Carnations exposed to low concentrations will develop long stigmas, but this may also occur in bright weather in unshaded greenhouses. In case of prolonged exposure of young buds even 1 part to , may kill the buds and flowers fail to develop. Rose foliage on the upper shoots exhibits epinasty, or a bending downward of the petiole. Severe leaf drop may follow and the flower colour often fades. Bulbous plants usually develop twisted foliage and the flowers do not open properly.
Ethylene gas This gas apparently is a by-product of metabolic processes and is given off in very small quantities by plants or their parts. Dropping of flowers after pollination is thought to be associated with ethylene vapors. Sulphur dioxide In very low concentrations this gas is toxic to plants. Sulphur dioxide enters the leaf through open stomata and kills the cells nearby, thus showing patches of dead tissues scattered over the leaf and frequently affecting the margins.
Middle-aged leaves are more susceptible than young leaves. Damage from sulphur dioxide is commonly found in localities where coal is burnt in large quantities. Foggy days are particularly dangerous. The common practice of using sulphur on heating pipes in rose houses to control mildew is responsible for leaf drop on some varieties. Mercury damage Many plants are quickly damaged by vapors from metallic mercury.
This damage is manifested in roses by peduncles of young buds turning yellow and later black. The color of flowers turns dark and leaves are scorched. Breaking of mercury thermometers or the use of bi chloride of mercury on beds as a disinfectant is the usual way in which mercury may be released. Control measures consist of removing all possible traces of mercury and covering the areas where mercury was spilled or applied with a 2-inch thickness of iron filings.
Paint containing mercury as a fungicide should not be applied to rose houses. Therefore, it is well to prevent trouble by keeping such sources of potential damage out of the greenhouse, boiler room, potting shed, or any place where the fumes could conceivably enter a greenhouse. Phenol compounds Many materials containing phenol or its derivatives are toxic to plants. Tar, carbolic acid, pentachlorophenol and many others of similar nature should never be used under glass.
Treatment of wooden bench members with wood preservatives containing phenol compounds results in severe damage to the plants. Special horticultural practices in greenhouse production. The aim of greenhouse cultivation is to obtain high yield and good quality flower with in a short period.
Several methods for forcing flowers can be used successfully to obtain high yield and quality. Rose Deshooting Sprouting of buds just below flower, from the point between shoot and leaf lead to smaller bud size.
So these shoots should be removed regularly. Dead shoot removal In the old plants the dead shoot or dried shoots on plants are observed which will be the host for fungi. So regulary these have to be removed. Soil loosening on beds After 6 months or so, there is every chance that the soil become stony and it has to be loosened for efficient irrigation.
Bending Leaf is a source of food for every plant. There should be balance between source assimilation and sink Dissimilation. Mother shoot bending After planting 2 to 3 eye buds will sprout on main branch, these sprouts will grow as branches and these branches in turn form buds. The mother shoot is bend on 2nd leaf or nearer to the crown region.
The first bottom break or ground shoot will start coming from the base. These ground shoots form the basic framework for production and thereon the ground shoots should be cut at 5th five pair of leaves and medium ground shoots should be cut at 2nd or 3rd five pair of leaves. Defoliation The removal of leaves is known as defoliation. It is done mainly to induce certain plant species to flower or to reduce transpiration loss during periods of stress. Defoliation may be done by removal of leaves manually or by withholding water.
The shoots are defoliated after pruning. Carnation Support system Netting Good support material is metal wire mesh width of 7. The cheapest support material is net with nylon.
Minimum at every 3 meters, the wires should be supported with poles. The poles at the beginning and the end of each bed should be strong enough and be in cast concrete. For an optimal support of the crop, an increasing width of meshes may be used. The bottom net of 7. Pinching Pinching refers to breaking out the tip of shoot with few leaves and encouraging growth of side shoots. There are three types of pinching a single b one and half and c double pinches Pinching is done at a stage when the plants are young and between of cm height.
Since very tender shoots are usually pinched, no special tool is required. It is done by snapping the shoot tip manually.
A sharp knife or blade may be used for pinching. When the plant attains 6 nodes, the first pinch is given. This would give rise to six lateral shoots. Other than carnation, pinching is also practiced in marigold, Gomphrena single pinch , and spray types of chrysanthemum double pinch.
In standard carnations, side buds should be removed where as in spray carnations, the terminal bud has to be removed. Chrysanthemum Pinching out the apical bud As soon as the bud stems begin to elongate in other words as soon as the buds have just separated from one another, it is used to pinch out the central bud, this improves the spray shape.
If pinching out is done too early, damage may be caused to the side buds, so it is carried out between 2nd and 3rd weeks before harvesting. Physiological disorders. Plant disorders may be either due to nutritional deficiencies or unsuitable growing storage conditions. In appropriate temperature atmospheric or erratic water or food supply, poor light, unsatisfactory atmospheric conditions may also cause deficiencies of the mineral salts that are essential for healthy plant growth.
Rose Blind wood The normal flowering shoot on a greenhouse rose possesses fully expanded sepals, petals, and reproductive parts. The failure to develop a flower on the apical end of the stem is a common occurrence-such shoots are termed blind. The sepals and petals are present, but the reproductive parts are absent or aborted.
Blind wood is generally short and thin, but it may attain considerable length and thickness when it develops at the top of the plant. This may be caused by insufficient light, chemical residues, insect, pests, fungal diseases and other factors. Bull heads or malformed flowers The center petals of the bud remain only partly developed and the bud appears flat. They are common on very vigorous shoots, particularly bottom breaks, and it is possible that there is a lack of carbohydrates to develop the petals.
The cause of bull heading is as yet unknown, how ever, thrips infestation will also cause malformed flowers. Colour fading Off- coloured flowers present a problem with some yellow varieties in that the petals may be green or a dirty white instead of a clear yellow. Raising the night temperature several degrees will reduce the number of off-coloured flowers. Occasionally the pink or red varieties develop bluish-coloured flowers. This is very often associated with use of organic phosphate and various other kinds of insecticides.
Blackening of rose petals This is caused by low temperature and high anthocyanin content. GA3 treatment causes accumulation of anthocyanin in petals of Baccara roses. Nutritional disorders Iron deficiencies can cause pale foliage. Adjusting the pH of the soil may solve this problem.
Carnation Splitting of calyx The calyx may split down either half or completely. The petals are deprived of their support, which results into bending down of petals. Thus, the regularity of shape and structure of the flower destroyed. Splitting is associated with weather, particularly where light and temperature fluctuate. High plant density per unit area caused more calyx splitting.
Increasing doses of N reduced the number of split calyces while increase in potassium rates enhanced it. Varieties tolerant to calyx splitting are Epson, palmir etc.
Curly tip This disorder affects the growing tips which curl and become distorted. Tips of the young shoots fail to separate and continuation of growth results in a characteristic curvature. Poor light and other adverse conditions are thought to be the causes of the disorder. Water stress and potassium deficiency are suspected causes for a physiological curly tip and die-back of carnation flowers. Chrysanthemum Blindness It occurs when the night temperature is too low and the days are short at the time when flower buds are forming.
A rosetted type of growth is indicative of this difficulty. Center petals that fail to develop can be due to excessive heat; or in dark weather some varieties apparently lack enough food to open the flower. Chlorosis, or yellowing of the upper foliage, is generally associated with over watering, excessive fertilizer in the soil, or insects or diseases attacking the root system.
Continued growth of shoots and failure to form flower buds when short days are started the mean night temperature was too low. Sunscald is prevalent on standards in flower in very warm weather.
The petals turn brown and dry up. Gerbera Bushiness An abnormality characterized by numerous leaves, short petioles and small laminae, which gives some cultivars of gerbera a bushy appearance known as bushiness.
Nodes are not clearly distinguished and no internode elongation is seen. Stem break It is common post harvest disorder in cut gerberas. This is mainly caused by water imbalances. It could be ethylene controlled and associated with early senescence associated with water stress.
Yellowing and purple margin Nitrogen deficiency causes yellowing and early senescence of leaves. Phosphorus deficiency causes pale yellow colour with purple margin.
Increase in levels of nitrogen and phosphorus were found to promote development of suckers and improve flowering in gerbera. Anthurium Excess light Leaves appear bleached in the centers and may have brown tips. To control this problem, shade should be given so as to reduce the light level to foot-candles. Gladioli Fluoride injury Leaf scorch of gladioli due to the presence of fluorine compounds in the atmosphere which accumulated on the tips of leaves.
The injury is associated with heavy application of super phosphate. Postharvest handling practices for cut flowers. Cut flower quality and longevity are influenced by pre and post harvest practices. These losses can be reduced by careful harvesting, post harvest handling, temperature management, sanitation and judicious use of floral preservatives. Harvesting Maturity of the cut flower mainly decides its post harvest life. The flowers must reach certain stage of development before harvesting.
Most of the cut flowers are harvested in the early morning or late in the afternoon. Flowers are harvested with sharp knife or secature. Rose Harvesting is done at the tight bud stage when the colour is fully developed and the petals have not yet started unfolding.
Gladioli The spikes are cut in tight bud stage when colour has fully developed in the mature unopened buds leaving 4 leaves on the plant.
Carnation Standard carnation flowers are harvested when the outer petals unfold nearly perpendicular to the stem. Spray types are harvested when two flowers open and the remaining buds show colour.
Chrysanthemum Standard flowers are cut soon after the disappearance of green colour in the centre of the flowers and the center petals are fully expanded. Pompons are cut when they are fully developed. Spray types should be cut when the central flower is open and the surrounding flowers are well developed and the varieties which shed pollen badly will have to be cut before they become unsighty. Orchid Flowers are harvested when they are fully open as the flowers cut prior to their maturity will wilt before reaching the wholesaler.
Anthurium Flowers are harvested when the spathe completely unfurls and the spadix is well developed. Harvesting the blooms, when one third of the flowers on the spadix mature, change of colour can be observed that moves from base to tip of spadix.
At this stage the flowers are harvested. Harvesting has to be done during cooler parts of the day i. Delay in keeping in water allows air entry into the stem and causes blockage of the vascular vessels. After reaching the cooling chamber, another cut is given above the previous cut in roses, whereas in orchids lower 0.
In gladioli, 2. Pre cooling Pre cooling removes field heat rapidly from the freshly harvested cut flowers. Precooling lowers respiration rate, water loss and ethylene synthesis. Most of the time, greatest loss occurs due to delay in precooling.
Generally two methods of cooling are followed. The first one is room cooling and the other one is forced air-cooling. In room cooling, the flowers are held in buckets which are placed in a cooler. In the forced air cooling system, the flowers packed in perforated boxes are subjected to cool air blasts for a specific period in a closed room to remove field heat. The flowers take minutes for cooling in forced cooling depending on the flower type and initial temperature in the box.
Proper temperature 1. The length of time depends upon the variety and quality of the roses. The flowers are graded according to the length. Carnation After harvest, the flower stems have to be trimmed at the base and should be immediately placed in a bucket of preservative solution of warm and deionized water.
A good preservative solution for carnations should be acidic pH 4. The flowers can be stored for two to four weeks before marketing. For this, the flowers have to be packed in cartons lined with polyethylene film. These cartons should have sufficient vent holes. The full cartons should be pre-cooled with out lid. The plastic is then loosely folded on top of the stems and the lid is closed. Chrysanthemum After harvest, the stem have to be cut at equal length 90 cm is the standard , bunched in five putting a rubber band at the base and sliding them into a plastic sleeve and putting the bunches in plastic buckets filled with water.
Early morning on the day of shipment or night before the bunches can be packed in boxes. Gerbera Harvesting is done when outer rows of disc florets are perpendicular to the stalk. The heel for the stalk should be cut about cm above the base and kept in fresh chlorinated water.
Orchids Storage Since most orchid flowers are long-lived on the plants, they should not be harvested until needed. At this temperature most orchid flowers can be stored for 10 to 14 days. Plastic film storage is attractive and can be utilized. Packaging Packaging is another important aspect in the flower trade.
An ideal package should be airtight, water proof, strong enough to withstand handling and small in volume. Many ways are followed to pack orchid flowers. Cymbidium spikes are often packed flowers to a box. Standard florist boxes are used for the packing of Cattleya floors. Hawaiin Dendrobium is packed in 4 dozen sprays per box. Keeping of a wet cotton at the cut end of the flower stem which is wrapped with a polythene wrapper helps to maintain humidity. Vase- life Immediately after arrival, the lower 0.
In case of spray type of orchids, the basal 2. Foliar application of aluminium chloride at ppm, ammonium molybdate at ppm or boric acid at ppm increased the vase-life of Oncidium.
Hydroxyquinoline resulted in additional bloom opening of the flowers and also increased the vase-life. The average vase life depends upon life of flowers range between days depending upon the cultivars. Anthurium is packed in cartons lined with impervious polyethylene sheeting of adequate length and width so that, when packed, the sheet can be folded over to prevent the moisture of the dampened flowers and packing material from dampening the box itself. Newspaper is used to line the carton, and shredded newspaper is used to cushion spathes that are arranged in rows facing opposite directions.
Each individual spathe is wrapped and tucked with un-printed newspaper or other white paper. A desirable medium should be a good balance between physical properties like water holding capacity and porosity. Medium which is too compact creates problems of drainage and aeration which will lead to poor root growth and may harbour disease causing organisms. Highly porous medium will have low water and nutrient holding capacity, affects the plant growth and development. The media reaction pH of 5.
A low pH of the growth media can be raised to a desired level by using amendments like lime calcium carbonate and dolomite Ca-Mg carbonate and basic, fertilizers like calcium nitrate, calcium cyanamide, sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate.
A high pH of the media can be reduced by amendments like sulphur, gypsum and Epsom salts, acidic fertilizers like urea, ammonium sulphate, ammonium nitrate, mono ammonium phosphate and aqua ammonia and acids like phosphoric and sulphuric acids. Irrigation through mist is a must in plug growing. Misting for 12 seconds every 12 minutes on cloudy days and 12 seconds every 6 minutes on sunny days is desirable.
Basamid 8. Horticulture :: Greenhouse cultivation. Components of greenhouse Roof: transparent cover of a green house. Gable : transparent wall of a green house Cladding material : transparent material mounted on the walls and roof of a green house.
Glass Flexible cladding material : cladding material with such a degree of flexibility that any deformation of the structure will not result in damage to it. Plastic film Gutter : collects and drains rain water and snow which is place at an elevated level between two spans.
Column : vertical structure member carrying the green house structure Purlin : a member who connects cladding supporting bars to the columns Ridge : highest horizontal section in top of the roof Girder : horizontal structure member, connecting columns on gutter height Bracings : To support the structure against wind Arches : Member supporting covering materials Foundation pipe: Connection between the structure and ground Span width : Center to center distance of the gutters in multispan houses Green house length : dimension of the green house in the direction of gable Green house width : dimension of the green house in the direction of the gutter.
Covering polyhouse with cladding material stage - I Covering polyhouse with cladding material stage — II. Covering polyhouse with cladding material stage — III. Covering polyhouse with cladding material stage — VI. Greenhouse ready for takingup cultivation. Low cost Easy water management. Slow root penetration Short life. No media preparation Low storage requirement.
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Contribute now. Like this article? Share your comments. We're on WhatsApp! Join our WhatsApp group and get the most important updates you need. Different types of containers are used in a greenhouse for different purposes like growing plants under controlled climatic conditions, raising the seedlings, growing plants for hybrid seed production and for growing ornamental plants in pots. Using containers increase capacity of the production while reducing the crop time in polyhouse farming.
Containers ensure uniform growth of plants and minimum transplantation shock. In addition, it eases monitoring of plants and plant nutrition. Here is a table with different types of containers used in polyhouse farming along with their advantages and disadvantages:. Drip irrigation is the best technique for watering the greenhouse plants owing to the small root system.
It must be ensured that the water is dispersed at the root area only and that it does not fall on the leaves or flowers. Falling on leaves and flowers may lead to infection, disease spread and even scorching. Water is forced out through the nozzles under very high pressure through the micro-sprinklers. These sprinklers are arranged at a height of 1 foot above ground level so as to ensure that water is dispersed at the basal part of the plants. The chief expense of greenhouse is the maintenance of the transparent films.
The biofilm on the walls and roof must be washed periodically since dust settles on them reducing the light transmittance. The greenhouse must be solarized annually. Solarization is done by mulching and the interiors are fumigated.
Biological control of insects or installation of insect traps is mandatory in greenhouse agriculture. The pipes and sprinklers of the irrigation system must be cleaned periodically so as to prevent accumulation of microbes that may lead to infection in plants. If following organic farming then extra care should be taken.
Since plants are being cultivated under controlled climatic conditions in a greenhouse, it has its own share of problems too. One of the chief problems is ensuring nutrient availability and protecting the plants from deficiency of various minerals like boron, nitrogen, phosphorous, calcium, iron and potassium. Similarly, plants may also suffer from excess of nutrients. Constant monitoring and soil testing is necessary to ensure that the plants get adequate amount of nutrition and grow properly.
Greenhouse farming in India may seem a costly and intimidating affair. However, horticultural departments and state governments provide subsidies to encourage polyhouse farming among farmers. Approaching them with a detailed project report containing details like production technology, cost components, margin, etc. You may buy our project reports to learn about detailed economics on different farming projects and choose one.
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I am interested in poly house. Do i get subsidy if I go for the rent? Remember me. Lost your password? Your personal data will be used to support your experience throughout this website, to manage access to your account, and for other purposes described in our privacy policy. Farming India January 19, 5 Comments. Difference Between Greenhouse and Polyhouse Greenhouse Vs Polyhouse Greenhouse is made of some kind of transparent material to create a microclimate inside the house.
Capsicum in greenhouse farming in India Site Selection for Greenhouse Construction In its early years, the aim of a greenhouse was to grow species that require heat in colder regions. In India, the following points are to be considered for selecting the place to set up a poly greenhouse: Water Logging The site must be a well-drained area and not a place that has water logging issues.
Pollution The greenhouse must not be built near industrial units. Accessibility Although it should not be placed very near the roads, yet, they must be easily accessible through various modes of transport. Types of Greenhouse Greenhouses being structures for facilitating a controlled cultivation system in greenhouse farming, the structure must allow light penetration and maximum coverage. Semi-Automatic Greenhouse Some greenhouses are partially controlled with minimum investment conditions.
High-End Greenhouse Hydroponic system in polyhouse farming These greenhouse structures are installed with devices to control temperature moisture, humidity and other environmental parameters.
Greenhouse Based on Glazing This classification is based on the type of material used for covering the structure. They maybe: Fiberglass reinforced plastic glazing Glass glazing Plastic Film The material used for fiberglass reinforced plastic glazing can be plain sheet or corrugated sheet.
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