With the help of seminars, research and demonstration projects, the Chinese government is promoting modern agriculture throughout the country. According to Yang Zhang of Galuku, many growers are now interested in new ways to improve their business; they want to use less water and pesticides and achieve higher yields with the help of simple improvements. “That is why more greenhouse growers are now showing interest in using substrate in their operations and the first steps into hydroponics have been made.

在研讨会、科研和示范项目的帮助下，中国正在全国推广现代农业。按照格陆谷（Galuku）张阳的说法，许多种植者现在对新的种植方法抱有兴趣，希望能够改善他们的经营情况。他们希望省水，减少农药用量，同时希望通过小方面的改进来获得较大的产量提升。“这就是为什么越来越多的温室种植者开始在种植过程中对基质栽培感兴趣，开始了无土栽培的第一步。”

China is a large market with many greenhouses; more than 2.3 million hectare. Only a small part of this acreage is medium or high tech. 99% of the growers are cultivating flowers and mostly vegetables in traditional solar greenhouses, and occasionally in simple tunnel greenhouses. In most cases they grow their crops directly in the soil; with inefficient irrigation, fertilizer spills and low yields as a result.

中国这一庞大的市场拥有大量的温室，至少在230万公顷以上，但只有一小部分应用了中高级的智能系统。99%的种植者是在传统的日光温室栽培花卉和多数的蔬菜，有的只在简单的塑料大棚里。多数情况下，他们把作物直接种在土里，采用效率很低的浇灌、农药喷洒方式，进而导致了产量低的情况。

Melon cultivation in a solar greenhouse in Changchun, Jinlin Province
吉林省长春市的日光温室甜瓜栽培

“We have been helping growers to achieve better results with the help of coir coco peat substrates”, said Yang Zhang, regional manager of coco peat substrate manufacturer Galuku. For 5 years now, the company has been active in China. Zhang told us that the interest for coir substrate in China is developing slowly. “Most growers did not use substrates because they were not aware of how to use them. But since we are informing them about it and guiding them in the process, they realize that they can achieve much better profits.

“我们一直在帮助种植者获得更好的收成，通过使用椰糠基质”，椰糠基质供应商格陆谷（Galuku）的中国区经理张阳说。 格陆谷（Galuku）进入中国已经有5年。张先生告诉我们中国使用椰糠种植的兴趣正在慢慢增加。“很多种植者不用基质是因为他们不知道怎么使用。我们一直在努力将这些信息告诉他们，同时在种植过程中提供后续支持，他们会发现收成提高了很多。”

Strawberry tunnel greenhouse in Zhoukou, Henan Province
河南省周口市的草莓大棚

As an example Zhang told us about strawberry growers that have been adapting Galuku substrates. “Our products have become popular among Chinese strawberry growers; they realized yield increases of 50 to 150%. As well as this their quality increased significant and they were able to achieve higher prices for the picked fruits.”

张先生举了草莓种植者使用格陆谷椰糠基质的例子。“我们的产品在中国的草莓种植者中逐渐走俏。他们发现产量能提高50-150%。同样，草莓果实的质量明显好多了，这样草莓采摘所带来的利润非常高。”

Tomato cultivation in a solar greenhouse in Zibo, Shandong Province
山东省淄博市的番茄日光温室

The products used by the commercial growers are most likely growing bags and the so called easyfill bags. Growers of crops like Melons, Cucumbers, Strawberries and Tomatoes have achieved good results with it.

商业种植者所使用的主要产品是格陆谷栽培袋以及Easyfil(好易装)栽培袋，许多作物，包括甜瓜、黄瓜、草莓、番茄等种植之后都有不错的效果。

Cucumber crops in a solar greenhouse in Zibo, Shandong Province
山东省淄博市的黄瓜温室

As well as this, Galuku is also active on the retail side of the horticulture industry. “Home gardening is also very popular in China, and with so many residents, it is an important market for us as well. Every year our sales of retail products for home gardening are increasing and nowadays this is responsible for 30 percent of our sales.”

格陆谷（Galuku）也同样在大力发展园艺业的零售市场。“家庭种菜在中国非常流行，因为中国人口众多，这对我们来说也是一个重要的市场。每年我们的家庭园艺零售产品的销量都在逐渐增加，目前占据我们销售量的30%。”

For more information:
Galuku China
Yang Zhang
Regional Manager, Greater China
E: yang@galuku.com
+61 2 9337 7504
www.GalukuChina.com
Skype: GalukuChina