Polyhouse - Work in Progress

As I researched more on polyhouse, I was convinced that it would indeed be a very effective infrastructure for my commercial farming activity. I decided to get formal training in this. As a result, I completed greenhouse management training at Horticulture Training Centre, Talegaon near Pune.

There I came across a group of farmers who carry out vegetable cultivation in polyhouses using organic methods. This was a perfect combination for me. I went ahead and attended a 3-day workshop that the farmers group conducts on organic vegetable cultivation.

With the backing of knowledge from 2 formal training courses and my 3 years of agriculture experience, I was ready for the big plunge. I decided to go ahead with the polyhouse construction.

I decided to begin with a smaller one, so that I can carry out my experiments here. I chose an area of 450 sq.m. Though the work should have been completed in a short time, the actual construction took longer than expected. This was primarily due to unavailability of skilled labour for polyhouse erection.

At the time of this writing, the external structure of the polyhouse is ready and internal work (bed preparation, drip lines etc) needs to be completed.

Attached are the few snaps of the polyhouse erection.

Frames are formed using the pipes. You can see the foundation pipes with the concrete.

The frames have been put together

The first plastic sheet has been put on top

The structure is ready. Double door entry

An insider’s view. The heaps of red soil and cow dung will be spread inside