Saturday 21st November 2020
Supplying fresh, high quality and pest free organic vegetables to consumers is in steadily increasing demand within the United Kingdom. With significant investment from established and new manufacturers to this market, organically synthesised and biological crop protection products are increasing in availability and cost-effectiveness within agriculture. As biological controls such as yeasts and nematodes have been used in commercial horticulture for several years, Dejex is well equipped to support organic growers in technical agronomy support and supply of such specialist products.
Growing organic fresh produce requires a holistic and somewhat regenerative approach to ensure the fundamentals such as soil nutrient availability, natural predation and disease control are maintained, without the addition of synthetically produced fertilisers and chemicals. We cannot however get away from the fact that in order to be profitable, crops are likely to need to be mono cropped which can lead to re-occurring diseases and rapid infestation of damaging pests.
Optimising cultural measures such as row spacing, hygiene, targeted spray applications and managing localised predation hierarchy becomes the primary objective for growers. Secondary measures that Dejex specialises in, such as crop covers, organic fertilisers, bio-stimulation and organically approved crop protection can help maintain marketable yield and quality.
What organically approved products are available?
