FLOWER-GROWING UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS IN ISRAEL

Ten years ago the real development of the Israeli flower industry started (table 1), after a long period of trial and error.
The development was very rapid.
The problems which arose were manifold:

• growers without experience

• no greenhouse construction firms in Israel

• no types of greenhouses suitable for our climate

• no export firms for flowers

• great distance to the potential markets

• no experience as to which varieties will grow well and are commercially good.

Greenhouse construction problems as well as ventilation and heating solutions are discussed; and also the technical side of sorting and packing of cut-flowers.
A short survey of the main export crops, Roses, Spray-Carnations, Gerberas and some house-plants, and their growing conditions in greenhouses is included.

Symposium on Cultivation of Flowers under Protection in the Mediterranean Regions

R.H. Elsberg

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1974.43.25