This paper is published in Volume-6, Issue-4, 2020
Area
Agriculture Engineering
Author
G. Sai Preetham, Bibek Bahadur Shreshta, Anne Harsha Gopal, P. Sreeja
Org/Univ
Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research (Deemed to be University), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Pub. Date
08 August, 2020
Paper ID
V6I4-1317
Publisher
Keywords
Non-circulating hydroponics, Indoor Farming, T5 LED, Lettuce, Hydroponic Nutrients

Citationsacebook

IEEE
G. Sai Preetham, Bibek Bahadur Shreshta, Anne Harsha Gopal, P. Sreeja. The growth of lettuce under T5 led lamps in non-circulating hydroponics, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
G. Sai Preetham, Bibek Bahadur Shreshta, Anne Harsha Gopal, P. Sreeja (2020). The growth of lettuce under T5 led lamps in non-circulating hydroponics. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 6(4) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
G. Sai Preetham, Bibek Bahadur Shreshta, Anne Harsha Gopal, P. Sreeja. "The growth of lettuce under T5 led lamps in non-circulating hydroponics." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 6.4 (2020). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

Lettuce is grown hydroponically by both circulating and non-circulating hydroponics. The present experiment was done under a wooden built cabin, stacking was done under iron racks. 1-liter bottles were covered with the black polythene covers to avoid the algae formation. The commercially available nutrient solution was grown in the first trail. Each rack was fitted with 3 T-5 led lamps equally spaced along the width of the rack. Each bottle was aerated with an air pump. Seeding was done directly in jiffy plugs and supported with net pots. Purified water was used for both nutrient solution and watering the seedlings. Basic N-P-K nutrition was given until seedling was grown and was transplanted when the seedlings obtained 3 leaves. Covered bottles were filled with nutrient solution leaving a 2 cm gap from the top of the bottle. Net cups were inserted with plants, 3cm of the net cups were covered with nutrient solution and the yield was measured. The PH and TDS were maintained an optimal range over the growing period. In the second trial, seeds were directly placed in the sterilized growing medium, lighting was increased by increasing one light in the seedling rack and seedling stage was measured in terms of the health of the seedling.