Cultivation

Indoor farming and greenhouses lack natural sunlight and pollinators, but grow lights provide an effective solution. By emitting UV and blue wavelengths, grow lights attract pollinators like bees, enhance foraging activity, and mimic outdoor conditions. They also regulate light cycles and emit infrared to support nocturnal pollination, ensuring efficient pollination for diverse crops.

Root development in hydroponics thrives without soil, allowing roots to grow freely in nutrient-rich solutions. This promotes efficient nutrient uptake, robust oxygenation, and unique hormone-regulated growth patterns, resulting in healthier, more productive plants adapted to the hydroponic environment.

Stomata, tiny pores on plant leaves, control gas exchange and water loss, crucially influencing nutrient uptake during foliar feeding. Their responsiveness to light, humidity, CO₂ levels, and water availability helps optimize nutrient absorption. Understanding these factors allows growers to create conditions that enhance plant health and boost productivity.

Calcium is essential for plant structure and stress response, but unlike other nutrients, it depends on transpiration to move within the plant. In hydroponic systems, maintaining proper airflow, humidity, and light is critical to ensuring calcium reaches developing tissues. By optimizing these conditions, growers can prevent calcium deficiencies, reducing issues like tip burn in leafy greens and blossom end rot in tomatoes.

Foliar feeding, a method of applying nutrients directly to plant leaves, enhances nutrient absorption through two main pathways: stomatal uptake and cuticular absorption. Stomatal uptake allows nutrients to enter quickly through leaf pores, making it ideal for addressing immediate nutrient needs, while cuticular absorption provides a slower, alternative route when stomata are closed. Together, these pathways make foliar feeding a valuable tool for promoting plant health, especially during stress. NutriHydro’s biostimulants optimize these pathways to improve plant resilience and growth.

Photosynthesis, essential for plant growth, is enhanced in hydroponic systems through optimized nutrient delivery and controlled environmental factors like light and CO2 levels. By providing direct access to nutrients and ideal growing conditions, hydroponics improves photosynthetic efficiency, leading to healthier, faster-growing plants.

Global efforts are underway to reduce harmful farming practices, with the EU targeting a 50% reduction in pesticide use by 2030. In line with this, NutriHydro is promoting biocontrol products like SUBAMO and BEBASS, aiming to lower chemical pesticide dependence while supporting sustainable farming and crop protection.

NutriHydro has launched SUBAMO and BEBASS, innovative Bio Protection products utilizing natural organisms to control agricultural pests and diseases sustainably. Client trials reveal that these solutions are most effective when combined with strong cultural practices like proper sanitation and maintenance, leading to healthier plants and improved crop yields. NutriHydro recommends all growers adopt robust cultural routines to fully benefit from these advanced crop protection products.

In hydroponic systems, maintaining optimal nutrient levels is crucial for healthy plant growth, yet nutrient deficiencies can still occur. These deficiencies often arise from common issues such as imbalanced nutrient solutions, pH fluctuations, poor water quality, and environmental stressors. By understanding and monitoring these factors, growers can quickly identify and address nutrient deficiencies, ensuring their plants receive the essential nutrients they need to thrive.

NASA’s Veggie Plant Growth System on the ISS utilizes a sophisticated blend of red, blue, and green LEDs to simulate sunlight, enabling plant growth in microgravity. This innovative approach not only supports sustainable food production in space but has also inspired companies like NutriHydro to adopt similar lighting technology for growing crops on Earth.

Hydroponics relies on nutrient-rich water solutions, with iron being essential for plant growth. However, maintaining iron availability can be challenging due to high pH levels and oxidation. Chelated iron forms stable, soluble complexes that plants easily absorb. NutriHydro’s Iron Chelate plus Trace Elements ensures consistent iron levels, enhancing nutrient absorption and preventing deficiencies. Simply add 2 mL per liter of water to the nutrient solution, mix thoroughly, and monitor pH and TDS levels for optimal plant health.

Rockwool, made from natural rocks and recycled slag, is used in hydroponic systems for its excellent water retention, consistent moisture supply, and superior aeration. These qualities promote healthy root development and disease prevention. Despite environmental and handling challenges, Rockwool’s benefits in hydroponics are significant. NutriHydro integrates Rockwool into their systems and offers it for purchase, making it an excellent choice for hydroponic cultivation.