In Europe , many greenhouse raiser have stopped winter production because of high gas prices . " Nobody is going to put extra gas to heat up tomatoes or peppers , so to say , because the EU needs to provide warming to private citizens first , " enounce Fatih Kördemirci from Kurt Group of Companies . That is one of the reasons why tomato export from Türkiye to Europe is extend up . " Here in Türkiye , we heat greenhouses with geothermic water , which is much cheaper than gas , " he remark . " No producer in Türkiye is using accelerator . Some are using ember , but most of the producers in our region , the Aegean part , are using geothermal urine . "
Being much chintzy than gas pedal , it goes without saying that the intersection coming out of Türkiye ’s greenhouses will be equally chinchy on the market . " This gives us more advantage as we can be highly competitory with our prices . " At the same time , geothermic energy is not the only matter that is benefitting Turkish growers . " Nobody in Türkiye is using artificial lights , " Fatih points out . " We get plenty of sunshine here . If you have heating and enough light , that ’s all you need to make a good product . That all is what make water Türkiye a good optional country to deliver more products to the EU market . "
follow with EU standards for exportThe Kurt Group of Companies has been active in gardening since the 80s and has dissimilar type of refinement . " We have a lot of lemon yellow fields in the south of Türkiye . In 2008 , we built a 5 ha nursery where we grow vine tomatoes . In 2011 , we built a 1.2 - hour angle plant life generation . In 2015 , we built a factory where we dry vegetables and fruit . "
Since the tomato are meant for the export securities industry , read EU , Fatih and the Kurt Group have to comply with dissimilar standards . " The EU does n’t accept garden truck with a certain level of remainder . There are a band of chemical substance products that Turkish grower normally use but would make it impossible for them to export to the EU . " It can be quite difficult to control that while keeping all sorts of pests and pathogen out from the cultivation . " We have to take care of botheration points in the greenhouse , such as control the climate and stopping plague and disease . We have agronomists who are forever scouting the nursery . At the same meter , our employees have been in the horti industriousness for ten years , and have a lot of know - how . So , if they see something they are not sure of , they are always send word the agronomist , who see for a solution if it ’s necessary . "
At the same time , Fatih takes more direct military action to assure pathogens . " We are using some chemical products that are in line with EU regulation . We had a huge struggle with tuta absoluta until we found the gross solution , which is really not chemical at all . We found this product from a Japanese company , Sumi Agro . It ’s a pheromone that essentially preclude the tuta absoluta from find oneself mates . " While biologic solution can be in force , for some things , Fatih has to spray the plant . " But we are always look at what the EU allows or does n’t allow , " he points out . " The accepted residue level is always document . If you look at that , a raiser would know how many days after spray they have to expect before the residue storey are low . "
While Fatih and the Kurt Group can reach the quality for export to the EU , he say that not all Turkish growers can do that . " With our high - tech glasshouse , it ’s easier to raise Lycopersicon esculentum with no residue . But in Antalya , growers are producing in tough weather circumstances , so they fight down a lot of pestis and ca n’t do anything but spray the plants . Not every grower here love that the EU allows spraying the plants . It ’s just that there ’s a general lack of knowledge with regards to which products they can use and how many days they have to expect after spraying . "
domesticate and dryingAs Fatih has pointed out , the company grows its produce in a gamy - tech greenhouse . " We originate in coco peat , with a greenhouse that stand up 5.5 meters tall . This is very helpful for cultivation , as you may better manage the mood . We have an automated irrigation system that provides tomato with the exact amount of water , nutrients , and the like they demand . For illustration , we could even ' divide ' the nursery into 4 or 6 pieces and cater each of those with a customized irrigation schedule . We have also an automated transport line – you wo n’t see anybody here tug carts to go from point A to steer B. We also have a heating system blind , because in the winter it gets quite moth-eaten here . But we also practice it during the summer to provide some shade to the plants . It can also snow quite heavily during winter , so we put a top heat line for the roof of the nursery to evaporate any snow that would collect there . After all , if you ca n’t get rid of that , the greenhouse would collapse . "
The Kurt Group is also fighting in the drying segment of the industry , with a 4,000 sqm drying readiness and another coming one of 6 - 7,000 sqm . " There has been a Brobdingnagian demand for dried produce , " Fatih explain . " We process every form of vegetable and yield , coming from many different growers . " As products kept coming in from growers , the Kurt Group had to thrive its capacity . " We have a flock of plans . Next to the drying , we will keep focusing on greenhouse , even more than now . Now , we have 5 hour angle , but our goal in the next three days is to make 5 ha more . And in the next five age , we will endeavor to expand to 15 ha . That ’s going to be a lot of tomatoes ! "
For more data : Kurt Group of CompaniesFatih Kördemirci+905072067907
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