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Hydroponic Greens Production

A hydroponic greens business that harvests every week: the right system, clean water, nutrient solution checked daily, staggered seeding and lettuce, herbs and greens packed for supermarkets and hotels.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Hydroponic Greens Production, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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🌾 Agriculture & Agribusiness

Hydroponic Greens Production

Growing lettuce, herbs and greens hydroponically: system types, nutrient solution monitoring, seedlings, harvest cycles and supplying supermarkets and hotels.

  1. Hydroponic crop list matched to named buyers
  2. Choosing NFT, deep water culture or media beds
  3. Grow site check for heat, power and water access
  4. Source water test before the first nutrient mix
  5. Start-up budget and cost per head of lettuce
  6. Power cut and pump failure backup plan
  7. Meters, nutrients and supplies starter kit
  8. Grow record book and batch numbering
  9. Supplier and extension network for hydroponics
  10. First trial table of lettuce, seed to sale
  11. Morning EC, pH and solution temperature check
  12. Reservoir top-up and full solution change routine
  13. Staggered weekly seeding schedule
  14. Seedling nursery in sponges and plugs
  15. Harvest day routine from channel to cold room
  16. Pump, timer and channel maintenance schedule
  17. Weekly pest and root disease scouting walk
  18. Cleaning and sanitising between crops
  19. Weekly yield, waste and sales log
  20. Seed, nutrient and packaging reorder routine
  21. Standing orders and weekly buyer confirmation
  22. Understanding EC, pH and nutrient uptake
  23. EC and pH meter calibration routine
  24. Reading tipburn, bolting and deficiency symptoms
  25. Keeping roots white and free of root rot
  26. Growing lettuce in tropical heat
  27. Hydroponic basil, mint and other herbs
  28. Microgreens on trays as a fast second line
  29. Hygiene rules for the grow area and packing table
  30. Lettuce variety trial for heat and shelf life
  31. Reservoir chiller or cooling decision
  32. Expanding from one system to four
  33. Packaging choice for heads and salad packs
  34. Pricing hydroponic greens against imported lettuce
  35. Cutting water and nutrient waste
  36. Automated dosing controller decision
  37. First supermarket listing for hydroponic lettuce
  38. Hotel chef tasting and sample box
  39. Hurricane season shutdown and restart plan
  40. Tourist season volume ramp-up
  41. Buyer or food safety audit of the grow unit
  42. Annual review of cost per head and buyers
  43. Backyard or rooftop unit for side income
  44. School or youth group hydroponics unit
  45. Waist-height system for older growers
  46. Hotel or restaurant growing greens on site
  47. Moving from field vegetables to hydroponic greens
  48. Year-round supply plan for a contract buyer
  49. Nutrient solution lab analysis and custom recipe
  50. Indoor LED vertical farm feasibility study

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Hydroponic crop list matched to named buyers

Hydroponics suits fast leafy crops, but which ones depends on who is buying: a supermarket may want green and red leaf lettuce with roots on, a hotel kitchen wants romaine, arugula and basil, and a café wants mixed salad leaves by the kilo. Talking to five likely buyers before you buy a single channel tells you the crops, pack sizes and weekly volumes the system has to produce.

First tasks

  • Ask the produce manager at one supermarket which greens they import
  • Ask two hotel or restaurant chefs which salad leaves and herbs they buy each week
  • Choose three to five crops and a weekly target for each
  • Write the crop list and buyer names in the grow record

Choosing NFT, deep water culture or media beds

Nutrient film technique (NFT) channels, deep water culture rafts, Dutch bucket or media beds and vertical towers all grow greens, but they differ in cost, power dependence and how badly they fail when the pump stops. NFT is common for lettuce because it is light and easy to harvest, while floating rafts hold a big volume of water that buffers heat and survives a power cut for hours.

First tasks

  • List NFT, raft and media bed systems with a price per plant site
  • Ask each supplier how long plants last if the pump stops at noon
  • Visit or call one grower using your preferred system
  • Record the system choice and the reasons in the grow record

Grow site check for heat, power and water access

Lettuce struggles once the nutrient solution and the air run hot, so where the tables sit decides half your results before you plant a seed. A site with afternoon shade or a breeze, a reliable water point, power within reach of the pumps and level ground for gentle channel slopes saves months of fighting the location.

First tasks

  • Sketch the site and mark morning and afternoon shade
  • Record the air temperature at noon on three different days
  • Measure the distance to the water point and the nearest power outlet
  • Mark where the tables and the reservoir will sit

Make it yours.

Install Hydroponic Greens Production, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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