Effect of Greenhouses on Vegetable Production

Abstract

Vegetable production in greenhouses has become widespread in recent years because the production is less damaged by adverse weather conditions than in open fields. The economic nature of the covering materials used in greenhouses is also an important reason for the spread of greenhouse farming. Compared to other covering materials, polyethylene greenhouse covering has become widespread due to its easy supply, cheapness and ease of use. Although glass covered greenhouses and greenhouses with hard plastic covering called polycarbonate, polyethylene covered greenhouses are not cheap and easy to supply, large companies use them for large-scale production (domestic and international markets). Since the use of heating systems is widespread in glass greenhouses, it is possible to produce vegetables by using heating and lighting in the winter season. Polyethylene cover material and polycarbonate greenhouses are mostly used for early season vegetable production as heating. In greenhouse vegetable production, the plants are not affected much by the adverse environmental and climatic conditions experienced during the production period, which eliminates product losses. Less labor is spent thanks to automation in cultural processes carried out in the greenhouse. In addition, vegetable production in the form of soilless agriculture, which cannot be done in open areas, is easily done in the greenhouse. The increasing advantages of vegetable production in greenhouses are accelerating the spread of greenhouses day by day.