Cumilla Correspondent :
Growing vegetables usually requires land and arduous labour. So, the Cumilla Agricultural Research Centre has introduced vegetable farming using only water.
Ash gourd, cucumber, lettuce can be produced using this system, known as hydroponic system, said Md Ayub Hossain Khan, scientific officer of the centre.
Vegetables can be grown in verandas and corridors of high-rises using this method of growing plants in water-based nutrient rich solution.
The scientific officer also said using the method results in very few insect attacks during the cultivation time.
“If someone wants to cultivate vegetables using this system, she/he has to take water in a plastic pod and put small plastic glasses on the hole of drilled polystyrene sheet on the pod where the seed will be put,” he said.
The main technique is to provide 16 ingredients (named as Stock Solution A, B) needed for plants to grow through water instead of soil, he added.
Growing vegetables usually requires land and arduous labour. So, the Cumilla Agricultural Research Centre has introduced vegetable farming using only water.
Ash gourd, cucumber, lettuce can be produced using this system, known as hydroponic system, said Md Ayub Hossain Khan, scientific officer of the centre.
Vegetables can be grown in verandas and corridors of high-rises using this method of growing plants in water-based nutrient rich solution.
The scientific officer also said using the method results in very few insect attacks during the cultivation time.
“If someone wants to cultivate vegetables using this system, she/he has to take water in a plastic pod and put small plastic glasses on the hole of drilled polystyrene sheet on the pod where the seed will be put,” he said.
The main technique is to provide 16 ingredients (named as Stock Solution A, B) needed for plants to grow through water instead of soil, he added.
