At Beekenkamp Plants Vegetables’ Lutjebroek site, a wide variety of young cabbage plants are grown on over 4 hectares. These plants eventually find their way to professional growers at home and abroad. Over the past few months, a great deal of effort has been put into optimising the greenhouse, with the aim of further improving plant quality and reducing energy consumption.
The greenhouses are heated via heating pipes at the top of the greenhouse, and an air ventilation system has recently been installed to distribute the heat from the pipes evenly throughout the greenhouse, rather than allowing it to remain at the top. This system also reduces the humidity in the greenhouse, which in turn increases the activity of the plants, resulting in strong and robust cabbage plants. This also results in lower energy consumption, enabling Beekenkamp to grow cabbage plants in a more sustainable manner.
In addition to installing the air ventilation system, new ErfGoed cultivation floors have also been laid in the greenhouse. These new floors will further improve internal logistics and guarantee optimal drainage of water, which will benefit the quality of the cabbage plants.
With these innovations at the Lutjebroek site, Beekenkamp Plants can now better meet customer demand for the perfect plant for semi-automatic and fully automatic planting machines.
