Self Regulating Wick Type Zero Energy Hydroponics System for Greenhouse Tomatoes

V.P. Sethi; Rupinder Pal Singh; R.K. Dubey

doi:10.52151/jae2013503.1525

Authors

V.P. Sethi Department of Mechanical Engineering, 3Assistant Professor, Department of Landscaping and Floriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Author
Rupinder Pal Singh Department of Mechanical Engineering, 3Assistant Professor, Department of Landscaping and Floriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Author
R.K. Dubey Department of Mechanical Engineering, 3Assistant Professor, Department of Landscaping and Floriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52151/jae2013503.1525

Keywords:

Greenhouse, hydroponics, tomato, wick type, zero energy

Abstract

Hydroponics, using an alternate porous media than soil, is a technique to grow vegetables and ornamental plants

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