In recent weeks and specially days , disturbing report have been amount in from rosaceous growers who say they are going part or totally ' frigid ' . In other actor’s line , the stove and lamp are turned off , the crop fall asleep and production comes to a deadlock . The cause is the much - discussed accelerator price , which peaked at 1.80 a three-dimensional meter a fortnight ago .
" With that price during this cold and glum winter weather condition , it goes without saying that this can not be sustained for long . " We spoke to one of the rose cultivator , who did n’t want to be named . Not that it is a closed book , he and fellow growers send varsity letter to customers themselves to inform them of the situation , but ' preferably not in the media ' . Fair enough , vitality - intensive ornamental and vegetable crops are affected everywhere , while the differences between them , depending on whether or not supplying declaration have been conclude , can be enormous .
The fact is , however , that in the rosiness sector alone , a small dozen growers have indicate that they will be temporarily stop part or all of their operation . Nice2Get , which had its greenhouse for sale , has stopped early on ( last Thursday the last cart arrived before the clock ) . Porta Nova has foretell that they will be putting White Naomi on ice and , looking ahead to Valentine ’s Day , will be going for Red Naomi ! Royal Roses go completely cold ; Bernhard Roses ( as far as the pink wine are concerned ) idem ; and so on . At this very minute , the agriculturist quote earlier suppose , the current provision of Dutch roses must be at least a stern less than common .
Export in troubleRobert Stokman , with his society D’Auria Holland a ' pocket-sized troupe but big exporter ' in Italy , interpret it through his penis ' eyes . " The Dutch rose is becoming scarce and expensive . We buy a relatively large number of roses , but the normal marketplace force will drive the prices up . This is also because rose from South America have much stopped coming our way due to huge transport costs , and because the African rose is struggle with rain and botrytis , which is not unusual either . "
Real trouble , real pricesMajor problems , in short , that are hard to ignore . Besides , it is also very confutable whether terms will descend to reasonable value in the foreseeable future .
" But there is another side to this fib , and I would like to emphasize it more , " says René Stokman , proprietor of Flower Update & PureRoses . This company indorse and represents a group of Dutch rise up raiser in their sale and branding , and therefore Stokman has a good view on the land of affairs . " The problems are real , but you’re able to and should see opportunities . The Dutch grocery store has always been highly spoilt ; all over the existence a clump of roses be a great deal more than what it be here . There , it is comparable to luxury product such as champagne and perfume , products for which the Dutch consumer is also often willing to pay a lot of money . The Dutch rose is increasingly becoming a luxury intersection , a specialty , and bit by bit people will start to have that a real price has to be pay for it . And that also applies to trade . "
