{"id":5888,"date":"2023-10-30T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/news-overview\/conifer-propagation-nursery-celebrates-15-years\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T09:25:49","slug":"conifer-propagation-nursery-celebrates-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/pt\/solucoes\/conifer-propagation-nursery-celebrates-15-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Conifer Propagation Nursery Celebrates 15 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uehre Gartenland produces a wide range of high-quality trees for national and international customers from its base in western Germany. Owner Hubertus Uehre has a deep commitment to getting the best possible results by continually adjusting his production methods.<\/p>\n

Nearly 15 years on from its unique founding story, the nursery is well placed to supply trees for Germany's massive replanting program, as Hubertus explains in this exclusive interview with Jiffy.<\/p>\n

It all started with a conifer propagation trial<\/h3>\n

Uehre Gartenland literally started as an offshoot of a conifer propagation<\/strong> trial using Jiffy-7 Pellets at a regional agricultural college. \u201cMy father ran the college's Christmas tree program,\u201d says Hubertus. \u201cIn 2009, a grower asked him to trial J-7s because he had heard that they give faster and denser results.\u201d<\/p>\n

The results were so good that Hubertus and his father decided to start a business, using the Jiffy system to grow balled & burlapped Abies nordmanniana for the Christmas tree market, and Douglas firs for contacts they had in private forestry.<\/p>\n

Jiffy tailors J-7s for bigger seedlings<\/h3>\n

The Uehres soon realized they needed to offer bigger seedlings\u2014German soil is so fertile that weeds thrive, and small trees struggle to compete. They required a taller J-7 to ensure the right root to shoot ratio. Don Willis [Jiffy Pellet Product Manager] helped extrapolate the 36mm x 100mm pellet size to 42mm x 125mm.<\/p>\n

The change also meant the young trees needed more space to grow, so the nursery built additionalgreenhouses. \u201cWe had to,\u201d says Hubertus. \u201cPlant quality needs to be perfect to survive in this market.\u201d<\/p>\n

"The Jiffy system is the best there is\u201d<\/h3>\n

Thanks to that attitude, Uehre Gartenland rapidly grew its customer base by word of mouth and by showing at trade events around the country. It started contract growing conifers and broadleaf trees for German forestry service companies and state-owned forests, while many of its Christmas trees were shipped to Switzerland, nearly 800 kilometers away.<\/p>\n

While the nursery began using different growing methods, many customers continued to prefer container-grown conifers started in J-7s<\/a>. \u201cThe Jiffy system really is the best there is. The net surrounding the pellet <\/a>holds the peat together, and the air pruning method is optimal for root formation. Other systems can\u2019t match the success rates and the way the trees grow on thanks to the many fine roots they develop.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wide range of benefits for tree propagation<\/h3>\n

Hubertus is quick to list the Jiffy Pellets\u2019 additional benefits for conifer propagation:<\/p>\n