Growing strawberries hydroponically is modern

Almost all people in our country have known the taste of this wonderful berry since childhood. Strawberries are a very popular berry and are in demand all year round. It is not only eaten, but also used in confectionery production. But traditional technologies for its cultivation are complex and labor-intensive and allow harvesting only 2-3 months a year, even if it is remontant. Moreover, after 3 years it becomes smaller and the plantation should be moved to another place.

An alternative to the traditional one is growing strawberries hydroponically. Plants are placed in special plastic gutters filled with neutral substrate. They supply components necessary for plant growth dissolved in water. This entire system is equipped with equipment for preparing this solution. To get strawberries all year round, they need to be grown in greenhouses. Of course, this raises the problem of pollination. You can pollinate either “manually” or breed special “greenhouse” bumblebees. In this production, sunlight is replaced by artificial lighting and heating. Despite the expensive equipment, the profitability of such cultivation is 100%; it pays for itself very quickly.

In many countries, growing strawberries using hydroponics has long been carried out on an industrial scale, for example, in Israel, the USA, Japan, Poland, and Spain.They sell not only large, dense berries that have excellent shelf life, but also equipment for growing them, and their specialists help tie projects to specific conditions and terrain.