Organic hydroponic farming
Greetings,
Let me give you some insight about
hydroponic farming. Many people think of hydroponics as growing plants in water, but hydroponic cultivation is basically growing plants without soil. In soil farming, soil just acts as a holding medium for the plants and plants literally have to struggle looking for nutrients in the soil. This factor is eliminated in hydroponic farming and nutrients are directly supplied to the plant roots.
In hydroponic farming, plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium such as Perlite, gravel, mineral wool, expanded clay or coconut husk.
Hydro : Water
Ponics : Labour
Plant Genome Sciences encourages farmers to take up smarter way of cultivation i.e. hydroponic greenhouse cultivation, a method of soilless cultivation in a protected environment, which significantly increases crop yield compared to open-air cultivation. PGS can assist you in setting up coco peat/trough cultivation with drip irrigation system and Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) set up, both of them are popular hydroponic farming methods, which give healthy and abundant yield.
In trough/grow bag cultivation, plants are grown in coco peat bags or troughs containing coco peat and plants are irrigated using drip irrigation.
NFT is a hydroponic growing method in which the plants have their roots partly submerged in a shallow stream of recirculating water containing all the required growth nutrients and where there is no solid rooting medium.
The upper surface of the root mat, which develops above the water, although it is moist, is in the air. Therefore, around the roots, which are in the air, there is a film of nutrient solution - hence the name—nutrient film technique (NFT).
The environment in a hydroponics greenhouse is controlled for maximum efficiency, and this new mindset is called
soil-less/controlled-environment agriculture (CEA).
With this growers can make premium foods anywhere in the world, regardless of temperature and growing seasons. Growers monitor the temperature, humidity, and pH level constantly.
Advantages:
• No soil is needed.
• The water stays in the system and can be reused - lower water consumption.
• It is possible to control the nutrition levels.
• Stable, higher yields & shorter times between harvests.
• Produces highly nutritious, attractive crops.
• Less pest & disease attack, easier to get rid of than in soil.
• Easier to harvest & source of income from direct sales.
Organic Hydroponic Farming
When organic growers think of hydroponics, they mostly assume that organic principles and organic growing are very incompatible. Hydroponic growers even have several different kinds of organic nutrients and fertilizers available. Organic hydroponics uses the solution containing extracts from various natural and organic sources like seaweed, bat guano, earthworm castings, beneficial bacteria and fungi. In organic hydroponics, this liquid extract is filtered and added in the solution. Beneficial microorganisms degrade organic fertilizer into inorganic nutrients. These blends can very potent; as they give your plants several different kinds of organic nutrients that can help them grow significantly. Since, soil factor is eliminated and it is a controlled environment, pest factor is greatly reduced/eliminated. Natural pesticides like neem oil sprays can be used to control pest, if it occurs. Some are even specially formulated to improve a specific aspect of your plant's development, such as those that can improve the taste and size of your yield.
Hope this information would prove useful to all our growing community members. For more information, please write to me or call me. Me and my team would be glad to assist you in your growing venture.
Regards,
Priyadarshini
Plant Genome Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
310, 3rd floor, Ascot Centre,
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Mumbai-99
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