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We are happy to announce you that we are attending to the 7th Strawberry Symposium that is taking place in Beijing(China) from the 18th to the 22nd of february. Like in other editions the Symposium hosted by the International Society for Horticultural Science is the meeting point for the strawberry industry,  at the Symposium we will have the great opportunity to connect with the principal academics and professionals of the sector.

El Pinar team wants to approach all our friends to the Symposium, to do it we launch a micro site where you can follow everything that happen in the symposium,  the only thing that you have to do is visit www.misfresas.com regularly,  we will upload during the talks and visits comments and pictures of what we live at the ISS.

We hope you enjoy following our adventure by Beijing.

Cheers and Strawberries!

Today has started the campaign of  strawberry plant in our nursery facilities. At 5 in the morning more than 480 workers have begun to select and pack the plants that we are  already sending to our clients.

On June 21th Vivero el Pinar and Plant Sciences presented, on Palos de la Frontera (Huevla) the final results of the Splendor Strawberry verity for the 2011 season.

The act, presented by Javier Esteban Director of Vivero el Pinar and Antonio Vazquez, Technical Director, was followed by more than sixty local farmers and technicians. During the presentation, It was summarized all production data of the Splendor variety developed by the Plant Science’s program in California, which is being cultivated in Huelva since 2005. Splendor has represented over 20% of the total production, among a total of 110 million plants and it is very probable i will achieve 30% next season with over 145 million plants.

Despite of the even campaign and the lack of grams per plan in all Splendor varieties, the average has reached a 740g-per-plant, with an early production of 430g before March 30th, which has lead Splendor to be, once again, the reference variety for the farmer, at an average profit of 16 cents per plant more than the rest of varieties on the market.

Regarding the behavior of the cultures, the settling of the plant was very good from the beginning. Despite the fact the plant was discharged in Aprile’s first forth night as a result of the high temperatures, the end of the season standards have been good, even if the season has finished earlier than usual.

We must point out the really interesting feedback at the end of the presentation, given by farmers and technicians, which will for sure enrich our knowledge and experience in order to obtain better results in the future

Splendor’s Flickr Gallery

Esta campaña  esta siendo un muy buena para las plantas en maceta, nuestra variedad Splendor se esta comportando muy bien en Huelva y en Marruecos donde los agricultores ya han recogido más de 80 gramos por planta. Los precios están acompañando por lo que de momento las expectativas son muy buenas.

Por otro lado las plantas a raíz desnuda por lo general están retrasadas debido principalmente a las fuertes lluvias que estamos sufriendo en Huelva en desde finales de noviembre. Aun así esperamos ver las primeras frutas de Splendor en los mercados la segunda semana de Enero.

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On the 24th, 25th and 26th of February, Vivero El Pinar and Plant Sciences will be at Expocitfresa, the most important professional fair in Europe dedicated exclusively to Strawberries and Citric Fruits. At this eighth fair, we will continue with our campaign to promote the Splendor strawberry variety, which we began more than two years ago. We are looking forward to seeing all our friends and clients there. Regarding the fair you can visitwww.expocitfresa.com, for further information and contact us at info@viveroelpinar.com.

We have heard of the storm which is lashing the strawberry fields in Huelva these days. The losses are considerable and the full consequences will become clear over coming days.HUELVA INFORMACION and from EUROPAPRESS

hese days we are in Huelva visiting our clients´ fields. At last we have seen the first Splendor fruits from bare-root plants (Splendor pot plants have started to be produced for more than 15 days), so all the fields we have seen are more or less at the same stage. As warmer regions are always more sensitive to weather, production is being a little earlier . The accompanying photo was taken today in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva).

Today marks the beginning of the 2009 strawberry digging season at Vivero El Pinar. We now have 25 extremely intense days ahead of us, during which we expect to process around 40 million strawberry plants, with a workforce of 400. Weather conditions over the coming days will not be perfect for the work. Temperatures between 15ºC and 20ºC are forecast during the day and between 10ªC and 12ºC during the night. As per normal, we will be digging the nursery from early morning to sunup, and will be processing in the warehouse from 5 in the morning to midday. We are expecting an average production of 2.2 million plants per day. Our €œstar€ variety this season is Splendor, our strongest commitment for some years now, which is becoming consolidated on the Spanish and Moroccan markets.

At El Pinar we finished the plant digging on the 22nd of October. The season was complicated from a meteorological point of view, since temperatures were very high during the entire season except for two days during the second week. This made us take great care of processes to prevent the possible overheating of the plants. In total we have processed 40 million plants at El Pinar, of which 85% was Splendor, and the remaining 15% was shared between Honor, Virtue, and a few small tests.

After the rain, the calm returned, or that was how it seemed, the weather however, is not stabilizing, there are still some days with strong winds in the province of Huelva, and low temperatures and cloudy days in general. Nevertheless, our Splendor variety is performing very well, standing out from the rest and becoming the most favourite one for the markets. The photo accompanying this new shows Splendor in Huelva on the 12th of January in a field in the village of Moguer (Huelva).