As Europe is gripped by heat , agriculturist do everything within their reach to battle temperatures up to 40 degrees . Theodoros Savvidis with Savvidis Greenhouses grow tomatoes in Prosotsani , Greece . " hold launch the craw in curb when everything is going well is easy . Keeping it in correspondence through adversity is always challenging " , he says .
After a life history in San Francisco and New York epigenetics , Theodoros make up one’s mind to move back to his mother nation to actively participate in the industry that has his heart : food , and more specifically , where our crops come in from and whether they are safe . " innovative people need a lot from their food while have limited time and space , " Theodoros explains when asked why after a career in San Francisco and New York , he move back to his mother country to participate in the industry that has his heart : food .
" hoi polloi just demand more and more of progressively better quality of crop . Therefore , it come as no surprise that refreshing , sustainable systems of integrated and vertical land meet their needs good and at the correct place . However , our major planet demands a soft approaching from us if next generations are going to live here . Thus , employing modern hydroponic systems with reduced water and ecological footmark for growing crop is my principal stake now " , he explains .
In 2014 , the company Savvidis Greenhouses was rear by Ieroklis Savvidis , Theorodos ' male parent , and his partners , and Theorodor is now the 2nd propagation of growers . The 2 - hectare high - technical school nursery contributes to the self - sufficiency of the Greece population by growing high - character large - fruited tomatoes sold under the sword Dramello Fresh . With a 1MW CHP , CO2 , and rut is being generated , and the electricity is sold back to the net .
" We are under PE Cover and typically use Redusol in the late spring / summertime , " Theodoros says . " However , when we began , we had no cooling organisation , and we had to stop through the summer . " This hebdomad , temperature in Prosotsani are over 40 academic degree Celsius , and this is not expected to transfer any prison term soon . " During summer , we always face some kind of heatwave . How bad depends on the year . "
However , the fellowship now manages to grow over the summer . " Two days ago , we set up a custom - made , dispirited - pressure misting arrangement that is bring in all the divergence in the human beings ! The climate is controlled , works are felicitous and still rich , and our time of year goes through the summertime . All these , without any major rearrangements in the greenhouse and a reasonable price . "
The misting system was install by Ptolemeo , their sister company responisble for mechanical engineering . " cooperate with Ptolemeo brought us lots of noesis over the last two geezerhood . We ’ve portion out with sprinklers which were dripping on the works , which you do n’t require since it induce fungus problems " , Theodoros says . " We ’ve had to get specific drippers using a stream of air and a stream of H2O . " Also , the company had to optimize the compression organisation , so proper pressing both on water and air could be reached .
wayward to the high - pressure misting systems often used in northerly European and North American growing sites , alloy tube is not involve for low - press misting systems . " This make cost drop significantly . "
An image from the iSii computing equipment shows how extreme the situation is : outside 42,4oC and inside 28.6oC. " In social club for this misting system to ferment properly and to have this form of effect , a juiceless outdoor climate is need . It works the best with outside RH below 40 % . "
" mist Is becoming a style of lifespan here , " Theodoros conclude . " A crop in rest is a life in residuum . A raft of times , the solution is lying somewhere near us , but we have to look for it . As Confucius said ; a lot come to those who look for them ! "
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