Steel gutters are strong and because of this they can span greenhouse bays of up to five meters.
Grodan gutters greenhouse.
Gutter hanging solutions for your greenhouse crop wires and hoisting systems are used to support the weight of the plant within the greenhouse structure.
While grodan rockwool may be more often associated with greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers controlled environment growers are quickly learning that this substrate is an ideal choice for specialty crop production.
Climate and irrigation in the new greenhouse is controlled by galcon s galileo and fertimix systems supplied by ais greenworks offering a comprehensive and easy to use solution for berry and greenhouse growing.
Optimizing plants is a grower s daily task.
Many growers producing controlled environment food crops are familiar with grodan rockwool.
It is a good system for small plants such as lettuce and herbs.
Achieving drain each and every day and realizing average 24 hour drain figures 30 to manage ec is a thing of the past for the modern greenhouse grower.
Grodan part of the rockwool group received the extension of its eu ecolabel until 2022.
The clean disease free inert substrate is used worldwide to produce greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers.
Cropking recommends two basic types of hydroponic growing systems for the commercial grower.
The designs for such systems should also be geared so that efficiency optimisation of plant and fruit production takes place while simultaneously helping to lower expenditure such as labour costs.
Various cross sectional profiles are available depending on the crop type growing media and grower preferences.
They are usually standard size.
The bato bucket system for vine type fruiting crops such as tomatoes and cucumbers and the nft gutter system for smaller leaf type.
Long vinyl downspouts downspouts work best but you can also use gutters with covers or 4 pvc pipes.
This makes grodan the only eco labelled stone wool growing media available to professional horticulture growers.
In terms of the dimensions of this gutter together with required accessories this can all be custom designed in line with the client s particular requirements.
After being awarded the eu ecolabel in 2019 a yearly audit is part of the well respected certification scheme.
We are a manufacturer and distributor of commercial greenhouse structures hydroponic growing equipment and supplies.
This enables the gutter to be hung from the greenhouse roof structure at intervals equal to the bay width.
Damien manno took the opportunity in 2018 to implement a relatively new method for the cultivation of strawberries by using ais greenworks grodan rockwool substrates in hanging gutters.
With the use of vinyl gutters or downspouts and very little tools you can make your own rough yet easy nft system.
Many growers make frequent use of wageningen university s knowledge for it.
There are economic and legislative drivers to consider why this philosophy should be adopted to realize precision growing.
