Choice of pre-treatment products for Astilbe, Scabiosa and Oxypetalum will be expanded

On January 1, 2020, there will be a change in the VBN product specification for Astilbe, Scabiosa and Oxypetalum.

In the summer of 2019, the Post-Harvest Knowledge Centre has carried out verification testing to ascertain whether some products complies with the VBN norms for the pre-treatment of Astilbe, Scabiosa and Oxypetalum. Research has revealed that all of the conditions have been met, and this products can be added to the obligatory products in the VBN product specification for Astilbe, Scabiosa and Oxypetalum.

Change Astilbe:

  • Chrysal Grow 30 and Florissant 820 are being added as approved products for the pre-treatment of Astilbe (Chrysal Grow 30 code 30 on the product’s label, Florissant 820 code 31).
  • You must state the correct code of the pre-treatment product in your supply information. With this code the laboratory can check that the pre-treatment product is being used correctly.
    • The grading code S65 pre-treatment must be added in your EDF software package
    • Under the grading code S65, you must select the correct pre-treatment product using code 30 on the label of the product for Chrysal Grow 30 and code 31 for Florissant 820.

Change Scabiosa:

  • Chrysal Grow 20 and Chrysal Grow 30 are being added as approved products for the pre-treatment of Scabiosa (Chrysal Grow 20 code 20 on the product’s label, Chrysal Grow 30 code 30).
  • You must state the correct code of the pre-treatment product in your supply information. With this code the laboratory can check that the pre-treatment product is being used correctly.
    • The grading code S65 pre-treatment must be added in your EDF software package.
    • Under the grading code S65, you must select the correct pre-treatment product using code 20 on the label of the product for Chrysal Grow 20 and code 30 for Chrysal Grow 30.

Change Oxypetalum:

  • Florissant 830 and Chrysal Grow 40 are being added as approved products for the pre-treatment of Oxypetalum (Florissant 830 code 41 on the product’s label, Chrysal Grow 40 code 40).
  • You must state the correct code of the pre-treatment product in your supply information. With this code the laboratory can check that the pre-treatment product is being used correctly.
    • The grading code S65 pre-treatment must be added in your EDF software package.
    • Under the grading code S65, you must select the correct pre-treatment product using code 41 on the label of the product for Florissant 830 and code 40 for Chrysal Grow 40.

This products are exclusively for use as prescribed in the instructions for use.