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(SiNcH)
Procedure developed by:
Roberto A. Alaban, Jr.
Ideal for:
Mustard
Arugula (Rocket)
Chinese cabbage
Growing Boxes
Top View
2 ft
Functionally,
purpose each
box has volume
of 119 cm x 58
cm x 8 cm = 55
liters. Use 50
liters, gving
each seedling
plug a little over
1.5 liters nutrient
solution from
transplanting to
harvest.
4 ft
4 in
Net depth 3 in
It must be lined with plastic,
preferably black and 0.006
mil or more thick so that it is
not easily punctured during
use.
4 ft
Styropor raft
Top View
1 ft 21.5 in
Cut
the
styro
sheet
slightly
smaller than the
inside dimensions
of the growing
box, allowing a
3/4-inch
gap
between its edges
and the inside
edges
of
the
plywood growing
box. This will allow
the styro raft to
float freely on the
nutrient solution.
6 in
3 ft 9.5 in
7 in
Seedling plugs
Plant medium
Tunnel house
o
o
7 ft
Additional
roof
supports:
1/16 in
Nylon
mono-line
o
Top
longitudinal
support:
bamboo strip
or equivalent
2.2 m
o
o
Tunnel house
o
o
o
o
7 ft
1.0 m
0.70 m
0.80 m
0.70 m
Shelves 1 m high to support
growing boxes. Maybe made
of 2 in x 2 in x 2 in lumber or
equivalent materials.
Tunnel house
Side/Longitudinal View
8 ft
Wooden posts 4 in
x 4 in x 1.2 m high
from ground (or
equivalent material)
Tunnel house
Cross section
Growing boxes
Roof: UV-resistant
plastic
Fertilizer
Dosage: For every liter of water dissolve 0.81 g Peter's Hydrosol and 0.54 g
Calcium Nitrate
For each growing box with 32 seedling plugs, 50 liters of fertilizer solution is
enough (giving each plug little more than 1.5 liters of nutrient solution up to
harvest, 30 days from transfer from seedling tray receptacle to floating raft).
To achieve this dissolve 40.5 g Hydrosol and 26.5 g Calcium Nitrate per 50 liters of
water.
Assume:
600 m2 area, (width 20 m, length 30 m)
Width of each tunnel house = 2.2 m
Therefore:
Number of tunnel houses= 9
Length of each tunnel house = 30 m
Number of growing boxes per tunnel (1 level) = 48
Number of growing boxes in 9 tunnel houses = 432
Pieces plywood to make 48 grwoing boxes = 15
Pieces plywood to make 432 growing boxes = 135
Number of plants (plugs) per box = 32
Number of plants in 9 tunnel houses = 13,824, say 13,000
Average weight per plug at harvest = 80 grams
Total weight of 13,000 plugs = 1,040 kilograms
Days from planting to harvest = 40 days
Grams Peter's Hydrosol per box = 40.5
Grams Calcium Nitrate per box = 26.5
Kilograms Peter's Hydrosol per tunnel = 1.94
Kilograms Peter's hydrosol 9 tunnels = 17.50
Kilograms Cacium Nitrate per tunnel = 1.27
Kilograms Calcium Nitrate 9 tunnels = 11.43
Harvested multi-variety of
loose-leaf lettuce grown using
Simplified
Non-circulating
Hydroponics on floating rafts.
Production flow:
Day -3 to -1:Preparatory activities
Fill plastic cups with growing
medium (coco fiber), wash boxes &
rafts, other activities
GALLERY
20-day old Romaine lettuce on
floating rafts
Manually
agitating the
nutrient solution
from time to
time improves
growth thru
oxygenation of
the solution.
Location: Victorias City, Philippines
2009
Discarded
styropor fruit
boxes used as
growing boxes
GALLERY
Hydroponic lettuce on floating rafts protected
from rain by UV-plastic roof (50% shade net
protects against too much sunlight)
Locations:
Iloilo City, 2006
Victorias City, 2009
Philippines