Mary Ellen Taylor grows the lettuce and other salad greens on her family farm in Loudon County, Virginia, about 80 kilometers from Washington. She grows the food plants in a greenhouse, without any soil, on a diet of nutrient-rich water. VOA’s June Soh reports.
Great produce, lots of good information
The issue with hydroponics is that you must pay for "plant food" or nutrition and supplements that are high-priced.
Love your idea for seeds. Where do you get your seed holders? What are they made of?
nice
Why isn't this done more often?
Is it cost-effective issues? Too much maintenance?
I mean you could stack those rows and quite literally double productivity.
Thank you for this valuable information.
We provide the micro nutrients and she provides the macro nutrients. More cost effective.
I'm with American Hydroponics. We manufacture the nutrients for this farm. If you buy liquid nutrient than yes, very expensive. All large growers buy powders and mix their own. Cool stuff. Amhydro.com
where do you get the nutrients? do you have to buy in bulk for those prices?
@georgemargaris Nutrients are inexpensive. Cost comes out to roughly 4¢ per plant. A batch of plant (20 kgs) food costs $100 per batch and makes 3,155 gallons of plant food at 20CF. Very cost efective.
its great, but what is this nutrient-rich water?
Most of the time hydroponics have to use expensive fertilizer …
… so if she creates her own fertilizer this is great stuf…
but if not…. wonder how much money the fertilizer costs.