Easy registration of all data related to plants and flowers
by Vakblad Onder Glas, Bernadette Kroon11 March 20263 min read
'Plantscout app is an asset for growers and the entire chain' Easy registration of all data related to plants and flowers
The PlantScout app, from the company of the same name, is a simple but effective tool for registering anything a grower wants to register about plants or flowers. From cuttings during cultivation to sales, everything fits into various modules. The valuation is done with figures, possibly supplemented with your own photos.
Sander Middelburg of the company Leen Middelburg Chrysanten (LMC) in Maasdijk is one of the first users of the new module (IPM Crop Scouting). He is thus at the basis of the further development of this registration system. Middelburg: "We have a great collaboration with the app builder. We can switch quickly and work towards a solution."
Various modules to ensure
quality Everyone can put the app on their own phone. That's an advantage, everyone has a phone, so anyone can use this registration app. The app consists of a number of standard modules, including the registration of diseases and pests in the crop. But there are many more.
Middelburg: "Within our growers' association Zentoo, we use various modules such as cutting control upon receipt, vase life testing, quality control and the assessment of test trays. Because we as Zentoo want to guarantee a certain quality, the registration of the end product is very important."
Being able to switch quickly with the creators
The creator of the app is a small independent company, not linked to climate computers or auction systems. Middelburg thinks that is an advantage: "It is indeed an independent party and has no interest of its own in the process of registration. The advantage is precisely the scale. We can communicate with the makers themselves and adapt the modules to our needs. The two owners Leo Swart and Julian de Wit are close to the practice. They can reason from the grower's point of view and what they need to keep up with their knowledge and experience in an easy way."
Value app in the chain can grow
Middelburg: "There is now too little communication in the floriculture chain. With this app, the propagators would be able to communicate about batches of cuttings with the growers and vice versa. But also suppliers with buyers and vice versa, We are now doing tests with vase life of varieties and batches. That information can be important for the buyers. The entire chain can benefit from PlantScout, but trust must be built up between the links in that chain."
Sander Middelburg of the company Leen Middelburg Chrysanten (LMC) in Maasdijk is one of the first users of the new module (IPM Crop Scouting). He is thus at the basis of the further development of this registration system. Middelburg: "We have a great collaboration with the app builder. We can switch quickly and work towards a solution."
Various modules to ensure
quality Everyone can put the app on their own phone. That's an advantage, everyone has a phone, so anyone can use this registration app. The app consists of a number of standard modules, including the registration of diseases and pests in the crop. But there are many more.
Middelburg: "Within our growers' association Zentoo, we use various modules such as cutting control upon receipt, vase life testing, quality control and the assessment of test trays. Because we as Zentoo want to guarantee a certain quality, the registration of the end product is very important."
Being able to switch quickly with the creators
The creator of the app is a small independent company, not linked to climate computers or auction systems. Middelburg thinks that is an advantage: "It is indeed an independent party and has no interest of its own in the process of registration. The advantage is precisely the scale. We can communicate with the makers themselves and adapt the modules to our needs. The two owners Leo Swart and Julian de Wit are close to the practice. They can reason from the grower's point of view and what they need to keep up with their knowledge and experience in an easy way."
Value app in the chain can grow
Middelburg: "There is now too little communication in the floriculture chain. With this app, the propagators would be able to communicate about batches of cuttings with the growers and vice versa. But also suppliers with buyers and vice versa, We are now doing tests with vase life of varieties and batches. That information can be important for the buyers. The entire chain can benefit from PlantScout, but trust must be built up between the links in that chain."