How to Start Hydroponic Gardening as a Beginner
How to Start Hydroponic Gardening as a Beginner Home / Blogs Most beginners venturing into hydroponic production are interested to take up hydroponic farming at home, however, an entrepreneur willing to undertake a start-up may opt for bigger unit. Therefore, all beginners must be clear of the scale the hydroponic system they would require to […]
Hydroponic Farming- The Bed Rock of Future Urban Farming
Hydroponic Farming – The Bed Rock of Future Urban Farming Home / Blogs Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in its recent report has brought out that nearly 75 per cent of the world’s 9 billion population by 2050 shall be of urban dwellers. Therefore, provisioning fresh vegetables and fruits to this vast urban […]
Setting Up Commercial Hydroponic Farming Systems in India
Setting Up Commercial Hydroponic Farming Systems in India Home / Blogs Hydroponics means Growing plants in water fortified with essential nutrients, an alternate farming system, quite different from conventional open field farming. Whereas, field farming is not only resource intensive and dependant on a number of soils, climate and pest infestation factors, hydroponic farming is […]
Hydroponic Lettuce
Nutrient Solution- The Soul of Hydroponics Home / Blogs Leafy vegetables are most preferred for hydroponic production and lettuce is amongst the most dominating leafy vegetables worldwide. Ever since key chemical inputs like many soil disinfectants were banned, hydroponic lettuce production gained importance. There are mainly five systems that can be deployed for hydro-lettuce production […]
Hydroponics Produce and Food Safety
Hydroponics Produce and Food Safety Home / Blogs The most hydroponic plant factories operate under controlled environment, thus allowing for a strict food safety quality control in the production systems. Contamination of produce with pesticides or other harmful substances is therefore ruled out and a genuine pesticide free produce of vegetables and fruits is assured. […]
Management of EC and pH in Hydroponics Systems
Management of EC and pH in Hydroponics Systems Home / Blogs Management of EC and pH of nutrient solutions used in various types of hydroponics systems is vital to ensure toxicity free availability of mineral nutrients to plants. EC reflects the concentration of mineral salt ions in a solution. Suitable EC (mS/cm) for different crops […]
Monitoring Hydroponic Fertigation
Monitoring Hydroponic Fertigation Home / Blogs Nutrient solution which supplies essential nutrients to plants is the soul of hydroponic system. Hydroponic feed formulas for different crops have been worked out. One can use a suitable software for right feeding of the hydroponic crop at different stages. Although it is well known that EC and pH […]
Hydroponics- The Core of Controlled Environment Agriculture
Hydroponics- The Core of Controlled Environment Agriculture Home / Blogs Need for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) also known as weather and climate proof farming was never so great, as now in the times of climate change for meeting millennium development goals of global nutritional security. This has brought hydroponic farming at the core of secure […]
Nutrient Solution- The Soul of Hydroponics
Nutrient Solution – The Soul of Hydroponics Home / Blogs Nutrient Solution- The Soul of Hydroponics Nutrient solution-the sole of hydroponics system is derived by mixing stock solutions of liquid fertilizers containing NPK and Micronutrients in the desired proportion. This mix of fertilizer stock solutions in a given proportion is referred to as recipe and […]
Hydroponically grown food is as nutritious as soil-grown
Hydroponically grown food is as nutritiou as soil-grown Home / Blogs Hydroponically grown food is as nutritious as soil-grown With the extinction of arable land, modern scientific approaches such as hydroponics are emerging as a viable food source. In comparison to traditional farming, hydroponics allows for more sustainable food grown in a shorter amount of […]
