Vegetables
Tomato, cucumber, pepper, leafy greens, herbs and melons — the volume business that pays for most protected area.
Vegetable programmes are sized by the delivery contract, not by the house: how many kilos per week, for how many weeks, at what specification. The house follows that rhythm.
Tomato
The crop that pays for high-tech glass: long cycles, high value per square metre, and a climate the house must hold for nine months.
Cucumber
Fast, high-volume and unforgiving: a cucumber crop tells you within a week whether the climate strategy works.
Sweet pepper
A long-cycle, high-value crop that rewards stable temperature and punishes every fluctuation.
Lettuce and leafy greens
Short cycles, tight delivery windows, and a crop that works well in film, PC or glass with modest climate control.
Culinary herbs
Basil, mint, coriander, parsley: high value per square metre, short cycles and a buyer who wants consistency every week.
Melon
Short-cycle melons under film: sugar content is set by light and water control in the last three weeks.
Which house for this group
Planning a vegetables programme?
Send the crop list, the target market and the country. We will map it to a house and a phasing plan.