Bonds and predators, allies of vegetables – how they contribute to the production of tasty vegetables

A handful of insects managed to change the game of Romanian vegetables in the solariums. Bonds but also parasitic insects called predators not only offer healthier cultures and replace human workforce, but open new marketing and selling opportunities for farmers.

Red Solarias are the favorite of PHOTO COSMIN ZAMFIRACHE bonds

More and more Romanians want vegetables with the “taste of childhood” or “taste of old”, preferring the local goods and if they could from farmers who plant as naturally as possible. And this increasing demand, fed on the one hand by food nostalgia, has caused many vegetables to approach organic crops, without chemical intervention in the development or protection of the plant.

In addition, marketing strategies have changed radically. More and more vegetable growers prefer to bring their customers home to the solariums and to get them with vegetables taken directly from the curp. Moreover, customers can serve vegetables on the spot to convince quality. There are real agro-tourist trips to the solariums.

And the recipe works very well. In order to afford such offers, say vegetables, it requires high natural plants, without any chemicals. Only bonds, predators and manure.

“Families with children come, we let them taste, to observe, to choose” “

Mariana Pojar lives in the village of Roșiori, Răchiți commune, about 10 kilometers from Botosani. For years, together with her husband, she has been dealing with vegetables. Now they have a few solariums on a rather significant area of ​​land. They grow especially cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes. The tomatoes are Marian Pojar's great pride. In order to better promote his business, Mariana thought of a less common way to sell the goods. In short, he promotes his business with the phone number and is waiting for their customers at home. After they reach the gate, they are taken and taken in a small walk through the solariums.

Red Solar Photo Mariana Pojar

People see with their eyes buy, they can choose and especially live the pleasure of collecting vegetables directly from the curp.

“We wanted to launch ourselves on the market. In this way. We are close to the city and our customers can come personally to see with their eyes where the vegetables are produced, that we are really producers. People can choose, they can see all the varieties.”says Botoşăneanca. In addition, customers can be convinced of quality by tasting the products, directly in the solarium. Especially the lustful children.

Among the rows of tomato photo Cosmin Zamfirache

“Parents come with children, our customers, and enter the solarium. You know how children are, I break the red on the curp and eat it. We encourage them, including parents to taste, to enjoy. We visit us to be a whole experience, not just a commercial issue.says Mariana Pojar.

The whole story actually left the period when they were selling only at a stall in the central market of Botosani. With beautiful tomatoes, some quite spectacular, people did not think they were cultivated in the garden. They were suspected that they were actually intermediaries, and the goods brought who knows where.

“I took a very difficult fight years ago. We had a meal in the Big Municipality of Botosani and we tried to convince our clients that it was our goods, that we are producers. Because many were reluctant to me. A part believed, it was not very difficult for me to convince them. In the end I succeeded ”confesses Mariana Pojar.

“Without clutching it I say: let it eat”

In order to allow them to call customers at home and to let them taste the greenhouse vegetables, Mariana had to make sure that all are cultivated without health. That is, without being sprayed and treated chemically in any way. I mean, as Mother Nature left them.

“I was telling you about children who come and actually have the redness of the greenhouse and eat it. I without a heartbreak I assure the parents that there is no problem. Especially since they are splashed with anything. You want a tomato, you take it and eat it without worrying about it.”says Mariana Pojar. In short, the Pojar family chose organic vegetable. That is, I do not use any pesticide, insecticide or any other chemical. This makes them approach this concept of vegetable marketing, the solarium open to the client. To see how it is done, how they look and what they taste.

Pojar family solariums are visited quite often PHOTO COSMIN ZAMFIRACHE

“It is the joy of selling unstoppable products. Our health but also of consumers is the most important. The vegetables we grow up want to be as healthy as possible. The man is tired of consuming vegetables full of chemicals, pesticides, fungicides, not knowing what to eat, where we eat.says Mariana.

Insects that replace human work and make a new vegetable marketing possible

In order to reach a totally open bio culture to customers, the vegetables from Roșiori have begun to use one hundred percent natural methods to pollen, fight pests but also to help plants grow. First of all, they relied on the bonds nests. A practice used by many Romanian farmers. But also the predators. That is, tiny insects that kill pests naturally.

“Bonds in organic culture help us to pollinate flowers to have fruit on plants. I saw the difference from previous years. And in connection. Plus, in organic culture you are not allowed to use other treatments to pollinate the flower. Without any chemical. In addition, I also used predators. in the solarium and to keep the plants as healthy as possible ”explains Botoşăneanca.

Mariana Pojar is proud of her Photin Zamfirache photo vegetables

In addition, as a fertilizer, it uses manure. The Pojar spouses declare themselves very satisfied and say that these organic methods have also saved their health and cultures, but also the time or money with hiring aid. That is, it no longer has to operate with chemicals, and the production is natural and healthier.

“The pests we faced the previous years brought great damage to the culture. Besides, our health was affected. We used insecticides and inhalam.says the vegetable.

Last but not least, this concept has also meant a lot of individual study. “I have documented a lot about organic cultures, how to use bonds and predators, but also many more. I do not say that I have tested, in turn, various varieties of tomatoes. To see what is suitable for our soil. In addition, I looked for taste and fruit. I searched for plants to be resistant to disease.”Says Mariana Pojar.

And so they came to the solariums where customers are invited to see, to choose, to taste. A chance for many children, but also adults, to encounter sensations difficult to experience especially in the urban environment.