Advantage of Greenhouse and Low
Tunnels:
- Crop is protected from cold, wind storm, rain and frost.
- Due to controlled conditions there is better germination, plants
growth and crops mature faster
- Improved quality & quantity of produce.
- Use of water is optimized and there is reduction in its
consumption by 40 - 50%.
- Incidence of disease and pests is reduced or eliminated.
- Crops can be grown throughout the year.
- Best technology for commercial production of high value crops
like flowers, medical plants, etc.
- Can be used for solar drying of farm produc
Considerations
- Controlled conditions & increased temperature in green
house/low tunnel enables crop production in the cold climate, plains
and during rains.
- Greenhouse and low-tunnels have been extremely beneficial for
growing vegetable - tomato, cukerbit, cabbage, cauliflower,
cucumber, lettuce, onion, spinach, brinjal, pepper, turnip, radish,
capsicum and tobacco; for Flowers - roses, chrysanthemums, gerbera,
carnations etc. and raising nursery of fruits & vegetable.
- Green house technology has been successfully used in the country
- in the hilly states of J & K , Himachal, Uttranchal for
vegetable & flower production, plains like Maharashtra &
Karnataka for Commercial floriculture and in North Eastern states as
rain shelter. In all these places, it has been quite profitable. It
has also been used for growing nurseries and off session fruits and
vegetables
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