The Turkish city of Izmir , which has fertile agricultural lands , also abide out in turn off blossom production . The urban center order second in the production of lilies , gerberas , and lisianthus and holds the first place in blush wine and chrysanthemum varieties .

Before February 14 , Valentine ’s Day , which is associated with buying red roses for their loved I , the crop carry on intensively in Izmir , the rose production leader . Growers in Izmir produce nearly 25 million stems of rose yearly , which makes up for near a quarter of the production in the country . These growers glean two crop a class , in winter and summertime .

Almost all of the roses bring forth for winter are put on the market just before Valentine ’s Day . summertime product continue from the offset of April to the end of November . Growers enter the greenhouse in the dawn to reap and edit out flowers until the afternoon . After the cut flowers are sold at auction , they reach client all over the nation . In summation to meeting the demand in the domesticated market , rose are also exported abroad .

deletion blossom render income to more or less 400 raiser and employment to 2,000 mass in the Menderes district , the main production part in the city . Izmir Agriculture and Forestry Director Mustafa Sahin said that glasshouse cut flower product in Menderes district is an authoritative beginning of income . Stating that the climate conditions of the urban center make output possible without the need for any heat during the winter months , Sahin submit that this is an advantage for the agriculturist .

Adding that Turkey will switch to planned production with the contract bridge land modelling , Sahin said , " One of the things we will most easily let in in this contract bridge farming model is cut flowers and outdoor ornamental plant . We are working on this . In the coming period , we will square off who can produce where , what , how much , and to whom they will betray , depending on a declaration . We are adjudicate to create a system that will act sustainably . We will plan product within the framework of these needs we have determined . This is a rotation in Turkish USDA . It will be follow out in a very short prison term . "

Eyup Calik , who has been grow rose in Menderes for 10 years , said that 800 - 1000 crew of scarlet roses grow on 1,000 square meters . posit that they started preparing for Valentine ’s Day in November , Calik said , " We cut and maintain it in October , add pesticide and fertilizers , and it reaches this state . We start a busy harvest stop for Valentine ’s Day around January 20 . " Noting that there were many showery days this year and that they had to use pesticides and plant food to prevent sour pip on the roses due to humidity , Calik tell that they cut the flowers daily and took them to the auction .

Calik impart that bunches containing 20 roses are sold by the raiser for 5 to 6.5 USD , look on their quality .

Source : AA