September 2025 - GROZINE

Aeroponic Seed Potato Production

September 30, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

Aeroponics has proven highly effective with popular varieties such as Cyerecyezo, Kinigi, and Kirundo. On average, a single plant can produce between 35 to 45 tubers, with Kinigi and Cyerecyezo varieties reaching up to 40 and 45 tubers per plant, respectively. Other promising varieties like Ndamira and Gikungu also yield impressive results, producing around 30 tubers per plant.

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Vertical Farms Niche or Necessity?

September 29, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

It is a practical solution to food security in a country where less than 1% of land is arable. By growing indoors year-round, we eliminate our dependence on seasonal fluctuations, soil fertility and unpredictable weather patterns. The result is produce that is consistently fresh, safe and locally harvested.

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East Texas A&M Hydroponics

September 23, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

When most people picture farming, they imagine wide-open fields and endless rows of crops stretching toward the horizon. But inside the greenhouses at East Texas A&M University, a new kind of farming is taking shape, one that doesn’t require soil, takes up only a fraction of the space and could help feed the growing cities of tomorrow.

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Vertical Farming Lessons Learned

September 22, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

With the Vertical Farming World Congress attracting leading companies from all over the world to Amsterdam from 7-9 October, organizer Richard Hall, who is also chair of FoodBev Media, reflects on past lessons and future prospects.

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Greenhouse AI & Robotics

September 15, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

Discover how new methods of greenhouse automation using advanced AI-driven robotics are reshaping controlled environment agriculture with real-world use cases and future outlooks. By Rob Eddy, Resource Innovation Institute resource efficiency horticulturist , Bryce Carleton & Shreyas Kousik Throughout much […]

Growing Hydroponic Cucumbers

September 14, 2025 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Growing your own hydroponic cucumbers is fun and rewarding. Healthy cucumber plants tend to be thirsty and cucumber roots love plenty of air to breathe; making them ideal candidates for water culture systems like Deep Water Culture hydroponics. Cucumbers grown in hydroponic water culture systems are exceptionally sweet and crisp with mild tasting skins.

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Growing Affordable Produce With Hydroponics

September 8, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

At the Hydroponic Hut, people can learn about, grow and access fresh produce affordably. And every Thursday, residents are invited to pick their own produce, roots and all, for low prices.

The Blackards grow leafy greens such as lettuce, bok choy, kale, mustard greens and watercress, however, they will experiment with other produce and sell vegetable starts when they can.

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JPFA Symposium Tokyo 2025

September 3, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

On Monday, September 1st, the JPFA kicked off its second symposium in Tokyo, Japan, at the Kashiwa-No-Ha Conference Center near Chiba University. The event was officially opened by Kazumi Ota, president of Kashiwa city, who welcomed the audience to the university’s innovation hub. Koutaro Yokote, president of Chiba University, followed by highlighting the university’s commitment to encouraging collaboration between academia, companies, local governments, and, most importantly, society.

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Fork Farms Hydroponics Milwaukee

September 1, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

Fork Farms plans to open a farm within the Makers Row development, at the corner of West National Avenue and 66th Street, Fork Farms said in an Aug. 25 news release. The farm will be able to grow up to 34,000 pounds of fresh produce annually.

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