Aquatic plants SA
Address: 12th avenue
City of Pretoria

Phone number:
0612273588
Categories: Aquariums & Aquarium Supplies, Home Decor, Plants

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Area of Activity: Gezina


Our dream - to become the BEST tissue culture laboratory in South Africa before 2022. To reach this BIG AUDACIOUS GOAL We started in 2017 with studding, experimenting and training with tropical aquarium pants. Currently we are very proficient with this project and started selling these plants in South Africa market through 2 selected wholesalers (Epic Aquatic & Ad Astra). 2019 will see our tropical range being exported as well. Currently we are starting to identify terrestrial plants we can produce for the South African market and invite all rare plant owners and nursery to contact us with plants they want us to cultivate for them. Why start with tropical aquarium plants - In 2016/17 I was looking for in-vitro / tissue cultured / micropropagation plants for my pet shops, non of the importers were able to assist me and I decided to look into the possibility of producing this locally. Unable to find a laboratory that was willing to take on this task, I decided to do it myself. An American wholesaler initially indicated that they will also be interested and therefore it was not a question of if it is possible but ONLY a question of HOW? I personally studied 24/7 till in late 2017 when I decided that i am ready to make the investment and in 2018 I JUMPED IN FEET FIRST and built a small laboratory with 5 laminar flow hoods, a production room that can produce 800+ cups per day and a plant growth room capable of handling close to 60 000 cups. Today this growth room is filled 70%+ and in 2021 we will have to invest in a much bigger setup, but now the experimentation is done, protocols is tried and tested, systems is in place and most important staff is trained.