Domestic greenhouses and fertigation: how to get the most out of your crops.

Domestic greenhouses are structures that allow you to grow plants and vegetables in a protected and controlled way, using natural resources such as sun and water.

Domestic greenhouses offer many advantages, such as:

• The possibility of growing all year round, regardless of the external weather conditions;
• The protection from diseases, pests and atmospheric agents that can damage the crops;
• The saving of space, time and money, thanks to the reduction of maintenance costs and the higher yield of crops;
• The quality and safety of the products, which do not require chemical treatments and are fresher and tastier.

To get the most out of your crops in a greenhouse, it is essential to manage irrigation and fertigation optimally.

Irrigation is the process of providing water to plants, while fertigation is the process of providing water and nutrients to plants, through a nutrient solution that contains the fertilizers necessary for the development of plants.

Fertigation is a system that has many advantages, such as:

• The possibility of adjusting the quantity and quality of water and nutrients according to the needs of the plants and the environmental conditions;
• The reduction of water and fertilizer waste, thanks to the precision and efficiency of the system;
• The increase of productivity and quality of crops, thanks to the balanced and uniform nutrition of plants;
• The prevention and control of diseases and pests, thanks to the disinfection of water and the reduction of plant stress.

To create a fertigation system in a greenhouse, you need to have some elements, such as:

• A source of water, which can be the recovery of rainwater, collected in basins and storage tanks outside, or the network or well water;
• A fertigation unit, which is the device that mixes water and fertilizers according to the set parameters, such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC) and nutrient concentration;
• An irrigation system, which is the system that distributes the nutrient solution to the plants, through pipes, drippers, microsprayers or nebulizers.

To manage the fertigation system in a greenhouse in a simple and intelligent way, you can use a hydroponic controller, such as NIDO ONE.

NIDO ONE is a device based on agriculture 4.0, which connects to the water tank of the greenhouse, and allows you to set the desired values of pH/EC and monitor the status of the nutrient solution in real time.

NIDO ONE automatically adjusts the pH/EC values, adding precisely the necessary fertilizers to the nutrient solution.

NIDO ONE is the ideal controller for hydroponics and drip irrigation to optimize fertigation in a greenhouse, ensuring a perfect nutrient solution and optimal nutrition to plants. Discover Nido One V2.