Árpád-Agrár Zrt, Hungary, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
Thousands of seedlings have been planted in trays and installed in the greenhouses of Árpád-Agrár Zrt., which will be grown in the coming weeks before finding a new host.
Szentes-Szentlászló, Hungary, Friday, April 1, 2022.
A maintenance worker repairing the valves at one of the thermal wells close to Szentes-Szentlászló.
Szegvár, Hungary, Friday, March 11, 2022.
The heating system of this kind of greenhouse adapts to the outside weather conditions, so the temperature, humidity and regularity of irrigation can be accurately set, without wasting the precious hot water.
Üllés, Hungary, Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
Péter Mihály checking the quality of his polytunnel tents in Üllés. There is an air gap between the two layers in order to keep the heat inside so the vapour from the internal heating condenses on the sides.
Szegvár, Hungary, Friday, March 11, 2022.
The insulated water pipes cover the whole site collecting thermal water from several wells. Then the hot water is collected into huge buffer tanks and fed through the heating centre to the greenhouses.
Ópusztaszer, Hungary, Wednesday, 2th of April, 2022.
Rig workers assemble water pipes at the site of a geothermal well drilling near Ópusztaszer. This 2000m deep well will later supply thermal water to the tomato greenhouses.
Szentes-Szentlászló, Hungary, Monday, March 21, 2022.
József Kerekes starts the daily irrigation system in the old seedling cultivation greenhouse in Szentes-Szentlászló.
Szentes-Szentlászló, Hungary, Friday, March 11, 2022.
Workers plant specially coated paprika seeds one by one into rock wool cubes in Szentes-Szentlászló.
Szentes-Szentlászló, Hungary, Monday, March 21, 2022.
Sweet peppers seedlings grows in peat cubes in Szentes-Szentlászló.
Szegvár, Hungary, Friday, March 11, 2022.
The network of pipes directly heat the walls of the greenhouses in order to insulate them. The state-of-art pumping system can precisely control the continuous flow of hot water in this recently built pepper greenhouse at the Árpád-Agrár Zrt., in Szegvár.
Szegvár, Hungary, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
An automated irrigation system provides nutrients to the hydroponic pepper plants at dawn in Szegvár. The seedlings are taken away by the farmers when they grow to the right size.
Szegvár, Hungary, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
The vegetation and air space heating of the plants can be controlled separately by a system of thermal pipes at different levels in Árpád-Agrár Zrt., in Szegvár.
Szegvár, Hungary, Friday, March 11, 2022.
Ripe peppers waiting to be harvested in Árpád-Agrár Zrt. in Szegvár. The ceiling height is 5,5 metres, within which the peppers will reach a height of 4-4,5 metres.
Kistelek, Hungary, Thursday, March 31, 2022.
Pál Gombos checks on the sowing of kohlrabi in his thermal water heated outdoor greenhouse in Kistelek.
Szegvár, Hungary, Friday, March 11, 2022.
The daily harvest collected in crates and behind the water pipelines equipped with thermometers that constantly show the temperatures of the water in the greenhouse.
Szegvár, Hungary, Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
Workers sorting the preplanted seedlings in the greenhouses of Szentes-Szentlászló.
Szentes-Szentlászló, Hungary, Monday, March 28, 2022.
Vapour from the internal heating condenses on the sides of the foil tents in Szentes-Szentlászló.
Üllés, Hungary, Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
Horses graze next to the greenhouses of Péter Mihály’s horticulture in Üllés.
Szegvár, Hungary, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
Outflow pipe goes into an artificial lake from the greenhouses in Szegvár. The water can leave the site after it has cooled to a sufficient temperature. The secondary thermal water will be reconnected to the ecosystem.