Klasmann-Deilmann Opens six-hectare Nurseries Site in Bergschenhoek
Klasmann-Deilmann has opened a new nurseries production site in Bergschenhoek, the Netherlands, after fully converting a former sweet pepper greenhouse of about six hectares for cultivated sphagnum. The site started up in stages, with the first three hectares operational on 1 March and the remaining half on 1 May.
The greenhouse’s first section is around 25 years old, and the company adapted it with new floor systems and a modified irrigation setup. Production at the site runs without supplementary heating.
Bergschenhoek Sphaxx site
The new facility is built around Sphaxx, Klasmann-Deilmann’s cultivated sphagnum product. By reusing an existing structure, the company says the site strengthens the sustainability credentials of the product while expanding output for a peat alternative.
The conversion matters operationally because the site is not only a production location. Klasmann-Deilmann will also use Bergschenhoek as a research centre focused on optimising cultivation methods, product quality, and the scalability of Sphaxx.
Six hectares in one place
The size of the site gives the company room to move production and research into the same location. That setup is meant to support further commercial development of Sphaxx by linking day-to-day cultivation with testing and refinement on the same grounds.
The staged opening also shows how the facility was brought into use in parts rather than all at once. The first three hectares were made operational on 1 March, and the rest followed on 1 May, after the former greenhouse had been fully converted for sphagnum cultivation.
Sphaxx cultivation methods
The research work in Bergschenhoek will center on the practical side of scaling Sphaxx: how it is grown, what quality it delivers, and how the process can be expanded. For customers and growers watching the product category, the key change is that Klasmann-Deilmann now has more capacity tied directly to a facility built for both production and research.
