Rijk Swzaan

This morning we went to Rijk swaan , they grow trial tomato crops, Rijk swan have glass house 1600 square meters
They have 100 rows of 85 varieties . Rijk szaan glass house is 6 meter high .
High tec  modern ventilation, Having to find a balance,  sowing in November, no flowers before Christmas it's bad for quality,
Same nutrient program in all rows, can give different amounts of water to rows,
Every 14 days they change recipes for feed, Rijk swzaan have over 2000  visitors come to trial each year. It take 7 years to produce 1 variety to put on the shelf.

SEED
We then went to the seed production facility .  Rijk swzaan  where they have 25 different crops with 100 varieties, Rijk swzaan have 900 people working at these production ,
The seed production is on 16 hectures . In other areas they also have Open field crops, the open field crops are on 60 hectares.
It Sometimes takes 3 years,  can take up over 10 years to produce 1 variety of seed,
Sell seed by piece not wieght.