" We want to show that Dutch blossom are not just full of poison and that it ’s all more nuanced , " says Wikke Vedder . He is one of the HAS student who lay out their chemical - free chrysanthemums to the mayor of Zutphen , Wimar Jaeger last Wednesday .
The municipality of Zutphen lately adjudicate to stop giving fragrance as gifts on anniversaries , among other function . The reason was that the sweetness would be ' poison bouquets ' . At the time , students at the HAS were working on a undertaking at school to attempt to develop chrysanthemums without chemic plant aegis ware and without growth regulator . Several article come along in the media where agriculturalist were dismissed as poison sprayers , but that is obviously not very nuanced , Wikke believe .
Wikke did the project together with fellow scholar Jari van Vliet , Luuk Lauwerijssen , Eugenio Rhoads , and Peer Juhre .
He elaborates on the project : " During our experimentation , we made every effort to keep blighter out of our chrysanthemums by using raw pesticides . We also made adjustments to the climate , light , and water scheme in the nursery to inhibit the chrysanthemums . As a result , we did not have to utilize growth regulators . With our projection we desire to show how modern the nursery sector is , and that crop protection , in particular , is already very sustainable . "
With this fib and a clustering of chrysanthemum , Wikke and a few fellow bookman went to Zutphen to utter to the city manager . " The mayor think it was good that we had come to give a reception to the decision . He had not expected so many . At a certain point there were also terror towards municipal employees . He think that handing over chrysanthemums was an example of a good response . After the handover , we utter at length in his office about our chrysanthemum and the determination take on by the municipality of Zutphen . The mayor was receptive to our level and is plump to heighten it at the next council group meeting on 16 December . "
" We desire that the municipality of Zutphen will reconsider its conclusion . Floriculture in the Netherlands is already realise great strides towards sustainability . Natural pesticides are already used on many farm and chemical substance intercession is only used in exceptional cases . "
Despite their enthusiasm , the student do not see the Dutch flower industriousness becoming chemical substance - free in the next 5 - 10 years . " We think chemical federal agent should remain uncommitted to the flower diligence , in vitrine it is necessary to intervene when disease or pests in the nursery get out of helping hand . However , we do think that pesticide use will refuse as natural control agents will more and more shape the basis of the incorporate crop protection scheme . Despite our winner in using climate , light-colored , and water to inhibit chrysanthemum , we do not opine this will be commercially applicable . We think the biggest step can be made with raising , develop shorter varieties that need less suppression . "
A TV of the chrysanthemum handover canbeseenin this article at AD ( in Dutch ) .
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