Key words
Hydroteelt / Hydroponic production
Objectives
Learning how to cultivate plants without soil. Hydroponics is applied in fruit vegetables, but also in cut flower production and pot plants. Consequences for the environment and the plant are also discussed.
Topics
- Definitions, historic overview, importance, advantages and disadvantages of the applications
- Pure hydroponics, NFT-systems, substrate culture, aeroponics.
- Review of the different substrates, water quality, treatment and storage.
- Calculating the composition of the nutrient solution, use of pH and EC-meters, importance of ion ratios and concentration
- Technical equipment and schemes for the different systems (pumps, filters, tubes, trickle irrigation systems...)
- Recirculation and sterilisation of nutrient solutions
Prerequisites
Horticultural plant cultivation, chemistry of plant nutrition
Final Objectives
- Knowledge of the scientific background of growing plants without soil.
- Applications in growing vegetables and ornamentals.
Materials used
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- teacher's course - other textbook(s) : "Grondloze teelten" STOHO, 1991
Study costs
Cost: 50.0 EUR
course text: 10 €
practical exercises: 40 €
Study guidance
The student can always make an appointment.
Teaching Methods
- lectures - demonstrations - exercises - individual reports
Assessment
- Scoring system :
written examination - others
Lecturer(s)
Omer Mekers
Leen Leus
Filip Debersaques
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