Articles
SOILLESS CULTURE IN THAILAND
Article number
759_15
Pages
187 – 193
Language
English
Abstract
Soilless culture is fairly new in Thailand even though it was introduced almost 20 years ago.
Mostly, soilless culture has been used only for experimentation.
Commercial hydroponics has steadily developed over the past 10 years.
Presently, soilless culture is popular with farmers due to advances in culture methods for high production, especially for vegetables, even in areas of poor soil and unreliable water resources.
The majority of hydroponics farms in Thailand employ either nutrient film technique (NFT), deep flow technique (DFT), or the dynamic root floating technique (DRFT). For commercial growers in Thailand, rapid harvest and higher yields with these systems can achieve year-round production of leafy vegetables with up to 16 crops annually.
NFT is popular for producing salad crops, which are mainly in tourism areas such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phuket, and Surat Thani.
Mostly, soilless culture has been used only for experimentation.
Commercial hydroponics has steadily developed over the past 10 years.
Presently, soilless culture is popular with farmers due to advances in culture methods for high production, especially for vegetables, even in areas of poor soil and unreliable water resources.
The majority of hydroponics farms in Thailand employ either nutrient film technique (NFT), deep flow technique (DFT), or the dynamic root floating technique (DRFT). For commercial growers in Thailand, rapid harvest and higher yields with these systems can achieve year-round production of leafy vegetables with up to 16 crops annually.
NFT is popular for producing salad crops, which are mainly in tourism areas such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phuket, and Surat Thani.
Authors
N. Montri, E. Wattanapreechanon
Keywords
hydroponics, substrate culture, deep flow technique, dynamic root floating technique, nutrient film technique
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