Improving tomato cultivation with Valent Truss Support
Tomatoworld offers a unique opportunity to test innovations through its field lab. Tomatoworld aims to highlight the value and impact of the Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector. As a centre of experience and fieldlab, Tomatoworld shows how knowledge, innovation and technology can help solve global food issues, and serves as a link for industry peers, retailers, policymakers, students and international visitors. Royal Brinkman recently conducted field tests of our innovative Valent Truss Support system, which offers quality and efficiency benefits for tomato growers.
Importance of Valent Truss support:
📈 Improved quality: Prevents stem buckling, allowing trusses to grow to full size.
⏱️ Efficiency: Time-saving and easy-to-apply clips.
🌍 Sustainability: Reduced plastic use and carbon footprint, also available in Biomaterial including certification for industrial composting.
👩🌾 Grower collaboration: developed and improved in collaboration with growers for practical and effective solutions.
During weeks 16, 17 and 18 in 2024, field tests at Tomatoworld showed excellent results with large vine tomatoes. The Valent Truss Support system showed a 100% improvement in cluster arching, confirming its effectiveness and reliability.
Benefits of Valent Truss support:
- Rounded ends to minimise plant damage
- Softer, more flexible design for ease of use
- Patented concept and unique design that reduces plastic use
- Internationally tested and developed with growers from the US, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands
- Our updated clips are designed to support bunches, resulting in better fruit quality and higher production, while being gentle on both the plant and workers' hands.