Constructed Primarily to protect plants from Solar radiation. The structure is made of GI pipes. The cladding material is Shade-net. Shade-net with different colors / Shade Permeability is used as per crop & season. Used mainly in hardening of Fruit Orchards planting material. In other words,a Shade house is a structure enclosed by agro nets or any other woven material to allow the required sunlight, moisture, and air to pass through the gaps. It creates an appropriate micro-climate conducive to plant growth. It is also referred to as a shade net house or net house. The following are the benefits of Shade-net house:-
- Helps in the cultivation of flower plants, foliage plants, medicinal plants, vegetables &spices.
- Used for fruit and vegetable nurseries as well as for raising forest species etc.
- Helps in quality drying of various agro products.
- Used to protect against pest attack.
- Protects from natural weather disturbances such as wind, rain, hail, and frost.
- Used in the production of graft saplings and reducing their mortality during hot summer days.
- Used for hardening tissue culture plantlets.