{"id":12528,"date":"2026-01-06T09:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agronagroup.com\/?p=12528"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:58:58","slug":"case-study-ferrera-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agronagroup.com\/nl\/case-study-ferrera-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study &#8211; Ferrera Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12528\" class=\"elementor elementor-12528\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17581638 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17581638\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d430486 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d430486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"p1\">Vermindering van de bewateringsfrequentie en gewasverliezen met Agrona Nanobubble Technologie<\/h2><p>Ferrera Flowers, een toonaangevende kwekerij van sierplanten in Sicili\u00eb, kampte met een laag zuurstofgehalte in het irrigatiewater, wat tijdens hete zomers tot wel 20% oogstverlies leidde. Na de installatie van een Agrona Nanobubble Generator in februari 2023 steeg het gehalte aan opgeloste zuurstof (DO) van 6 ppm naar 26-27 ppm, werd de watergift gehalveerd en daalde het plantverlies tot onder de 4%. Het systeem maakte ook het gebruik van waterstofperoxide overbodig, waardoor de irrigatieleidingen op natuurlijke wijze schoon bleven. Binnen \u00e9\u00e9n seizoen zag de kweker sterkere planten, minder stress en een verwachte terugverdientijd van de investering in minder dan twee jaar.<\/p><p>Ferrera Flowers is een familiebedrijf van de derde generatie dat meer dan 12 hectare dahlia's, statice en gipskruid verbouwt in foliekassen in Sicili\u00eb. Met zomertemperaturen die vaak boven de 35 \u00b0C uitkomen en grondwater met slechts 3-6 ppm opgeloste zuurstof, leidde dit tot zwakke wortels en aanzienlijke oogstverliezen. Kweker Andrea Ferrera had moeite om de planten in leven te houden en moest elke 30 minuten water geven om hittestress te voorkomen. Het systeem verbruikte buitensporig veel water en energie en vereiste toevoeging van waterstofperoxide om biofilm en algen te bestrijden, wat de operationele kosten en de ineffici\u00ebntie verhoogde.<\/p><p>In februari 2023 installeerde Agrona een Nanobubble generator die rechtstreeks op de irrigatiesilo was aangesloten. Het systeem injecteert continu zuurstofnanobellen in de opslagtank, waardoor een stabiele, zuurstofrijke watervoorziening in het gehele irrigatienetwerk wordt gegarandeerd.<\/p><h3>Resultaten<\/h3><p>\u2022 Het opgeloste zuurstofgehalte steeg van <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>6 naar 27 ppm<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u2022 Minder vaak water geven<\/p><p>\u2022 Gewasverlies verminderd met <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">80%<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>\u2022 Geen waterstofperoxide meer nodig<\/p><p>\u2022 Verbeterde zuurstofvoorziening van de wortels en verhoogde plantvitaliteit<\/p><p>\u2022 Snel rendement op investering<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc2349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-marity_core_button\" data-id=\"8cc2349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"marity_core_button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-button qodef-layout--filled qodef-size--small qodef-html--link\" href=\"https:\/\/agronagroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/agrona-case-study-ferrera-flowers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"  >\n\t<span class=\"qodef-btn-text\">Download case study<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrera Flowers, a leading ornamental grower in Sicily, struggled with poor oxygen levels in irrigation water that caused up to 20% crop loss during hot summers.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Case Study - Ferrera Flowers | Agrona Tec<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agronagroup.com\/nl\/case-study-ferrera-flowers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Case Study - Ferrera Flowers | Agrona Tec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ferrera Flowers, a leading ornamental grower in Sicily, struggled with poor oxygen levels in irrigation water that caused up to 20% crop loss during hot summers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/agronagroup.com\/nl\/case-study-ferrera-flowers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Agrona Tec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Agronagroup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-06T09:35:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-20T10:58:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/agronagroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hsdhuiwe.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"672\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Geschreven door\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Geschatte leestijd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minuut\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agronagroup.com\/case-study-ferrera-flowers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agronagroup.com\/case-study-ferrera-flowers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/agronagroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/282991c5eef83c479b5d6541e863ff80\"},\"headline\":\"Case Study &#8211; 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