Tag: FRUIT CULTIVATION
Fruit growers with their hands in their hair by apple blossom beetle: ‘Even tried to squeeze them to death’
The apple blossom beetle is on the rise and affects the apples of fruit growers. They used to use the biological pesticide Raptol, but that is not allowed this year…
Cold, rain and sun make pruning fruit trees exciting: ‘Who knows what the future will bring’
Despite the cold, fruit grower Johan de Jong spends days pruning outside. His pear trees are in bud and he has to control that. It was equally exciting whether he…
Apple pickers Bert, Sonja and Piet are over 60, but still work every day: ‘I can recommend it to anyone over 65’
Fruit grower Jacco Merkens likes to work with older employees. “They work hard, are never sick and very loyal. And I think the atmosphere at the company is very important.…
Apple harvest exceptionally early due to heat: ‘Always thunder in fruit cultivation’
Autumn seems to have started early this year: you can already see acorns in many places and the many trees on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug are already starting to take on…