About Us
Crop Candles provide UK growers with environmentally friendly bougie candles at the most cost-effective price without compromising the burn time and quality.
Our Story
Crop Candles
Crop Candles provide UK growers with environmentally friendly bougie candles at the most cost-effective price without compromising the burn time and quality.
We support European Vineyard and Orchard growers, by providing them with more cost-effective candles than are currently available in Europe.
Our new 8-hour Crop Candles and 8-hour refills generate more than 24,000 KJ per hour which is an excellent and efficient insurance to have should any other frost protection you have become compromised or damaged.
With the rising costs of electricity, propane gas and water the Crop Candles are still the best alternative to have in the shed should other forms of frost protection become compromised.
We have been importing for over 20 years. We have secured trusting relationships with our manufacturers and suppliers and built a communication between our Western customers and the quality they expect from working with us. We manage the quality control and ensure all certificates are genuine and good to ship. We manage the Shipping, Custom Clearance and delivery to your address.
Our candles are made from 100% Vegetable Wax (NOT PARAFFIN) which acts as a heater raising the air temperature over your crops thus protecting against frost. The Crop Candle bougies are already know in the industry as the most cost effective and efficient way to protect fruit cultivation from the increasing spring frost.
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Why buy from us?
- We select very carefully our vegetable wax producers. We look at the compound touch and smell of the product as well as the burn rate and heat generated.
- We inspect the quality of the casing manufacturers for leak-proof condition of each unit. Our testing approval rate is 10% spot checks of the full production, if the defect rate is above 1%, we will raise our inspection rate to 30% of production.
- Our vegetable wax supplier is one of the largest plant wax suppliers in the world, we will burn candles from each batch to test the burning time and smoke output.
- The wick, these are free of heavy metals.
- During the production process, we have special inspectors to do appearance inspection on the production line. We also test the wick and carry out a combustion ignition time. This includes ensuring they are straight and there is plenty of wick (Not Flooded) for fast and efficient ignition. Each Crop Candle has a clean and tidy appearance.
- During the packing process, we will test the firmness and neatness of the packing, to make sure each tray is firm and secure on the Pallet before they leave our factory.
- Our certificate for the vegetable wax candles. We also provide CE and MSDS for you.
We will have more technical data for you regarding our Crop Candles shortly to ensure we maximize our social responsibility and our contribution to environmental conservation and biodiversity for our vineyards.
Testimonials
What People are Saying
Whitehall Vineyard
In 2020 we lost 75% of our crop here at Whitehall Vineyard, this came as a result of no frost protection. This year in 2021 we purchased 1,560 12-hour candles from Crop Candles, which we lit over 20 nights of hard-hitting frost throughout April, subsequently saving this year's crop. We found the candles quick and easy to light, with the vegetable oil wax being more user and environmentally friendly.
All Angels Vineyard
I confess to being sceptical about using bougies first time round and especially about getting them from a new supplier. However, all our concerns were put to rest from the outset. … the 12hr candles) were first rate — incredibly easy to light…Little smoke and burn time was as expected. We will certainly be going back for future needs.
Dillions Vineyard
We trialled 120 candles against our more regular supply of buggies from France. We were impressed. Crop Candless lasted longer for sure, We found them very easy to light…. We also particularly like the refill capability that has been added this year.
Ridgeview Estate Winery
The communication and pricing was clear and transparent. The candles effective and really easy to light. We found that the stated burn time wasn’t far from the 12 hours stated so we were able to get at least two fairly long burns out of each candle.
Jenova Ltd.
Crop Candle Frost Protection
for Vineyards and Orchards
13 Market Place
Henley-on-Thames
Oxon
RG9 2AA
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