XENIOS Dutch Growers Limited.
Stocks are very seasonal flowers. The season is determined by the requirements of the plants. The plants need a lot of light and at the same time they need cool temperatures to initiate flowers.
Because of these climatic requirements the production of quality stocks is limited to flowering from January till mid July. Fall production is difficult because summer temperatures are too high to allow for flower initiation, and when it does get cool enough the light levels are too low to produce a good quality flower.
Usually stock flowers are sold to the local flower auction in Burnaby (close to Vancouver BC) in water with preservative. The normal quantity per unit is 15 bunches of 5 stems. All bouquets are seperately sleeved in a sleeve with handling instructions printed on it.
In the greenhouse the stocks are picked four times a week to assure a perfect ripeness. Each flower is judged for ripeness before being picked as seen in the picture.
For comments please contact Arnold_Dreef@xenios.com
Last updated May 12th 2004