General Information
Our business grows approxmately 75 hectares of bulbs. This is done in teh sandy soil in and around Callantsoog and Juliandorp.
The bulbs are not sold drectly to the consumers but are ditributed around the world by exporters. Either the bulbs are grown in pots or the flowers are grown in greenhouses.
By using modern machinery, well-equipped business premises, and a highly motivated staff. we are able to combine quality wiht inceasing quantity. Nealry all of our bulbs are washed and delivered clean.
As a result of calla-lily cultivation, our flower bulb nursery has become a yerar-round producing company.
The activities that take place during the year:
January:
- Delivering the Calla Lilies.
- maintenance of achinery and inventory.
February:
_ Maintenance of machinery and inventory
- Preparing the land(plowing) for soving of Calla-Lilies
March:
- Planting of Calla-Lilies
- Removing the straw from the fields with Daffodils.
April:
- Selection of spring crops
May:
-Selection of spring crops
- Chopping off the tulips
- Irrigating the land
June:
- Harvesting of Crocuses and Tulips
- Irrigating the land
July:
- Harvesting of Crocuses, Tulips, and Daffodils
- Irrigating the land
August:
- Harvesting of Daffodils and Muscari
September:
- Processing next year's Muscari crop
- Preparing the land for sowing of spring crops
- Hot water treatment Daffodils and Muscari
Oktober:
- Preparing the land for sowing of spring crops
- Planting of spring crops
November:
- Planting of spring crops
- Harvesting of calla's
December:
- Harvesting of calla's