General growing condition lilies crop 2011 Posted on 07-06-2011 at 11:43

For your information, the growing of the lilies is very early this year. We are having nice dry, sunny, rather warm weather this spring since March. The planting went very well. Nature in Holland is approx. 2 weeks earlier than in an average season so far. Click here to check our monthly updated weather statistics on our website  

However, in the night of May 4 to May 5 we had very serious night frost, mostly in the north-east part of Holland, like Drenthe province. The temperature was even lower than -7ºC!! This seems to have caused serious damage to many lily fields. The grade of the damage depends on many factors, like the planting date, whether the grower has irrigated the field in time, the kind of soil, the location, the variety, etc. 

At this moment, the OT varieties like Robina, Conca d’Or and Manissa seem to be most seriously affected. We expect that it will still take some time before the real damage will become clear, also in the Oriental varieties. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further information.

When visiting the lily fields on May 30, we found very serious frost damage. Not only in the OT varieties like Robina, but also in Oriental varieties. The degree of the damage is sometimes very different between each field and even within one field, depending on the planting date, whether the grower has irrigated the field in time, the kind of soil, the location, the variety, etc.