Blooming Good Results with Herbert Grader

Aug. 20, 2014 - PRLog -- O A Taylor & Sons (Bulbs) Ltd of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, are suppliers of bulbs to nurseries, garden centres and landscapers. They farm 317 acres of daffodils as well as 1,860 acres of other crops include vegetables, cereals, potatoes and sugar beet.

With over 3,000 tonnes of bulbs passing through their yard and a very short and busy season for daffodil bulbs, Taylors were in need of a high performance, quick and reliable grading system for removing soil and debris from the crop, prior to hand picking from an inspection table – so they came to Herbert.

Kevin Haynes, Taylor’s horticultural manager said: “We can get heavy clods and sometimes large volumes of soil, which will materially affect the yield, so efficient grading is absolutely vital, particularly as our season is so short and speed and accuracy are everything.

“Before Herbert installed our new grader, volumes for a productive season would be 700 tonnes. Now during the six week window between mid June and July, in excess of 3,000 is possible. With great back up service and low maintenance too, this is an impressive result for us.”

The grader is also designed to fit in a very confined space, where Taylors also have installed a bespoke Herbert High Wall soil elevator with a shorter in-feed end to remove waste soil from the process.

Herbert Engineering can be contacted at +44 (0)1945 430666, www.rjherbert.co.uk and at Herbert Engineering BV on +31 40 20 10 434, www.herbert-europe.nl.