Hydrophonic farming

[rajeshkhanna]

Wanted info if hydrophonic farming is accepted as organic farming? if yes who is the certifying authority.
All who can shed some light on this,thanks in advance.

 

[freebird11]

Hydroponics farming is the method of growing plants, oftentimes on a large scale, by means of less soil or even soil less agriculture. This means that the plants thrive not on soil but is supported by nutrient solution in an irrigated system to make sure that the plants are being sustained sufficiently.
A reason why hydroponics farming is being preferred than the traditional way is that, the procedure allows unseasonal produce to be planted and harvested. Thus this make the produce and the crops available the entire year. Moreover, this offer more flexibility as hydroponics farming requires minimal space fro planting, making the rest of the area available for other plants or may be for other uses.

 

[bharat98]

I like the information which is posted by freebird11.It's very interesting and new for me.before this I didn't know about hydrophonic farming.keep updating such new agriculture methods..

 

[atulkalaskar]

Hydroponics is not organic...

Hi Guys,

Hydroponics uses nutrient slats for balanced plant diet. Salts are not considered organic even if they are 100% natural since they do not carry or derived from Carbon based material. Thus technically plants grown using these salts will not be called Organic and thus produce cannot be technically organic.

Way around this is if you use compost based or bone meal or aquaponic or fish waste nutrients then Hydroponic can be 100% Organic.

The only problem with these so called organic nutrients is that you cannot measure each element such as N, P, K etc in precise PPM. This precision is a back bone of hydroponics so you are in catch 22 situation. If you want organic then you don't have precision and thus can't assure a proper yield. On the other hand precise growing with assured yield requires salt based nutrients but they can't be organic.

Hope this helps.

 

[bharatbook]

International Professionals to Practical Hydroponics and Greenhouses statements that Hydroponics is (a good alternative for producing safer urban crops). There are many cases available through the Worldwide Professionals to Realistic Hydroponics and & Greenhouses website that offer proof to support the claim that hydroponic agricultural in an urban setting is both environmentally helpful and a practical source of food. Industry Report

 

[hydronut]

Hydroponic farming can be done organically

Dear friends,

It is possible to carry out hydroponic farming organically, if we use completely organic plant nutrients for growing crops in our hydroponic system. There are many liquid plant nutrients made from purest organic substances, filtered and customized for each and every plant growth phase.

Plant Genome Sciences is a leading global manufacturer of plant nutrients, hydroponic equipment, soil-conditioning agents and greenhouse installation equipment. We also undertake complete greenhouse projects and Living wall construction. 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. From base nutrients, root enhancers, supplements, Humic acid, Fulvic acid...a range of organic plant nutrients are available.

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