32,000 m² under glass No soil. Just root, water and light. Ripened on the vine, picked on the vine From Sandıklı to your shelf

32,000 m² under glass

No soil. Just root, water and light.

Ripened on the vine, picked on the vine

From Sandıklı to your shelf

A glass greenhouse on the Afyon plateau, a thousand metres above sea level.

Warm days, cool nights.

Exactly the swing a tomato needs to build its sugar.

Across 3.2 hectares we grow without soil; every plant gets its own root zone, its own water, its own measure.

From November to July there is a harvest every week.

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The facility

Venlo glasshouse, soilless coco substrate, computer-controlled climate.

Steel trusses, shade screen and a row sign hanging from the glasshouse roof
Tomato rows growing on coco substrate bags with drip irrigation lines
Greenhouse corridor with rows of vine tomatoes and the glass roof above
Row signs hanging along the length of the corridor
Covered area
32,000 m²
Altitude
1,030 m
Annual production
1,250 t
Yield
39 kg/m²
Weekly harvest at peak
40 t
  • Venlo glass structure with shade screen and ridge ventilation
  • Soilless growing on coco coir substrate
  • Drip irrigation with automated fertigation
  • Computer-controlled climate
  • Natural pollination by bumblebees
  • Biological pest control and sticky traps

Warm days, cool nights. The swing that comes with altitude is what raises the sugar in the fruit.

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The product

Red vine tomato. Ripened on the truss, cut as a truss.

Caliber
M 57–67 mm · MM 67–82 mm
Fruit per truss
4–6 fruit
Truss weight
400–600 g
Brix
4.5–5.5
Shelf life
12–15 days at 10–12 °C
Colour class
6–8 at harvest, 9–10 on arrival
Residue
Below EU MRL limits

Packaging

  • 400×300×160 mm carton, 5 kg loose truss
  • 500×300×160 mm carton, 6 kg loose truss
  • 4 × 1 kg punnet, 4 kg per carton
  • 500 g flowpack for retail shelf

Private label and customer branding available.

A five-fruit truss held in hand, colour running from green to full red
A ripe truss held above a filled carton
Trusses at different stages of ripeness along a row

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Harvest and packing

24 hours from harvest to reefer.

  1. Harvest
  2. Grading and sizing
  3. Boxing
  4. Pre-cooling
  5. Cold store
  6. Reefer loading

Harvest to loading

Tomatoes are never stored below 10 °C. Cold damages them, and both flavour and texture go with it.

Cold store temperature
10–12 °C
Humidity
90–95%
Pre-cooling
Within 4 hours of harvest
Pallet
80×120 cm Euro pallet
Pallet layout
8 cartons × 8 layers = 64 cartons
Pallet weight
~320 kg net
Vehicle capacity
~20 t per reefer
Open cartons filled with vine tomatoes
Filled cartons arranged on a pallet

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Harvest calendar

One long cycle. It starts in November and ends in July.

months of harvest

  1. January: Harvest
  2. February: Harvest
  3. March: Harvest
  4. April: Harvest
  5. May: Harvest
  6. June: Harvest
  7. July: Harvest
  8. August: Planting
  9. September: Crop development
  10. October: Crop development
  11. November: Harvest
  12. December: Harvest

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Logistics

From Sandıklı to the port, and from there to the shelf.

Road distance

Port of İzmir
300 km
Port of Mersin
520 km
İstanbul
440 km
Antalya
230 km

Transit time after loading

Bulgaria
2 days
Romania
3 days
Poland
4 days
Germany
4–5 days
Russia
6–8 days

Incoterms

  • EXW
  • FCA
  • CPT
  • CIF
  • DAP

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