The second time I stepped into this tomato farm, I suspected that I had re-entered the depths of Taoyuan.
The reason for this visit is still its ecological concept, unlike the last time, the ecological energy project with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars has been completed, and in this special environment, because of the war, when the price of natural gas is soaring, such a plantation is obviously unique.
It's been more than six years. That year, the first one returned to this plantation. Mr. and Mrs. Gerts, a good friend in the village, took their sister, who had come from China to visit relatives in the Netherlands, to visit their farm. It is said that the size of the family company is huge and perfect, completely unexpected by my sister and me. The fully automatic greenhouse and vitality management system not only makes the indoor temperature comfortable, the humidity is suitable, and the air is fresh. The tomatoes in the greenhouse, like innocent plants, have vigorous vitality and fragrance day and night. It seems that tomatoes grow desperately, they are born, they have no distractions, and they have no other mission than to grow more luxuriantly and indispensable. The tomatoes grown in the natural environment are definitely inferior to the tomatoes here. The tomatoes in this greenhouse, there is no weed at the feet to stumble, do not need to struggle with nature, do not stain a trace of dust, do not argue with the world, do not conform to the world, and think of blossoming and bearing fruit.
The hostess said that the seedlings were planted in a brick-sized culture medium, the substrate was inserted into two tubes with large needles, and the liquid flowing out of the tube supplied water and nutrients to the plants, and the liquid prepared by the machine was mutated due to the different growth periods of the plants, it was stored in a large passenger, and the mixing workshop was about half a football field, and it was difficult to understand its mechanism overly professionally. When the plant begins to unfold, use artificial to let the plant crawl and crawl, calmly walk through the windless and rainless weeks, to grow to about ten meters long and begin to pull upwards, climb high, the height of the white tow rope from low to high, until the plant stops growing, this process is almost a year, workers sit on the elevator to work, each line has a work record form, who did it, what time is clearly recorded. There are only two husbands and two permanent workers on the farm, and the rest are students who work in their spare time, about fifty people.
There are two greenhouses of several hectares in total, and the plants that grow in them are not lonely at all. When the plants bloom, some varieties like trotestomaat have to be flowered, leaving only 12 flowers per bunch, which is also the work of student labor. As with picking, the technical content is not very high. The work of insect and disease prevention is operated by specialized companies, and this high-end biological control technology is not up to the task of ordinary people. They regularly send people to the greenhouse to observe, and put specific creatures into the greenhouse according to different situations. The whole process of tomato growth does not require any drugs, there is no insect eye, and even the number of pollinating bees is scientifically based. When we saw the bees on standby in the greenhouse, we couldn't help but look at it with curiosity.
Admire the rows of neat and orderly plants, from roots to shoots, from vines to leaves, from flowers to fruits, from green small fruits to large red fruits, all through the leaf gaps, and the faint rhyme can also enter the camera, how to shoot is beautiful. It is forbidden to walk into the plants, and it is not allowed to touch the fruit under the master's prohibition, and there are words first, in order to prevent devastating virus infection.
Today's protagonists, still with familiar sunshine on their faces, sincere kindness in their hearts overflowing with words, they have not changed much, neither old nor rich, the man is thin, well-defined, and the glasses on the shelf on the bridge of the nose make his book full of fragrance; The woman's plump, baby face is always smiling, ordinary dress is fitted with a plain face, always looks so approachable, and the language communication is extremely comfortable. There is an indescribable fit between the husband and wife. The name of the farm represents their unpretentious style, tomaten means tomato, and Geurts is the couple's surname.
They call themselves small companies. After turning around, I realized that this "small" word was only relative to other large companies in the Netherlands. Are companies that invest hundreds of millions of dollars still small?
A few years ago, they set their sights on ecological energy projects, using wood scraps to make energy to heat greenhouses, because it belongs to the global ecological balance project, not only with strong support from banks, but also with state subsidies. This huge set of machines is provided by Switzerland, and the daily management is the work of the man, who said that his machine, like other mechanical equipment, is like a family treasure.
The hostess said that she never asked anyone to do hygiene, she was a cleaner herself, the conference room, the café, the dressing room, the store department, seven or eight toilets were clean and tidy, beautiful and comfortable. Their company is not confidential and can be visited at will, with only one requirement based on pest and disease precautions: you have not been to another tomato farm before.
No, the product is in short supply. But they have no intention of expanding production. The pursuit of deliciousness and quality assurance is the highest goal of this family company, and the new varieties are cherry tomatoes and candy tomatoes, which taste different from those sold in the mall, sweet and refreshing, and try one can never stop. Therefore, everyone buys a big bag when they go home, and the price is only one-third of the price of the mall, which is really good and cheap.
Tomatoes seem to be very sensible to be tweaked by their owners, and they grow normally when their families are out on vacation, and the remote control is usually a specialty play for Dutch farmer entrepreneurs, and a mobile phone is the whole emptying room, and the "Tomaten Geurts" plantation is no exception.