The importance of crop rotation in intensive vegetable production in a greenhouse

Abstract

Intensive vegetable production nowadays is a large "energy consumer". Producers look only at the economic side of such production, which is most often the excuse for its current realization. Intensive vegetable production is now reduced to cultivating several vegetable species, more often in the single-crop system. By thinking this way we bring the entire production into an unsustainable situation. Therefore, vegetable production in a greenhouse should be organized by growing preceding crops, main crops and stubble crops. Intensive vegetable production implies the maximally well-organized use of available land and resources. This includes proper crop rotation and cultivation practices, as well as knowledge of the market, as a possibility of placing excess production. With the good organization of crop rotation and the timely replacement of crops, we can transform a greenhouse into a useful place for vegetable production.

Intenzivna proizvodnja povrća danas predstavlja velikog "potrošača" energije. Proizvođači najviše gledaju ekonomsku stranu ove proizvodnje, što najčešće biva i izgovor za njenu trenutnu realizaciju. Intenziva proizvodnja povrća se danas svodi na gajenje nekoliko povrtarskih vrsta a sve češće u monokulturi. Ovakvim sistemom razmišljanja i gajenja povrća u monokulturi, cela proizvodnja može biti dovedena u neodrživu situaciju. Zbog toga bi trebalo proizvodnju povrća u zaštićenom prostoru organizovati sistemom gajenja pretkulture, glavne kulture i naknadne kulture. Intenzivna proizvodnja povrća trebalo bi da podrazumeva maksimalno dobro organizovano korišćenje raspoloživog zemljišta i resursa. To znači pravilan plodored sa kompletnom agrotehnikom, te poznavanje tržišta kao mogućnosti plasmana viška proizvodnje. Dobrom organizacijom rotacije i vremenskim smenjivanjem useva, zaštićeni prostor možemo pretvoriti u koristan prostor za proizvodnju povrća.