After work in the flower industry for 25 years , Shailesh Kumar Rai was ready to plunk into a raw escapade and started his own rose farm . He bought a 60 ha land plot in Rumuruti , Kenya , on which he built 12 ha of greenhouses and refer the farm Heritage Flowers Ltd in 2019 . It has been a intriguing first yr , but Kumar Rai is more than proud of with where the company is now . " We even gained more direct clients . "
Starting up the farmFor a brace of years , Kumar Rai has been looking for a internet site to establish a farm and found a 60 ha virgin land plot of ground in Rumuruti . " The adjudicate factor was that it is locate close to the equator line which gives abundant sun light and appropriate diurnal temperature which give a bigger head sizing . On top of that , he also select this production location for its vegetational soil condition . " It is base on Kenya ’s unequaled Agro - Climatic Zone Map which demonstrates that the farm is circulate across Zone II & III supply olympian vegetive grime conditions , mainly moist , enabling optimum plant growth surround with very low hazard in craw loser . "
Kumar Rai had to embark on from starting line and choosing the right equipment and smorgasbord to grow was harmonise to him one of the major challenges . Regarding culture , he could draw upon his experience and he is proud of with the quality of the crop , and the head sizing in particular . " Despite we are at an altitude of 1,900 metre above sea level , we are able-bodied to compete with the high altitude farms in terms of drumhead size . We raise super intermediate roses with head size 4.8cm+ , mostly 5cm+ . "
The farms water rootage is repeated stemming from an all year round permanent river .
Export marketsCurrently , the farm employ 280 people and grows 16 varieties of roses which are almost all being sold directly . " We sell to Europe , the UK , Middle East , Australia , Japan and Russia " .
More clients gain due to COVID-19April and May were not the honorable calendar month because of the pandemic , Kumar Rai explicate . However , for them , the place improved quickly after , gaining more direct clients . " In the past few month , most of the flower farms production go down . They went for labor reduction and reducing fertilizer chemical substance price while we continued as usual which gave us a disputative product . This give the opportunity to get many lineal client which helped us establish our stigma name - Heritage Flowers Ltd - in the external flower market place . "
The wadding facility which serves not just for straight lines roses pack but also for Packed at Source Mixed Bouquet Lines
time to come plansOnly 12 ha of the in full 60 ha demesne is under nursery . So , there is muckle of room to dilate the farm and that ’s precisely Kumar Rai ’s program . " business concern wise , I ’m very pleased with this yr and I am looking forward to expanding our land area under greenhouses . So , the next step will be add together 10 hour angle . " Eventually , the theme is to expand to a product of 40 ha of roses as well as 12 ha of outdoor spray gillyflower and other summer flower crop .
For more informationHeritage Flowers ltdShailesh Kumar RaiEmail:[email protected]T : +254722203750www.heritageflowers.biz
