Growing even more precise with a custom-made foam substrate

It is a product that , with a little resource , is remindful of the former - fashioned kitchen sponge , but then in a high - tech and amply biodegradable crownwork . The Growfoam quid from Foamplant are made with fully biodegradable foam . " The froth has all the good place of constitutional substrate , but the constitution can be verify and vary much better , " according to Martin Tietema , chief operating officer of Foamplant .

The Dutch company acquaint Growfoam at GreenTech and has been nominated for a GreenTech Innovation Award in the Sustainability family . " Growers now can control their culture in big detail on many fronts , but find a constant , homogeneous substrate is difficult . " By working with froth made from biopolymers , you could tailor - make a substratum , harmonise to Martin . " shape - retaining substrate with an assailable social structure for root growing , where growers can , among other things , moderate the piss absorption capacity by choosing a specific piece of music . “Control froth as well as cultivationThis controllability is one of the advantages . For illustration for raiser of vernal plants that develop several crops at the same time . " They can now choose a foam that has a gamy water capacity in the summer to keep dehydration , while in wintertime the crop want a substrate with a lower H2O capability to forbid mould formation when the water evaporates less quickly . "

Constant and cleanAfter twelvemonth of R&D , the company has overcome the fashioning of froth . “ We can guarantee ordered quality , both through the materials we apply and through a constant , unobjectionable and sterile output process . Each wad has exactly the same composition and the final ware can be amply traced back to the BASIC . ” That ’s an advantage , for example for country that have hard-and-fast export essential for the import of constituent stuff . " In gain , the substrate is pathogen - free , which reduce the risk of kingdom Fungi and diseases compared to organic material . "

Larger object from own productionAt GreenTech , Foamplant , which has now also applied for a patent of invention , will have sample distribution with male plug fabric and also some exam plants to show how a crop develops in the plugs . “ At the moment we are also focusing on plugs for a gradual foundation to the market . We currently can produce a few hundred million a year . "

However , tests are already being carried out with larger units , stop and Master of Arts in Teaching . “ We carry that from the oddment of 2019 we will also be able to put in these objects from our own product . We can then make safe use of the experiences from this first market introduction . "

Foamplant is with Growfoam at GreenTech in bandstand 10.117.For more information : Foamplantwww.foamplant.nlMartin Tietema+31 ( 0)6 4487 4093[email protected ]