ISHS Acta Horticulturae 424: II International Rose Symposium
ROSE FACTORIES, FICTION OR FUTURE ? |
| Author: | G.A. Van den Berg |
| Abstract:
The traditional glasshouse rose cultivation is a complex culture. It is very labour intensive, amounting up to more than 50% of the production costs under Dutch glasshouse conditions. In order to achieve a drastic reduction of the labour requirement and to improve the quality of labour, mechanisation and automation are the most obvious methods. A systematized well planned production on transportable tables offers most perspectives for centralization and mechanization of cultivation activities. Application of such systems will lead to the existence of a type of "rose factories", where under controlled conditions in a non-polluting way high quality roses are produced. Forces which influence this development are discussed. | |
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