WHY SYSTEMS COLLAPSE: project is the key for the success
Summer finally arrived and, with its consequent climate warming, sudden and strong phenomenon appears, representing our farmers the worst nightmare: storms and hailing caused by the thermal shock of summer days are keeping everybody awake overnight since they...
Tendone or Pergola: which farming system suits better to our Kiwis?
In today’s newsletter we wish to tackle the great dilemma kiwifruit growers face: pergola or tendone? Two completely different ways of approaching the topic, almost two lifestyles, depending on kiwi plant unique behaviour compared to any other fruit. We do...
Super Spindel or Spindel: which farming system should I chose?
Often uninitiated of our business have the idea of an apple tree resembling the one from which the famous apple that inspired to Isaac Newton the gravity law fell. As a matter of fact, since quite many years orchards are no longer a set of trees spread on the ground,...
Valente Solutions: Covering system for a lemon grove in Sicily
Lemons are one of the most used products in Italy; their origin is uncertain but they probably come from Burma where they still grow wild, and they may have reached Sicily brought by friars, around the 17th century, to become immediately one of the most important...
Multishield + Wayki® Anti-Rain Solution for cherries and kiwis
In this edition of our “Valente Solutions” column we’ll talk about the “Anti-Rain Multishield + Wayki®” system, taking a close look at the solutions designed for two customers specialised in the cultivation of cherries and kiwis in the provinces of...
Valente Solutions: the plant cover system for the Lemon grove at Rocca Imperiale
Today we would like to speak about a very special lemon that has been cultivated for centuries in the Rocca Imperiale (Cosenza) area in Italy and is known by its name “Antico di Rocca Imperiale”. This fruit is oblong in shape, medium in size, usually seedless, with an...
Valente Solutions: the largest single hop yard in Italy
It is now a renowned fact that hops deliver the beer we drink everyday its complex aroma and flavour. However very few people really know how hops are processed, what are their characteristics and how they are grown. The hop plant is a climbing, herbaceous plant,...
Green Angel Kiwi: a new cultivar of Actinidia with low environmental impact
A new actor has appeared on the kiwi stage: the Green Angel, a spontaneous genetic mutation (verified as stable) of the classic Hayward kiwi. The fruit is very similar to its progenitor, even better in certain characteristics like higher brix and percentage of dry...
VALENTE SOLUTIONS – Clementine plant
In this new column called “Valente Solutions” we will detail the conception, design and implementation of some solutions adopted to meet the particular needs of our customers. Today we’ll be travelling down to southern Italy to take a look at the...
POMEGRANATE: how to grow and Valente complete system
Variety and market, information on agricultural subsidy for pomegranate crops and our advice for a complete structure. The pomegranate has long been considered a minor fruit plant, but for some years now its cultivation has been expanding and fruits (and juice) are in...