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Hydroponics Greenhouse

A Hydroponics Greenhouse provides everything you need to produce healthy, thriving plants, plants that ultimately for a dollar a seed roughly, will provide 100’s of pounds of produce.

Hydroponics means growing plants with a water nutrient solution. Typically a hydroponics greenhouse system is set up where water comes into the building and is filtered through various tanks that consist of different types of nutrients that the plants need to grow and survive.

In order for the plants to grow, not only do they need adequate nutrients, their roots also need support. This is where perlite comes into play, a volcanic rock that is heated and gives the look of white popcorn. Having this root holding mass allows the plant roots to have a foundation to grow and receive nutrients all at the same time. The roots are there for support and nutrient uptake. However, the perlite itself has no nutritional value whatsoever on its own.

Lighting And Heating

Lamps in the greenhouse are strictly for photosynthesis. Depending on what kind of plants your trying to grow, with some plants the lamps are turned on after 6 in the morning using a sensor. As soon as there is enough sunlight, the sensors detect the natural lighting and automatically turn off the lamps. Then around 6 or whenever the sun goes down, the sensor for the lights will turn back on until close to midnight. Having this kind of system ensures that certain plants will get adequate lighting for photosynthesis.

Although, lighting is not enough to keep the greenhouse warm during the winter there are a few ways to keep the greenhouse at an optimal temperature and humidity level.

The first heating system used is primarily to keep the plants specifically warm. It’s called a radiant floor heating system. This is where hot water tubes that runs along the roots of the plants which keeps the roots around 72 degrees and does some heating to the building. Sensors are also installed to detect this type of heating system, ensuring ideal temperatures for the plant.

A second method for heating during the winter in a hydroponics greenhouse is the regular heaters that hang with heating coils. But to keep the greenhouse cool during the summer there are cooling pads like swamp coolers. Large vents open up and keep everything ventilated.

The heating is the critical cost but if you can figure out a way to be energy efficient, the less concern there will be in terms of utilities.

A hydroponics greenhouse is constructed in a way where glass surrounds the entire structure, allowing natural sunlight to penetrate growing plants. With timed and censored ventilation systems in place, gives adequate airflow according to what the plants need.
Last but not least is a generator machine that produces carbon dioxide which measures the Co2. Outside is 300 to 400 parts per million. But inside, without the Co2 generator taking the Co2 out of the air will drop the levels to 250 parts per million, which is way too low for the plants. Sensors can detect if Co2 levers are too high or too low.

A typical hydroponics greenhouse requires having current and up to date technology and features that allow thriving plants to grow to its full potential. Not only is a greenhouse designed to grow plants, but to produce a vast array of produce. The larger the area of a greenhouse, the more production occurs and the less expensive it is to operate. Keeping this in perspective will help determine when one decides to develop and operate a hydroponics greenhouse.