The horticultural sector is developing rapidly in terms of sustainability and precision cultivation . There is a unattackable penury for sustainable choice . We detect this also in the changing demand for growing media . There is an increase need for substrate that do better in sustainable , high - technical school growing systems .
We necessitate to move towards a mood - neutral substratum industriousness and see the growing demand for renewable substratum . To reinforce this ambition , Ted Vollebregt , besides managing director of Klasmann - Deilmann , also chairwoman of the Association of Potting Soil and Substrate Manufacturers Netherlands , signed the Dutch compact ' Environmental Impact of Potting Soil and Substrate Manufacturers Netherlands , ' together with 14 other political party from the Dutch substratum industriousness . They agree to make every effort to supply only substrates that have no negative impact on the surround and are CO2 neutral by 2050 . And that is a large challenge for substrate developer .
That was in November 2022 . The big news now ? Klasmann - Deilmann and Maan Biobased Products ( developer of their shared product Growcoon ) were able to explicate a promising fibre out of biodegradable and biobased raw materials with exactly the right properties for intensive , sustainable cultivation . And it is called , Nygaia .
The biggest challenge they confrontedIn picky , detect the perfect balance between performance and sustainability . In the first place , a substratum must facilitate industrial plant growth . For example , by allow for good water - holding capacity and sufficient stableness . But achieving these property with environmentally friendly and renewable stuff is not an gentle task , and the fibre in itself is not enough .
" If we want to become importantly more sustainable , we call for to look at the full ecological and carbon footmark of a merchandise . In short : what give way in , what goes out ? feel a substrate that scores well on all front is a complex chore and call for a multidisciplinary glide slope . "
Raymond van Ispelen , Product Specialist at Klasmann - Deilmann , says : " For several years now , we have been work on a remarkable biodegradable substratum . A concept in which the total impact of the product is primal . How should we imagine this ? At least not as an off - the - shelf product that is shipped around the world in bombastic quantities and leave many trace ( or requires a lot of energy and chemical to recycle ) . "
" We have succeeded in produce a function prototype , which we are now test on a rapidly growing graduated table . Its fiber breaks down all under the right-hand condition . Zero waste , in other words . And it lie of more than 60 % natural raw materials . The fibre is inert and contains no nutritional value of its own . In add-on , it provides good root support . We have been try the product ourselves for quite some time and are amazed by the results we are attain , " says Raymond .
' It is our ultimate dream to provide both a semi - finished ware and the automation to bring out smart substrate fiber locally ( e.g. , by the grower himself ) . This would give the grower more mastery and scale down the number of transport movements by a factor of 40 ( ! ) . It ’s not that far yet , but every 24-hour interval we take another step towards agnise that dream . "
Raymond : " On April 5 , we submit our brand under the watchful centre of H.M. Queen Máxima , Queen of the Netherlands . That was a very particular second . During GreenTech , we hope to introduce our ware to a broad ( horticultural ) hearing and work towards an international market introduction . So keep an center on us ! "
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