It was 2018 when the AzRose LLC nursery was built . Since then , the rose grower has set up itself as one of the leading producers in Azerbaijan . “ We grow class - round over 12 different roseate varieties with 15 - 20.000 stems in a daytime , ” says Agil Karimov with AzRose . Setting up such an telling infrastructure was n’t a piece of bar . “ This is a very high - tech glasshouse , ” he continues . “ To have high - quality rose , it is of the utmost importance to pay attention to the small-scale details . That ’s why all the summons here are automated , and everything is controlled through a centralised computer . ”
Climate control and lightingThe AzRose greenhouse is built 200 kilometre away from Baku , the capital of Azerbaijan , and is 750 G above sea level . “ This is the perfect ALT to get rose wine , ” stay on Agil . “ The mood also is perfect for that , except for July and August . In those months temperatures are quite hot . So , climate control was a challenge ab initio . On the other hired man , throughout the residue of the year , temperatures are good and we can contain the climate quite easily . ”
When the greenhouse was being adjust up , the light-emitting diode technology was n’t as good as it is nowadays . “ We maturate our roses under HPS , ” Agil continue . “ Besides LED technology not being up to the job years ago , HPS provides us with the everlasting spectrum for all the maturation stages . At the same time , we are look at going for a hybrid solution , also because HPS operational costs are quite gamey . ”
Cultivation at AzRose is constantly evolving not only with regards to luminousness but also to crop protection . “ ab initio , we used pesticide , ” he says . “ Yet , our governing has set off banning them , as well as being not much accepted internationally . On top of that , pesticides and insecticides disrupt our growing process , so you ca n’t use them all on a rose farm . Thus , last class we begin an IPM regiment based on biological control . We could n’t do this before because there was n’t a supplier in the region that we could get our beneficials from . Now that there is , everything has been changed , and we can easily prevent common issues such as thrips , spider mites , whitefly , powdery mould , and botrytis . ”
Serving the local marketDespite the globular logistics challenges and DOE crisis , AzRose has n’t been stopped by any of that , also because they mainly do the local market . “ We have received requests for export , ” Agil points out . “ But they ask for very declamatory volumes that we ca n’t deal , at the moment . With regards to logistics and transport , since we function the local market , we did n’t have any disruption or tough situations to face . It indeed used to be meretricious a while ago , but we dealt with the fact that everything transfer after the first lockdown . ”
What has n’t change , however , is the AzRose loyalty to deliver the unused , highest tone rose . “ When our roses get to the marketplace , they have a ledge life story of 2 - 3 weeks , ” Agil say . “ We have some post - harvest solution and tricks up our sleeves for that . For illustration , we leave them one night in the cold storage , and then we have our secret sauce to keep them impertinent for the longest time potential . ”
Such hole-and-corner sauce is also base on the fact that AzRose constantly induct to improve its outgrowth and offer . “ We always invest in extend our rose choice , ” he says . “ Initially , it all bug out with 50 hectares for making rose crude oil , then we made this glasshouse for cut rose . This yr , we have get down growing roses outdoors . We are thinking about acquaint a new rose variety . This call for a lot of thinking and tinkering , however . That ’s why we oftentimes go to the Netherlands to discuss raw varieties and undertaking with the expert there . There , we commonly meet also our friend and consultant Anton Koning . He has 30 years of experience in growing blush wine in every niche of the human beings , and we are delighted to make with him . ”
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