Grodan ensures that growers can make optimum use of its products and services by interpretting the company’s knowledge of and experience with substrate cultivation in terms of up-to-date, crop-oriented advice. Ranging from tailor-made advice from crop consultants to newsletters, seminars and training courses and articles in trade journals.
The composition of the nutrient solution should be appropriate to the needs of the crop. One of the benefits of using Grodan stone wool substrates is that the nutrient composition is under total control of growers. However the uptake of particular nutrients varies constantly with growth and fruit load therefore the nutrient balance, pH and EC in the root zone is also constantly changing.
Download whitepaper How does one optimise the slab EC and WC? As the longest day approaches, keeping the slab and the crop in the proper ‘rhythm’ is necessary for peak production and fruit quality under the most stressful and demanding period of the year.
Download whitepaper How to fine tune the irrigation strategy during spring & summer to avoid costly mistakes using tools such as the Grodan GroSens system and the graphics function of the climate computer.
Download whitepaper How a plant uses water and the interaction between root zone and aerial environments
Download whitepaper Goals and targets for crop and root zone management in response to changes in plant development, fruit load and light levels.
Download whitepaper Starting a new crop is always an interesting time of year. It’s an eagerly awaited fresh start however some decisions and actions we make now can have a big impact later in the cultivation.
Download whitepaper Have you ever wondered why at certain times of the year tomato crops are more susceptible to fruit quality disorders? For the most common physiological disorders namely blossom end rot (BER) and uneven colour (blotchy ripening) this whitepaper explains their cause and prescribes simple solutions to avoid / minimise risk of symptom expression in the first place.
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Next Generation 2.0 (NG2.0) is the latest substrate technology from Grodan.
Care for humans and the environment is evident in every stage of the life cycle of our substrate solutions, from production right through to recycling.
The Grodan 6-phase model offers a blueprint for optimal crop results during both each cultivation phase and the entire cultivation period.
Grodan enables Precision Growing with the combination of stone wool growing media, innovative growing tools and personal advice.
We supply innovative and sustainable stone wool growing media solutions for the professional horticultural sector, based on Precision Growing principles.
Hydroponic greenhouse cultivation is on the rise all around the world.
