Hydroponic Farming??

[win]

guys, anyone into this kind of farming? any leads or information locally?

[v6dreamer]

The main idea is to supply nutrients many times a day.

They put fertilizers in the water that we give to the plants.

They can use a pump to put the water on the plants, and can use a timer to turn the pump on and off.


Here are more details;
The fertilizers that they put in the water depend on what kind of plants they are growing and sometimes on what stage of growth those plants are in. Most plants like lots of all food while they are growing big and then when they are fruiting, they still feed them but leave out the nitrogen.

They squirt the fertilizers on the plants by using emitters or sometimes they just drip the fertilizers on there. Parts like that can be bought at plant nurseries and hydroponics stores for less than $.50 each USD (Phils maybe diff price)or you can poke holes in your tubes.

The tubes and pumps used to pump the water can come from pet stores that sell fish tank supplies or you can buy pumps in many places. The pump is easy to use. Usually the pump just sucks up water through one tube and squirts it out another. So just stick one tube into a reservoir of water and then put emitters onto the other tube (the one that the water squirts out of). The emitters can often be stuck into the tube like little spears just by using your fingers with no use for tools.

A pump from a fish store can cost $10 (see your local pet store in manila)and pump enough water for 1-10 plants.

Pumps from pond supply or air condition supply can be $35 or up(visit your local pond supply)and up. they will feed lots more plants (maybe 10 - 240)

The tubes can be any size, and pvc pipe works very well too.

The medium that the plant roots grow in can vary quite a bit. Some people don't use anything, they let the roots dangle in the air and then they spray water on the roots. If you do this, then when you buy the emitters, look for ones that spray a very fine mist.

They hold the plant there with a little mesh cup filled with something (rock wool, coco pellets or another fiber type)>> the plant has enough roots in the mesh cup to hold it in place, but then the rest of the roots hang down in a bucket.

Mesh cups can be strawberry baskets or anything; they sell nice ones at hydro stores for less than a dollar.

Cut a hole in the lid of your bucket for the mesh cup and fill the cup with fiber and seed or put your seedling in it and then squirt water on the roots from below.

The water that falls off of the roots can be pumped out and then back onto the roots or it can go to another area.

Using an air pump to add air to the water is a very good idea too. Adding air helps plants grow much faster and keeps them healthier. and low water temperatures help the air stay in the water; 68F/20c or less is best. Air pumps are about $10 and they use "air stones" with them to make the air bubbles very small and fizzy, air stones are a couple of bucks at the fish store.

Keep all pumps above the source of water if possible to prevent suction or backup problems.

Test the water daily until you get a feel for the changes that happen to it, or else change it out for fresh stuff.

There's a lot more to say, but I dont know the rest. You should contact an agricultural school's for further information since this Hydroponic farming been around for almost 20 yrs now. Good luck.

[sequoia]

Yup meron tayo dyan. sa may QC yata bandang novaliches, though 2nd hand info lang pagkakarinig ko (napasyalan na kasi nila), parents nila jollibee ang owner. Sila yung mag asawa na magtayo talaga ng jollibee fastfood business (nickname daw nung anak yung jollibee). Yung president ng company na nababasa sa newspaper is brother lang yun, pero yung nag imbento ng timpla ng chickenjoy ay yung nanay ni jolibee.

[mark_t]

EDSA Cor Quezon Ave. Manila Seedling bank, you cant miss it.