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# GENERAL NEWS.
Happy New Year Greetings!
The year has started off well but with current freight issues, we are uncertain on how the Valentine will turnout.  
We have had a good month of January in terms of Production but with very average prices as well throughout the month. Our biggest challenge was and still is the limited space in lifting of flowers where shipments are skipped or offloads are done in the last minute. 
Our production has averaged at about 150,000 stems per day with the production numbers hitting the 200s towards the end of week 4.


# WEATHER
The weather is quite good for flower growing since we are in the dry months of the year.  The temperatures at the moment are at highs of 24 to 26 degrees during the day and lows of 12 to 14 degrees during the night. 



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Burgundy variety set for the Valentine’s period. How the crop looked at week 3


## PRODUCTION AND QUALITY	
We expect our production to remain fairly good with a daily average production of 160 thousand through the month. 
Quality is good and we expect to maintain it that way. The head size of Camaro and Cashmere has really improved, also the stem length of Tacazzi family, Sudoku family, Athena and Bellerose has gone up. 
1.	Varieties expected to increase in production; 
Tacazzi, Athena, Pink Athena, Sweet Tacazzi, Sudoku, Flinders Lane, Gentle trend setter, Noelle, Minion and Lampion.
2.	Varieties expected to maintain in production; 
Pink Tacazzi, Top Gear, Pink Sudoku, Pink Shadow, Kiwi, Pebbles, Bellerose and Yoga trend setter.
3.	Varieties expected to slightly drop in production; 
Burgundy, Furiosa, Leila, Moon walk, Camaro, Cashmere.
Crop Development;
The Production of the plantings done during the off season is coming along well; Noelle and  Flinders Lane are in full production. Gentle Trend setters will increase along with camaro and Cashmere. We will have good volumes for Valentines from the new varieties especially Noelle and Pink Athena.

We are also trying new ways to grow our flowers in our green houses, we have recently got into hydroponics through the construction of 2 green houses, covering a space of about 0.2 hectares. We have two varieties in these green houses; Minion Rose and Madam Red. Minion Rose variety since it was planted earlier is already in production and shows similar if not better quality  to the flowers of the same variety coming from the traditional green houses.

In the spirit of trials, we are now growing ornamental(Gypsophilia) flowers which are being grown in an outdoor scene. We are getting production from the Gypsophilia, though still in trial stages, it shows a lot of promise and we intend to expand and grown more varieties of the same.


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Gypsophila

Gypsophila flowers grown in outdoors for use in our bouquets and in production.

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Madam Red in the newly constructed hydroponics green house. Major advantages from the hydroponics are the efficiency in fertilizer application and limited cultural practices.

First bulletin of the year 2022.

General monthly updates for flowers.

January 2022 Bulletin

# GENERAL NEWS.
We have had a good month of February in terms of our average market prices during the valentine period. Our production was quite good though we did not hit the targeted production figures we expected, this was due to some challenges which we had not foreseen but the issues were noted and already sorted out. Our target now is the upcoming Mother’s and Women’s Day period, and we expect to meet our expectation.
A challenge which has become dominant from the start of the year has been lifting our flowers. Despite there being planes available, the freight charges have considerably gone up bringing about a difficulty to being flexible with the number of stems we want to ship out.
Our production has averaged at about 130,000 stems per day with the production numbers hitting the 150s midway during the month.



# WEATHER
The weather is quite good for flower growing though the dry season is almost over and we expect the wet season to start soon. 
The temperatures at the moment are at highs of 24 to 26 degrees during the day and lows of 12 to 14 degrees during the night. 




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Madam Red variety in full production, grown in the hydroponic structures.


## PRODUCTION AND QUALITY	
We expect our production to remain fairly good with a daily average production of 150 thousand through the month. 
Quality is good and we expect to maintain it that way. We expect to average bigger head sizes on all our varieties in conjunction to our stem lengths ranging in the 50s and 60s. 



1.	Varieties expected to increase in production; 
All our varieties. 
Our reds (Burgundy and Furiosa) will increase production towards the end of the month.
2.	Varieties expected to maintain in production; 
Gentle Trend-setter, yoga, ivory flow, show flow and sweet flow.
3.	Varieties expected to slightly drop in production; 
Sudoku, Pink Sudoku and Pink Shadow.
Crop Development;
We continue to develop our experience in growing flowers by use of the hydroponic green houses, and with the planned expansion of an additional structure we expect better insight over the general perfomance gained in this method of growing.
The madam red variety grown in the hydroponic green house is in production and shows very good quality in terms of stem length, head size and general plant health.
This coming month of March we intend to plant some more varieties namely;
a.	Royal Magic, a cerise spray rose variety.
b.	Charlize, a pink colored rose with average head sizes of 5cm.
c.	Red Trendsetter Spray rose with the intent to add more color to our already existing trendsetter variety line.
We intend to plant 5000 stems of each variety in the planed hydroponic expansion.



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Moon walk, one of yellow varieties, expected to go up in production targeted for the coming Easter market.

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Charlize

Charlize, pink variety on our trial beds, we intend to expand its production in the hydroponic greenhouse structures.

Second bulletin of the year 2022.

General monthly updates for flowers.

February 2022 Bulletin

# GENERAL NEWS.
We have had a good month of March in terms of our gross stems Production but very low average market prices. There was a lot of difficult y in pushing lengths of 40cm and 50 cm into the market. Our production averaged 180,000 per day with some days getting well over 200,000 stems. Our target now is the upcoming Mays Mother’s Day.
A challenge we are still facing has been lifting our flowers. Despite there being planes available, the freight charges have considerably gone up bringing about a difficulty to being flexible with the number of stems we want to ship out. We did our first sea freight trial of 312 boxes in wk. 13. The boxes will arrive at Rotterdam on 30th April. We will make a decision on the viability of this route after getting the results of this trial.



# WEATHER
The anticipated wet season has delayed. We expect to be in the thick of it by April 2022.
Temperatures are still at highs of 24 to 26 degrees during the day and lows of 12 to 14 degrees during the night. 





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Royal Magic

Royal Magic, cerise colored spray rose with average 7-8 buds on each stem.


## PRODUCTION AND QUALITY	
We expect our production to remain good with a daily average production of between 150- 180 thousand through the month, with the last week of the month production expected at between 180-200 stems daily
Quality is good and we expect to maintain it that way. We expect to average bigger head sizes on all our varieties in conjunction to our stem lengths ranging in the 50s and 60s. 



**Production expectations.**
All our varieties to maintain stable production except the reds, which will be down for the 1st 2 weeks of the month and then come up by Mid of the month.


# Crop Development;
We will be adding a few varieties to our commercial line, this comes after succesful periods on our trial beds, the varieties are as named below;

a.	**Charlize**, Pink color,average headsize of 5 cm( 5000 plants just planted.Production expected in July 2022)

b.	**Royal Magic**, a ceries spray rose variety.( Just planted 5000 plants. Production expected in August 2022)

c.	**Red tacazzi**, average head sizes of 5cm( To plant 5000 plants in May 2022)

d.	**Bently**, average headsizes of 5.5cm.( To plant 5000 plants in May 2022)


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Red Bentley

Red Bentley, average head size of 5.5cm with stem lengths in the 50s and 60s.

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Red Tacazzi

Red Tacazzi, average head size of 5cm with stem lengths in the 50s and 60s.

Third bulletin of the year 2022.

General monthly updates for flowers.

March 2022 Bulletin

# GENERAL NEWS.
The good production run for the month of March continued into the month of April and we expect the numbers for May to be slightly higher based on the crop general presentation across all varieties.

The struggle with freight persisted in the month of April and we are yet to see signs that it will be better in May. We were informed that our sea freight consignment has been delayed and will be now at Rotterdam on 9th of May 2022 instead of the initial expected arrival time of 30th April 2022. We will take further decision on the shipping mode after getting feedback on the quality of the stems at arrival.

Market prices remained low up to the last week of April, we hope to see a better market uptake and prices.  The additional updates to the Floriday system are proving very insightful with the price predictions making it easier on our planning and managing of our standing orders, as evidenced with the **FM group** and **H-Star clients**.

In order for the company to offer exemplary service to her clients, a sales and marketing manager has been engaged. The manager joined the company in mid-April and is now well orientated to move our services to the next level. **Bernard Kimathi Muthuri**, the sales and Marketing Manager, can be reached at **sales@panocal.co.ke** 

The company is making preparations to be Fairtrade certified. We expect to be audited in June 2022 and certified by July 2022. 



# WEATHER
The wet season is now here with us. We have had rains for the past 3 weeks. The impact of this on quality has been minimal so far. We will strive to maintain it this way throughout this month..






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“*we expect the numbers for May to be slightly higher based on the crop general presentation across all varieties*”


## PRODUCTION AND QUALITY	
We expect our production to remain good with a daily average of 160 - 200 thousand throughout the month. We are targeting to have continuous stable numbers going forward 

Our overall quality, stem length, head size and flower color has improved. We promise to improve it further and maintain.

**Production expectations.**

All our varieties are expected to maintain stable production except the spray Roses which will have production picking up by the 3rd week of the month.


# Crop Development;
We introduced cashmere, as another addition, to our wedding flowers range late last year. We have so far planted 1 hectare of this variety and harvesting on 0.5 hactares already. The market reception has been quite good. The quality is top notch with very long stems. This variety is premium with headsize of 5cm plus. 

The picture below illustrates this beauty. 


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Cashmere Headsize

Cashmere a top notch premium variety, with a headsize of 5cm plus and lenghts in the 50s and 60s.
“**the best variety for your event**”


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Our flowers (*Tacazzi and moonwalk*) showing a good general stand with expected stabilization in production numbers.

Fourth bulletin of the year 2022.

General monthly updates for flowers.

April 2022 Bulletin

# GENERAL NEWS.
We had a good month of May in terms of our gross stems Production but quite low average market prices. Our production averaged 160k per day.
The freight restrictions are still in place. This combined with low prices in the market impacted very negatively on revenue generation despite the good production numbers.




# WEATHER
We are coming into a cold month with intermittent rains. The average temperatures are expected to be low in the next 2 months (Kenyan winter), coupled with low light intensity. This weather is good for quality and head size but not for production numbers  




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Charlize Bunches

*Charlize, Pink colored rose which will be in production in the last week of month.*



## PRODUCTION AND QUALITY	
The month of June and July traditionally have low minimum and maximum temperatures. These temperature ranges are known to impact negatively on production numbers. We have already started seeing the temperatures dropping with intermittent rains. With this, we expect to have an average daily production of between 130k-150k per day for wk. 22 and 23 and then 150k to 160k for wk. 24,25 and 26. The quality, head size and length are expected to improve.  We have since moved quite a big chunk of our 35cm stems to 40 cm bracket. Our target is to have 60% and above of the production in length 50cm and above.

**Production expectations.**

All our varieties to maintain reduced but stable production for the next 2 months. We expect to have our first flush of Charlize in the last week of the Month.


# Crop Development;
As per earlier announced, the newly introduced varieties on semi commercial basis will now be in production, this comes after a successful period on the trial beds and planting;

1. Charlize, Pink color,average head-size of 5 cm. First flush last week of June 2022
2. Royal Magic, a cerise spray rose variety with beautiful shape and opening. First flush last week of July 2022


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*Charlize coming into Production. Average head size of 4.8-5.5cm with stem lengths in the 50s and 60s.*


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*Royal Magic, average 6 – 7 buds in each stem with lengths in the 60s and 70s.*

Fifth bulletin of the year 2022.

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