The hibiscus season at GRAFF starts in March , and after having had some terrible week at the end of that month till Easter , demand got good and they are now running as normal again . " It looks like , in the remainder , it will be a ' normal ' bad year " , says Poul Graff , possessor of this Danish hibiscus breeding and growing company , when reflecting on the impingement of COVID-19 .
Impact COVID-19When COVID-19 tally Europe in mid - March , demand plummet , resulting in many raiser throwing away their plant . Also for GRAFF , the destruction of March was a challenging situation . " Our main marketplace for the hibiscus plants is Germany , and with several garden centers close their doors , requirement drip drastically . In the three weeks that followed , till Easter , demand was very low and we had to throw away 50 % of our plants . What ’s lost is lost and at that time it look like it all would be a total calamity . Fortunately , after Easter , garden centers started to open their room access and need foot up slowly . Now , we are back to normal volume . "
Nursery Graff Kristensen .
No support aid for horticultural businessesIn Denmark , the government stick out many businesses , but there is no support aid package for the horticultural businesses , which disappoints not only Graff , but many in the industriousness . " Our industry is very small and I consider it is difficult for our political leader to read how it knead . We form with a unfermented living product and we take people every day - even if we require to dump the industrial plant , we demand as many multitude as when packing the plants , because our summons are not fain for floor huge amount of plants . "
A normal bad yearFor every greenhouse , the impact of COVID-19 will be unlike , but fortunately for Graff , the situation depend manageable right now even without government support . They are now running as normal and in the ending , as it search so far , it seems that the results at the terminal of the twelvemonth will be interchangeable to a normal bad class . " Our season start out in March and when we have a insensate spring , sales event are unremarkably bad as well . Now , if the demand continues till the ending of the hibiscus time of year , which is September , it will be a normal uncollectible year . "
Some HibisQs varieties of Graff .
electropositive outlookGraff has good hopes for the coming months . " As many the great unwashed are at home now and probably not going on holiday this class , they are investing more in decorating their gardens or balcony , so I expect and I also notice now , that sales are positively charged and might increase even more . However , no one knows how the situation will develop . The only affair we can do is hope for the best . "
For more informationGraff Kristensen A / SPoul GraffEmail:[email protected]www.graff.dk
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