Rapo q Werner Hack Marielle Nagtzaam q founded

Rapo q Werner Hack / Marielle Nagtzaam q founded 40 years ago q clients all over Europe q 3 seasons q member of Fresh Forward (Fragaria) q over 120 hectares of propagation

Fresh bare-root plants • Planting March • 1. 5 m spacing • Depends on variety

Digging fresh plants Lifting : End of July early short day cultivars Darselect, Rumba. . August mid season and late short day cultivars Elsanta, Sonata, Jive, Polka October short day cultivars for Spain Camarosa, Fortuna, Calinda

Grading of fresh bare-root plants • Grading in 2 sizes in bundles, packed in crates • Sprinkled and covered to avoid dessication • Planted on 1, production field 2, waiting bed

Fresh plants strawberry production Tunnels Open field

Waiting bed : 100. 000 pl/ha

Waiting bed plants • Fresh bare-root short day cultivars transplanted 1 -15 August on a temporary bed of 1 m wide • Multi-crown plants by end of November for programmed cropping

Waiting bed plants Plants are dug November and December Grading based on crown diameter • >22 mm • 18 -22 mm • 15 -18 mm Waiting bed plants tend to have 4 to 7 flowers stalks and 40 to 60 fruits/plant

Waiting bed summer production

Waiting bed substrate production Planting March Production June

Cold stored runnerplants • Planting March-April Adapted for marketable Plants graded in: • A++

Digging and grading • Plants are cut before lifting • Stored in bins • Shed graded

Grading of frigo plants based on crown diameter A++ >18 mm (150 pl/crate) : 3 -4 flower stalks 30 -35 fruits A+ 14 -18 (250 pl/crate) : 3 flower stalks 20 -30 fruits A 9 -14 mm (500 pl/crate) : 1, 5 -2 flower stalks 15 -20 fruits

Fruit production 3 -or 1 row system

The use of cold stored plant material of short day varieties

Before planting on production field: • Nematodes • Verticilium • Phytoptora Cactorum

Pratylenchus penetrans and Meloidogyne hapla

How to avoid? • Take soil samples of the field • Tagetes • Kalkstikstof

Wilt-Verticillum • Infection mainly in warm period and on sandy soils • Wilting and yellow colouring of leaves in autumn • Many small crowns

How to avoid? • Take soil samples of the field • Not plant on fields where potatoes were • Difficult to desinfect soils • Start with clean material

Phytophthora cactorum

How to avoid? • Healthy plants • Good drainage and not overwatering • Good structure of soil • Good organic matter • Bedculture is better drainage • Chemical treatment before 2 days after planting

Summary important : • Healthy plants • Good drainage and not overwatering • Good structure of soil • Nutricients of soil • Good organic matter • No Verticilium / nematodes in soil • How to handle when you recieve frigo plants • Threatments Phytoptora / ohter crop protection

varieties Early season: Honeoye Lambada Darselect Rumba Wendy FF 1602 Middle season: Elsanta Sonata M. Centenary Polka Vivaldi Elegance Late season: Florence Symphony Salsa Jive FF 1504

Rumba q early cropping q beautiful presentation q healthy crop q high yield q very shiny

Propagation year 2016 • Cold spring • In the Eastern part of the Netherlands lots of rain and hail damages • In August not enough fresh plants available to the market • Not enough frigo plants available in spring • Important to order in time

Our sales representative in Estonia : Kindel Kasi OU Family Kaskema