and we use the warmth for the nursery and the twinkle can handily be used for the lot plants . It ’s mostly my Church Father ’s hobby , he sell them to retailer across the country . ”
The pot plants
For more informationMarcel Groeneveldwww.marcelgroeneveld.nl
JamafaBas Goede+31 6 29056737Email:[email protected]www.jamafa.com
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