What is soilless cultivation? What are the relevant technical points?

Nowadays, many vegetables and fruits are planted in soilless culture, because this kind of planting saves resources, saves labor and improves yield. Let's see what soilless culture is. What are the technical points?

What is soilless culture?

Soilless culture is a kind of planting technology that does not use soil, but allows the root system to absorb artificial culture solution and adopt mechanized planting to form seedlings at one time. Soilless culture to be successful, we must master the proportion and concentration of nutrient solution. Common soilless culture methods are fog culture, hydroponic culture, substrate culture and so on.

1. Fog cultivation

This soilless culture involves compressing a nutrient solution into a mist and spraying it onto the roots of the plant. The root will hang in the middle of the container. It can also be considered hydroponic.

2. Hydroponics

Hydroponic cultivation means that the roots of vegetables or fruits planted are directly placed in nutrients without using the substrate, so it is a way to grow by directly absorbing nutrients from the roots. Taproots are more likely to degrade if planted in different soils.

3. Substrate cultivation

Substrates culture is soilless culture used in a more common way. The main practice is to plant fruit or vegetable roots on inorganic or organic substrates. The plants are then supplied with nutrient solution by trickle irrigation. This kind of planting method has relatively small investment, saves resources and low cost, so it is favored by major growers.

Soilless culture has many advantages, which can speed up the growth of vegetable or fruit seedlings and save time for seedling cultivation. And this way can not worry about water or nutrient shortage, more convenient scientific management.

2. What are the key points of soilless cultivation techniques?

1. Strict water quality requirements

Because there is a close relationship between nutrient solution and water quality in soilless culture, poor water quality may lead to unsuccessful soilless culture. Especially in the three ways of hydroponic culture, if the concentration and some elements are not in place, then there will be a direct toxic effect. Water generally suitable for soilless culture is rainwater, neutral water.

2. Prepare nutrient solution

Soilless culture is very critical place is the configuration of nutrient solution, different plants need nutrient solution configuration concentration is different, so this aspect should be put into full effort.

3. Choose the right matrix

Soilless culture can choose from many types of substrates, you can adapt to local conditions, according to the local source of substrate to choose the right substrate for you to grow vegetables or fruits. Choose substrates that are as cheap and easily available as possible.

In summary, soilless cultivation is a scientific way of planting, many benefits, but not all vegetables and fruits can choose this way of planting. In addition, you also need to master the relevant planting skills.