Jack van Batenburg , Shakti Cocos : " Worldwide , the demand for coco is increasing . For suppliers , this is not only an opportunity , but also a terror . This create tolerance for supplier who bring tight and loose with calibre demands , while timber is of farthermost grandness in cocos . " Since last year , the company is on its own , and has recently been granted the RHP certificate . Jack van Batenburg bet back on a yr that was energizing , not only for Shakti Cocos , but for the entire cocoa palm industry .
Jack van Batenburg and Peter Zethof during IPM Essen 2019
RHP certificateA year ago , Shakti Cocos announced it would no longer be part of MeeGaa Substrates . Now , a year later , the company is looking back at its first year of being an independent actor . An crucial point on the to - do - list is acquiring the RHP certificate . A quality label particularly important for Dutch potting soil traders . It took quite some effort . " We have had audit in our factories in Sri Lanka and India , supplied various analyses , rewriting the manuals … but the result is there . The certification was allot in December , so Shakti Cocos can also supply to Dutch potting soil dealer . "
individualized substratum conceptsAlthough fresh autonomous , Shakti Cocos is not a fresh party . 25 years ago , it was already one of the first Dutch companies that provide cocos . In the following years , factories in India and Sri Lanka were founded , and the cognition was expanded . Some eld ago , the fellowship found a mode to structurally bring down the pH value and patented this under the name Shakti Amla .
diddly-squat : " The pH has a large influence on the root ontogeny and the intake capacity of the solution . Every harvest need a unlike value . Blueberries grow easily on a low pH. With Shakti Amla , we can make a substratum which is physically and chemically precisely veracious for the relevant harvest . "
Blueberry
Strawberry
" Strawberry is hump more or less as pH neutral . Still the economic consumption of our substratum mix lay down plants more resistant . We are not only search at the crop , but also at the mood . One grower wants substrate to retain more urine , the other requires more blank for line . We continually adjust the formula . "
Quality differencesShakti Cocos is the 9th RHP - certified caller that offers cocos products for professional horticulture . Certification is not reflex . " There is a lot of tone divergence in the market because of the path of bring out , hygienics , and chemical stableness . If a customer buys cocos which does not encounter the requirements , he will detect it in the crops . Everything that happens underground , has an effect on what grows above ground . A customer that buys scummy - quality cocos and is disappointed by the results , will not say ' I bought bad cocos ' , but rather ' cocos does not work , I require a different substrate ' . For us , it is essential to supply information and generate awareness about the quality of cocos . "
" The toll difference between qualitatively good and defective Cocos nucifera seems relevant per short ton , but if you reckon per works or flower , you have to look far after the denary dot to see the difference : good tone is better fruit . Moreover , a plant becomes immune because of a good for you root environment . One metre spraying against mold is per production more expensive than the price divergence in quality . "
Dry floor
Difficult coco palm year and increase demand"In India , we have had a identification number of years of uttermost drought . 2018 started better with sufficient rain ; in the second half of the class , the conditions interchange . The coconut palm industry was tested by cyclone Gaya which hit India in November . The cyclone damaged trees , create press on resources . At the same time we are deal with a grow need . The handiness of other organic resources , such as peat , is reducing , and cultivator see cocos as a in effect alternative . " Cocos is a good choice to conform to the increase demand for substrate . It has unequalled qualities which contribute to a good root and plant evolution .
concord to Jack , the demand is not only for substratum , but for various gardening products . " The population is growing , and the number of skilled multitude is reducing . There are less people producing for more people . The efficiency has to be raised . This is possible by modernistic greenhouses , computer controlled clime , and a good substratum for a healthy root surroundings . Where there is demand , supply has to comply . As genus Cocos provider we have to do everything we can to conform to the demand . "
For more informationShakti Cocos B.V.Honderdland 2512676 LV MaasdijkNetherlandswww.shakticocos.nl/en/[email protected ]
