The Ecke SNAP System 78 (ES78) allows growers to receive pre-stuck, callused cuttings in trays with rooting media, eliminating several costly phases of propagation. ES78 cuttings are ready for transplant after just 2 weeks of heating and misting, saving growers 2 weeks versus traditional unrooted cuttings. This allows growers to turn another crop more quickly or reduce labor needs. ES78 also lowers propagation risks and costs by removing manual sticking, media filling, and rush to cooler phases traditionally required for unrooted cuttings.

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Save two weeks
in a SNAP!
Growers can increase revenues while lowering their costs with the Ecke SNAP™ System.
This supply-chain revolution starts with receiving pre-stuck callused cuttings in
ES media and trays (ES78) directly from Ecke Ranch’s offshore farms.
When compared to standard unrooted cuttings (URCs), ES78 reduces
labor, energy, crop time, materials and propagation risk. It is more
affordable than a standard rooted cutting.
Flexibility to grow more profits
Remove 3 costly phases from your propagation process and use the extra
propagation space to turn another crop.
Traditional
URC Add Inputs Stick URC 2 Weeks 2 Weeks Transplant
• Bags • Trays • Manual labor • Heat • Heat • Labor
• Freight cost • Rooting • Within 24 hrs. • Mist • Mist • Space
• Rushing to media • Bench loss • Bench space • Bench space
the cooler • Risk of shrink
Ecke SNAP™ System
Pre-filled 2 Weeks Transplant
• ES78 Tray • Heat • Labor
• ES Media Eliminate high risk and costly propagation phases • Mist • Space
• Pre-stuck • Bench space
callused
cutting
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Smooth peak labor
Because cuttings arrive pre-stuck in ES
media, you require fewer people when
the truck arrives.
Traditional
By eliminating the need to rush unrooted
# of workers
cuttings to the cooler and stick them within Ecke SNAP System
24 hours, you can reduce staffing up for peak
delivery days. Ecke SNAP System’s ability to
retain moisture and thrive will allow you to
labor-level your work week and reduce the
need for peak training and crop yield loss -2 -1 Truck +1 +2 +3 Days
from inexperienced labor. Arrives
Reduce your risk with callused
SNAP System callused plants enjoy two more weeks of
high energy tropical sunshine to provide an even better
plant than URCs rooted in the north. And ES78 has
reduced plant shock, extra grading, super charged media,
and has been grown by Ecke experts in Guatemala and
Mexico. As a result, disease, leaf yellowing and other
risks have been significantly mitigated because Ecke
SNAP System cuttings have already formed the protective
callus when they arrive. As bench loss and other risks are
reduced, your productive yield and profits can increase.
Callused and pre-stuck in ES media upon arrival
Two weeks less bench time and other operational benefits
With two weeks of less heat, water and bench space, you will be amazed by
the savings. And you don’t need to purchase trays and fill media. You have less
materials handling, warehousing and purchasing of hard goods. Even the Ecke
SNAP System’s in-bound packing materials are designed for re-use for your
outbound shipments. And because your normal growing process can be used
for ES78, your same cultural environment is appropriate. You can operate as if
ES78 is “just another media”.
2 weeks closer to transplant
Ecke SNAP System (ES) includes:
• Propagation tray with 78 SNAP cells (ES78,
3 strips x 26 SNAP cells) that ship dense, then An innovation well worth a trial
can be split into strips for easy spacing
Most genera, including geraniums, poinsettias,
• Each SNAP cell includes ES media to protect
and promote rooting and ES cuttings pre-stuck and spring annuals are now available via Ecke
offshore and callused for quicker rooting truck. Ask about delivery routes, timing and trial
• Reliable Ecke logistics packs. In development for about 8 years, the right
• Excellent Ecke customer and technical support cutting can make all the difference.
• Landed pricing (cutting, IPF, truck freight)
Paul Ecke Ranch • P.O. Box 230488, Encinitas, CA 92023-0488 USA ES78
TM Phone: (760) 753-1134 • Fax: (760) 944-4054 • www.ecke.com © 2011 Paul Ecke Ranch