According to an expert, most flower growers do this in their nurseries. However, piles of unsold tulips, roses, chrysanthemums and other flowers have accumulated on the territories of cooperatives. As "Russkaya Germaniya" notes, they are simply buried in the ground by excavators.
There is no longer demand for flowers because the pandemic has engulfed all of Europe. The crisis came at the "worst time of year," particularly for tulip producers, since their harvest period lasts from January to May. Therefore, the crisis hit tulip producers, as they themselves say, "in the middle of the season, when they should be earning their main money."
By the way, tulips, as it turned out, are quite rare flowers. Their share in Dutch exports, together with lilies of the valley and lilies, is about 4%. The queen of demand is the rose, which occupies 48% of the market, followed by the carnation with 21%. And the total value of flowers exported from the Netherlands last year reached a record level: 6.2 billion euros. The country is the world champion in flower exports.
The world champion in flower imports is Germany. In 2019, this country bought flowers from its neighbors for 1.7 billion euros – that's ten percent of all Dutch exports to Germany. In second and third place among buyer countries are Great Britain and France, followed by Italy and Poland.
But all this is "memories of the future." Perhaps one of the symbols of today's "viral times" will be these flower graves, where excavators bury millions of beautiful creations of nature every day. Born for love, they are doomed to death in times of great separation.