De Ruiter Experience Center

General information:

• Gutter height: 6.88 m
• Cover: ‘generic’ 92+ glass (not diffuse), width 167,5 cm
• Path width: 1,60 m
• Climate computer: Priva
• Plant Balance: sensortechnology for faster understanding of new varieties
• Water is desinfected with UV and chlorine
• Multiple nutritional solutions possible
• CO2 via OCAP
• Rootstocks:
  loose, plum, beef and truss: Maxifort
  cherry, cocktail and specialties: DRO141TX
• More than 100 new ToBRV resistance variety

Lit crop tomato: 

• Surface: 3.200 m2
  
• ½ 1000W Son T lights: 100 μmol/m2/s
• ½ 1000W LED 90-5-5: 177 μmol/m2/s
• Additional screens:
  1st to prevent light emission (LS)
  2nd clear screen to save energy (LS)
• Sowing date: 8 September 2023
• Planting date: 1 November 2023
• Planting distance at start: 2.5 st/m2 for loose, truss and beef
• Planting distance at start: 3.75 st/m2 for cherry and cocktail

Year-round crop tomato:

• Surface: 4.000 m2
• Additional screens:
  double clear screen to save energy (LS)
• Sowing date: 13 November 2023
• Planting date: 9 February 2024
• Planting distance at start: 2.5 st/m2
• Rootstock ‘test’ (glasshouse 3) with new rootstock Maxifort, DRO141TX, Equifort, DRTX0318, DRTX1447, TRS015

Highwire crop cucumber:

• Surface: 3.200 m2
• ½ 1000W Son T lights: 100 μmol/m2/s
• ½ 1000W LED 90-5-5: 165 μmol/m2/s
• Additional screens:
  1st to prevent light emission (LS)
  2nd clear screen to save energy (LS)
• Priva groscale for controlled watersupply
• Sowing date: 17 November 2023
• Planting date: 18 December 2023
• 2 crop cycles a year

Umbrella crop cucumber:

• Surface: 4.000 m2
• Additional screens: double clear screen to save energy (LS)
• Priva groscale for controlled watersupply
• Sowing date: 7 December 2023
• Planting date: 8 January 2024
• 3 crop cycles a year