INVESTMENT COSTS AND ANNUAL COSTS OF PLASTIC SHELTERS IN THE NORTH OF CAMPINE

Two different types of shelter are used in the North of Campine for the culture of strawberry plants: small tunnels and plastic greenhouses.

The small tunnel is 40/50 cm high, 80 cm wide, and is covered with .07/.10 mm thick polyethylene or P. V. C. under which there are two lines of strawberry plants.
Investments costs amount to 8/11 B. Fr. per metre run whilst annual costs range from 4 to 7 B. Fr. per metre run.

From 1971 on, strawberries have also been cultivated under plastic greenhouse.
Such building is 4.50 m wide, 2.25 m high, from 25 to 45 m long and covered with .15 mm thick P. E. There are from 10 to 12 lines of strawberry plants in it.
Investment costs reach 35 Fr. /m2 whereas annual costs amount to 12 Fr/m2.

Financial results appear to be sufficient to cover building-expenditures.

Symposium on Strawberry under Protection

J. Aerts

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1973.30.29