Alternative

Growing Methods
Hydroponics and Such
 Methods of Growing - Hydroponics

Static Solution Culture

• Grown in static water.
• Aeration is addressed by exposure
of the root system or via mechanical
means.
• Raft Solution Culture
• Light is blocked.
• Nutrient solution must be changed
as it is depleted.

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 Methods of Growing - Hydroponics

Continuous-Flow Solution Culture

• Grown in moving water.
• Easier automation.
• NFT (Nutrient Film Technique)
• Easy achievement of need balance.

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 Methods of Growing - Aeroponics

Aeroponics
• Nutrients are delivered via a fine
mist.
• Any type of plant can be grown via
true aeroponics system.
• Requires ¼ the nutrients that
hydroponics require.
• Researched by NASA for zero-
gravity applications.

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 Methods of Growing - Hydroculture

Run-to-Waste System
• Nutrients are delivered via water to
the plant which is contained in a
substrate – or dirt replacement.
• Water + Waste is then cleaned and
recycled for further use.

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Substrates
Who the fuck is them
 Why Substrates?
• Substrate assists the root system in holding up the weight of the plant.
• Substrate can be any material that isn’t dirt, but some substrates are more
useful than others.

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 Substrates: Expanded Clay Aggregate
• Clay Pellets are fired and then
expand.
• Lightweight, does not compact.
• Can be cleaned, but only to a certain
extent.

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 Substrates: Coconut Coir
• Coir is an agricultural byproduct of
coconut production.
• The short fibers of the outer husk
are processed extensively via water
washing.
• The process itself can be extremely
dangerous, but the coir itself has
useful properties as a substrate.

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 Substrates: Sheep Wool
• Little-used, but very promising.
• Highly-efficient in both air capacity and water capacity.

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 Nutrients

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 Chemical Requirements
• Nitrogen • Molybdenum
• Potassium • Nickel
• Phosphorus • Chlorine
• Calcium • Aluminum
• Magnesium • Silicon
• Sulfur • Titanium
• Iron • Cobalt
• Zinc
• Sodium
• Copper
• Vanadium
• Manganese
• Lithium
• Boron

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 • Bloodmeal VARIOUS SHITS
• Bone Ashes and • Poultry
Meal
• Sheep
• Hoof / Horn Meal
• Goat
• Fishmeal
• Horse
Organic Sources of
• Wool Waste
• Cow Nutrients
• Wood Ash
That’s right.
• Bat
• Cottonseed Just about everything you’ve eaten is fueled
Ash/Meal • Bird by shit or milled body parts.
• Dried Locust or
Grasshopper That’s pretty fucking metal.

• Leather Waste
Also bird and bat shit is super high in
• Kelp Meal Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium.

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 Aquaponics
The convergence of two really cool
things.
Aquaculture + Hydroponics

Sit still – Imma ramble for a bit

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 The End

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