Practical Techniques for Soilless Cultivation of Vegetables

Author: Su Xiaodong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: Soil cultivation leads to the accumulation of soil salinity, severe diseases that are even difficult to control, while the frequent and large-scale application of pesticides causes serious pollution, making it hard to produce "green vegetables" and unable to meet the demands of vegetable consumption. Soilless cultivation, using hydroponics or substrate cultivation, can effectively solve the above problems. However, traditional soilless cultivation is costly, complex to manage, and difficult to popularize. This book uses simple language to describe easy hydroponic techniques and the cultivation of readily available organic or inorganic substrates, emphasizing practicality, making soilless cultivation a new, efficient, and practical technology that can be adopted by general vegetable farmers. The book mainly introduces the selection and preparation of nutrient solutions, hydroponic techniques (nutrient film technique, deep liquid flow cultivation, dynamic floating root cultivation, floating board capillary cultivation), substrate cultivation techniques (compound substrate cultivation, rockwool cultivation, etc.), soilless seedling technology, and the soilless cultivation techniques for major vegetables.