Opti-flor will be cooperating with ParXtra Trading intensively. In concrete terms, this means that the Phalaenopsis company in Monster will be conducting extensive tests with the ParXtra® Booster: an innovative device that amplifies the vibration of light and thereby stimulates plant growth. In addition, Opti-flor will help to realise the manufacture of the first large volume of ParXtra® Boosters, and Marco and René Hendriks will join ParXtra Trading’s steering group.
Marco and René Hendriks of Opti-flor and Lennard van Vliet and Mark van den Ende of ParXtra Trading signed the cooperation agreement on Friday, 24 August. The first practical effect is that Opti-flor will be testing the ParXtra® Booster intensively as of this autumn. The tests at Opti-flor should provide insight into the exact added value of the ParXtra® Booster in the cultivation of Phalaenopsis.
The first trials with cut roses concluded in the 3rd week of September. The differences between the plants cultivated with the ParXtra Booster and the reference batch were huge. The harvested stems of the treated plants were as much as 33% heavier than the stems of the untreated plants. The flowers of the treated stems were also visibly larger and fuller, and the stems themselves were thicker, sturdier and longer. The exact percentages have been recorded in the reports but cannot be published yet.
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