Curved pergola-shaped kiwi system with protection from hail + insect
For this new chapter of our technical column ‘Valente Solutions’ we came to Friuli, more precisely to the town of San Quirino, in the province of Pordenone, where we met our customer and friend Michele. Michele’s family comes from a long agronomic tradition in...
Shading apple orchard on Melannurca Campana PGI
For this new chapter of our technical column ‘Valente Solutions’, we went down to Campania, more precisely to the town of Sessa Aurunca, to meet a very special customer (and product); Giacomo Galdiero, Managing Director of AOP Luce. Giacomo belongs to a family of...
Hop System – Lup Farm
For this new chapter of our technical column ‘Valente Solutions’, we came to Piombino Dese, on the border between the provinces of Padua and Treviso, to the hop farm of our customer Lup Farm. The system was built in 2019 using coloured pre-stressed concrete poles...
Shading System on Nursery
For this new chapter of our technical column ‘Valente Solutions’ we returned to Umbria, more precisely near the Tiber plain below Madonna del Piano in the province of Perugia, to meet a very special customer; Nicolò Pagliani, owner together with his father of the...
Hop System – Due Canali farm
This new chapter of our technical column ‘Valente Solutions’ takes place a stone’s throw from home, in Campodarsego (PD), where is located the hop plant of our customer and friend Giacomo Negrin, owner of the Due Canali farm. Giacomo’s idea was to...
Kiwi with V-Protect hail and insect system
For this new chapter of our technical column ‘Valente Solutions’, we went to Lazio, more precisely to Monterosi (VT), exactly halfway between the provinces of Viterbo and Rome, where we were welcomed by our customer and friend Federica XXX, co-owner with...
Hop, comprehensive focus: cultivation, system, protection and next steps
HOP, Humulus Lupulus, is a dioecious, herbaceous, climbing, deciduous plant. In nature it is found near banks and canals where it thrives by climbing trees and shrubs, often proving to be a pest by dissemination. Pollination happens by anemophilous methods and,...
Focus on system maintenance
Today’s article aims to provide a detailed focus on one of the most important but often underestimated activities when it comes to the functionality of vineyard and orchard systems: maintenance. Maintenance, in fact, is one of the keys to ensuring the stability...
Kiwi with V-Protect hail system
For this new chapter of our technical column ‘Valente Solutions’ we returned to the Veneto region, more precisely 10 km from the centre of Verona, to discover in detail the farm of our customer and friend Riccardo Adami. Riccardo became our customer in...
Avocado with V-Protect hail system
For this issue of our technical column ‘Valente Solutions’ we are once again dealing with our friend Dario de Lisi of Masseria Fruttirossi. In the previous interview, we talked about pomegranates, but the company, which covers 400 hectares of property, has...