" Last week , I saw that football golf-club PSV had installed Philips UV lamps to disinfect the atmosphere in the footlocker rooms and riposte corona infections . I liked to see that , a form of confirmation that horticulture was one whole step in front of those guy wire . We installed precisely the same lamps 3 years ago and since , we have had almost no Fusarium , and the mildew can be much well controlled . And for what it ’s deserving , none of us has had corona . "
Maarten Kramer and Aad van der WiltThe ultraviolet light blanket in the greenhouse of Aad van der Wilt is , in short , doing its chore . antecedently , the gerbera nursery already commissioned a UV sanitizer . Some time later - based on the musical theme that if it works for water system , it will also work for atmosphere - the UV lamps followed . Together with Sales Manager Maarten Kramer , Aquamar , we take a spirit in the greenhouse in Mijdrecht .
There are 18 mental faculty , equally spread out over the greenhouse of more than 3 hectares , which is on the dot sufficient , allow there ’s proper ventilation , to place a ' mantle ' of ionize particles ( which are heavy and fall down ) over the crops . The modules are supplied and install by producer Aquamar , with whom the cultivator has a criminal maintenance contract . The provider has late changed the existing lamps for a newer , ' arduous ' framework .
The disinfecting procedure of ultraviolet light lamp has been recognize for quite a while . In greenhouse horticulture , the technique has been used for years ( particularly for rosebush and love apple ) . It is used in various industry and , for example in hospitals , it has been used for much long . It is also used to decontaminate houses , second - hand cars or various utility items . Another interesting program is at the chicken farm , where it invalid the renowned insecticide fipronil . The last word has not been spoken about the effect against micro - organisms . Is it possible that beneficial micro - organisms are also affected ? Maarten does not need to shut out it , but , he adds , in the nursery you commonly deal with monocultures . A result thereof is that some plagues can well manifest in high concentrations . For human race , the particle in humbled engrossment are harmless , something Aad has had verified by an outside party . " In the greenhouse , we measured 28 ppm , far below the lawfully reserve limit . I have also called with the RIVM to need what the relation to corona is , if any , does it ' help ' ? They were able to confirm this . "
Having said that , Maarten nor Aad see UV to be a miracle cure . As many a grower will confirm , a better crop and higher quality is achieved by 1001 thing . " Recently , I was sitting at the board with my son to put on newspaper the investments and improvements we have made . We came to 30 structural readjustment . ultraviolet is one of them , and it is here to stay . "
For more information : AquamarMaarten KramerE:[email protected]www.aquamar.nl / ultraviolet light - deken
Van der Wilt Gerbera’sAad van der WiltE:[email protected]www.vanderwiltgerberas.nl
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