Hydroponics Photo Album-Dr. H.M. Resh-Hydroponic Food Produ
Hydroponics Photo Album-Dr. H.M. Resh-Hydroponic Food Produ
Hydroponics Photo Album-Dr. H.M. Resh-Hydroponic Food Produ
Hydronov, Inc. Mirabel, Quebec, Canada. Growers of lettuce with raft (deep water
floating) culture.
Bins for harvesting peppers and cucumbers travel on a chain track system.
Tomato transplants at 5 to 6 weeks of age in coco coir blocks. These are Jiffy blocks each
having two plants. This is an ebb-and-flood system in which the nutrient solution floods
the blocks from the bottom and then drains back through the drain holes in the center.
The stakes in the blocks are to support the plants.
Young European cucumber seedlings 7 days old growing in rockwool cubes are ready to be
transplanted to rockwool blocks.
Eggplants, variety “Taurus”, growing in Bato Bucket perlite system. Note the drip lines to
each plant. The seeds are sown in rockwool cubes and later transplanted within 3 weeks to
rockwool blocks. The seedlings are transplanted to the Bato Buckets about 5 to 6 weeks
after sowing. These lower fruit are ready to harvest after 3 months from sowing.
Plastic flats (trays) with microgreens growing in a capillary mat (STG mat). These are
watered by hand once a day and are ideal for growing in one’s home. The microgreens are
10 days old and ready to harvest. Lettuce mix on left and amaranth on the right.
Hydroponic rooftop greenhouse 31,000 square feet. Crops include tomatoes, peppers,
cucumbers, eggplants, lettuce, arugula, bok choy, basil, salad mixes, and herbs. The vine
crops use coco coir slabs on raised trays. The lettuce, bok choy, chard, arugula, and basil
are in NFT. The herbs and salad mixes in ebb-and-flood systems. All products are sold
directly to the end user through a community supported agriculture (CSA) network.
(Courtesy of Manuela Zamora & New York Sun Works, New York, NY.)
Vertical High-rise Greenhouses
Vertical automated growing system. There are 8 levels of trays stacked to about 10 feet
tall. The system has an automated irrigation system on one side where the trays are
irrigated as they pass in front of the spray nozzles. Use of the greenhouse floor area is
increased by the conveyor system curving back and forth in a serpentine fashion
Omega Gardens rotating drum with young chard plants. Nutrient solution from a
reservoir at the bottom is sprayed on the plant roots as the channels holding the plants pass
above at each circulation of the drum. Young chard plants are in the drum.
View of villas on the beach of the CuisinArt Resort & Spa in Anguilla.
In San Jose, Costa Rica, left to right: Howard Resh, Alfredo Rodriguez Delfin-
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru; Miguel Urrestarazu Gavilan-
Universidad de Almeria, Almeria, Spain; Carlos Arano, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Pedro
Roberto Furlani-State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
Third Congreso Internacional De Hidroponia, April 13-16, 2011 in Costa Rica.
Participants include from left to right: Alejandro Aponte, unidentified course member,
Alfonso Aponte-Hortalizas Biologicals, Bogota, Colombia; Laura Perez-Centro Nacional de
Jardineria Corazon Verde, Costa Rica, organizer of the conference; Andrea Perez,
organization assistant; Miguel Urrestarazu Gavilan-University of Almeria, Spain; Gloria
Samperio Ruiz-President, Asociacion Hidroponica Mexicana, Toluca, Mexico; Alfredo
Rodriguez Delfin-Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru; Howard Resh.
Alfredo Rodriguez Delfin & Howard Resh in Lima, Peru-August 2011.
12th Curso Practico International De Hidroponia, August 8-11, 2011, Lima, Peru. Course
instructors: front row from right to left-Alfredo Rodrigues Delfin, Milagros Chang, Paola
Palacios, Carlos Chuquillanqui, Antonio Quispe (kneeling) and Howard Resh, behind
Milagros, and students. The course was held at the Centro de Investigacion de Hidroponia,
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru.
Thank you, wishing you successful
hydroponic growing