Autumn Transplanting

Before you know it, golden autumn has arrived. It is said that autumn is the harvest season, but for modern agriculture with mature and developed technology, autumn is the transplanting period for tomato planting in greenhouses in the China north.

Thanks to the development of modern agricultural technology, the growth of tomatoes is no longer completely dependent on the shackles of the land and seasonal changes. Instead, it has the possibility to break through time and geographical restrictions. Agricultural practitioners can also cultivate vegetables including tomatoes in autumn and winter. Various crops not only increase the supply of vegetables and enrich winter fruit and vegetable supply channels, but also promote the development of modern agriculture.

The agricultural industrial park (pictured above) is located in Shandong, a major agricultural province in China. The industrial park covers a total area of more than 560 acres, with a planned construction area of nearly 400 acres in the first phase. It mainly builds 150 acres of world-leading semi-enclosed smart glass greenhouses and 76 acres of modern smart nursery greenhouses. It is estimated that 80 million seedlings will emerge annually and the annual output value will be 13 million dollars.

For greenhouse tomato breeders, one of the core goals of planting is to improve the survival rate of tomato seedlings and ensure that various physiological indicators of tomato seedlings are normal, to ensure the healthy growth of tomato seedlings, and to lay a solid foundation for high yields in the later period.

The agricultural industrial park uses the China rock wool brand UPuper® rock wool seedling plugs and rock wool cubes to carry out tomato seedling cultivation.

UPuper® rock wool growing medium has a special fibre structure, which can promote the even distribution of water and nutrients and is easily absorbed by plants in a balanced manner.

The unique bottom film-free design combined with the tidal irrigation method supplies the nutrient solution directly to the roots of the seedlings from the bottom, allowing the nutrient solution to be fully absorbed by the plant roots, which not only ensures irrigation efficiency but also ensures the root environment while absorbing nutrients by the crop roots. Always maintain a suitable water-to-air ratio.

Especially in summer seedling raising, the advantages of UPuper® rock wool substrate are more obvious:

In the higher temperatures and strong radiation environment in summer, seedling technicians are required to provide more irrigation to the seedlings. However, the high temperature requires the seedling substrate to have an excellent water-to-air ratio to promote healthy root growth and prevent root causes. High-temperature root retting causes brown roots and even root rot. The stable water-to-air ratio characteristics of UPuper® rockwool grow media can exactly meet the irrigation needs in this planting scenario and help nursery operators cultivate ideal strong seedlings.

When used with tidal nursery beds, the advantage of UPuper® rockwool growing media as a clean substrate is that not only will the rockwool cubes not be eroded and scattered by water and fertilizer during use, causing environmental pollution, but it will also not affect the water quality. The remaining material after tidal irrigation The water and fertilizer can be 100% recycled, which can effectively reduce the cost of greenhouse seedlings. In addition, the UPuper® rockwool substrate itself does not contain any pathogenic bacteria and does not react with water and fertilizer, which can greatly reduce planting risks and ensure the quality of seedlings.

UPuper® rockwool growing cubes have a uniform shape and stable structure. Each substrate has the same size but different properties. With precise planting methods, it can achieve uniform growth of seedlings, facilitate automated unified management of seedling greenhouses, and greatly reduce labour costs. It is especially suitable for batch cultivation of seedlings in large modern agricultural industrial parks.

Agriculture is developing, and modern agriculture with the support of science and technology will inevitably produce higher-quality fruits. UPuper® rock wool substrate meets the development needs of modern agriculture and is very suitable for large-scale greenhouse seedlings. At the same time, it is an environmentally friendly substrate, which can reduce agricultural pollution and resource waste, and is of great significance to the green development of modern agriculture.