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Greenhouse The covered building elements made of light-transmitting materials such as glass, plastic, and fiberglass in order to create suitable weather and environmental conditions in which plants can live are called greenhouses. If the environment has a temperate climate and fruit-vegetable cultivation is done, greenhouses are generally made under glass cover in greenhouses where vegetables are grown, and greenhouses under plastic cover for fruits. For this reason, fruit and vegetable cultivation in Turkey is generally carried out in the Mediterranean and Aegean regions. The reason for this is that the climate in these regions is milder than other environments. WHAT ISSUES GREENHOUSE MECHANIZATION WORKS Mechanization applications related to the regulation of greenhouse air conditions: 1. Greenhouse heating 2. Greenhouse lighting 3. Greenhouse ventilation 4. Greenhouse cooling Mechanization practices related to growing plants in greenhouses: 1. Soil preparation 2. Sowing and planting 3. Maintenance work 4. Agricultural struggle 5. Preparation of soil replacement growing media 6. Irrigation 7. Harvest and post-processing What is FAR: Our country can receive natural Photosynthetic Active Radiation (FAR) generally sufficient to grow plants due to its latitude zone (36 - 42 north) on which it is located in the world. For this reason, the most important problem of greenhouse cultivation in our country is the heating systems, this problem causes a cost of 25-60% for the greenhouse. GREENHOUSE TYPES: The purpose of the greenhouse: * Commercial production * Teaching * Research * Exhibit * Special attention Mechanization possibilities of the greenhouse business * Financial strength of the business * The plants that the greenhouse business wants to grow in the future and their requests Construction features of the greenhouse * The skeleton of the greenhouse * Slope of greenhouse roof and walls * Covering material of the greenhouse * Ventilation, heating and cooling schemes Greenhouses built taking into account the above principles are among themselves: A. Greenhouses by size *Large greenhouses 1000 m2 floor area 50 – 100 m height *Middle greenhouses 100 – 1000 m2 floor area 25 – 50 m height *Small greenhouses 100 m2 floor area 2 – 20 m tall B. Greenhouses according to the forms of establishment. * Single * adjacent * Block * Tower