๐๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ?
Earlier this year (2021), we decided to migrate all our sweet pepper production into protected production environments i.e a combination of shadenets and greenhouses.
The rationale for this migration was twofold;
(i) To improve fruit quality and overall productivity ,
(ii) To minimise losses mainly arising from sun scald.
So, what have we done towards achievement of our two objectives outlined above?
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We have since invested in additional greenhouses equating to 918 sqm. We are transplanting our first crops in these greenhouses this week.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐:
To augument the greenhouses, we decided to construct shadenets targeting 3,000 sqm by December 2021. As at September 2021, we have since managed to put together a cumulative total of 2,800 sqm. We should be adding 2,100 sqm of shadenets for sweet pepper by December 2021 which will bring our shadenet capacity to almost 5,000 sqm way beyond our annual target of 3,000 sqm.
So, we are emphatically on course.
We run Panuka Farm guided by project management principles. So from a project management perspective, the big question is whether these investments, especially in shadenets, have helped in achieving the intended objectives of improving fruit quality and reduction of loses? Is there any difference in fruit quality between greenhouses and shadenets?
Well, watch this review video to get the answer