Snap HYDROPONICS seeds of chosen heat-tolerant Prepare materials like seedling plugs
vegetables. (Fig. 2) and culture pot. For seedling
Hydroponics is an alternative system of plugs, use 6 oz styrofoam cups with the growing plants without soil. Instead of Adaptability center bottom (2.5-cm diameter) cut soil, an inert media is used into which a off. Place a garden net in the cutoff nutrient solution containing essential Vegetables like lettuce, sweet pepper, portion of the cup. Place 1.5 cm thick elements is added for a plant's normal cucumber, and celery were successfully coir dust and 1.5 cm sand at the bottom growth and development. grown using the SNAP hydroponics of the cup. system. The use of this system can Existing commercial hydroponics improve household income and For culture pots, use recycled systems vary in terms of form, size, and increase the per capita vegetable styrofoam grape boxes (Fig. 3). Make type of materials. They need electric consumption. holes big enough to hold the seedling driven pumps for aeration and plugs by their necks. Line the bottom irrigation. During a power failure, these Effectiveness with polyethylene plastic sheet (0.02 systems encounter water logging and mm thick) to prevent the solution from consequently lead to the death of In the trials conducted during the cold leaking. Place the culture pots inside plants. Thus, a Simple Nutrient months on lettuce, the vegetables the greenhouse. Addition Program (SNAP) (Fig. 1) was performed better in SNAP culture than developed. This system does not in the field. Economic analysis of Prepare the seedlings. Sow seeds in require electricity or aeration, is low adopting SNAP hydroponics for seed boxes. Transplant seedlings in cost, and uses simple methods. commercial lettuce production in a 200 seedling plugs 2 weeks after seedling m2 area showed that it requires an emergence. Place in shallow trays with The SNAP hydroponics system is initial investment of P66,925 and an 1 cm nutrient solution. If root length appropriate in urban areas where soil or annual production cost of P65,555.83 grows from 1-2 cm, transfer to culture space for growing crops is not ($1=P56). Assuming ten croppings per pots. The bottom of the seedling plugs adequate. It may be done in apartments year at the average lettuce price of should be submerged by about 1 cm in or townhouses where small terraces can P50/kilo, the return on investment will the culture pot. be used in growing crops for home be 51%. The investment cost can be consumption. The small space is easy recovered in less than 2 years. After two weeks, replenish the water to protect against rain and strong with nutrient solution. Allow the sunlight. The system requires covered How It Is Done nutrient solution to go below the containers or pots that can hold about 2 bottom of the cups from 1-3 cm to liters of water, SNAP fertilizer, and enhance passive aeration. Index of Images SNAP HYDROPONICS