Precision Controlled Growing
Precision Water for Controlled Growing
Controlled growing environments depend on consistent water quality and carefully managed irrigation. In greenhouse, protected cropping and medicinal cannabis production, dissolved oxygen, water chemistry, filtration and irrigation-system condition can all influence how effectively water moves from the source through to the root zone.
Water Challenges in Precision Controlled Growing
Controlled growing systems depend on consistent water quality from the source through treatment, storage and irrigation. Managing water carefully across this system helps maintain reliable conditions within intensive production environments.
Irrigation Water Quality
Water chemistry, dissolved minerals, suspended material and other source-water conditions can affect the quality of water entering precision irrigation systems.
Root-Zone Water Management
Dissolved oxygen and irrigation-water conditions need to be managed as water moves through the system and is delivered to the root zone.
Biofilm & Irrigation Infrastructure
Biofilm and deposits can develop within tanks, pipework and irrigation lines, creating ongoing water-quality and infrastructure management issues.
Irrigation Water Quality
& Root-Zone Delivery
In precision controlled growing, irrigation water is delivered directly into a tightly managed production environment. Water chemistry, dissolved minerals, suspended material and dissolved oxygen all need to be considered before water reaches the crop.
Managing Water Before Irrigation
Treating water before distribution allows source-water conditions to be addressed as part of the growing system. Nanobubble oxygenation can be incorporated to increase dissolved oxygen within irrigation water and support oxygen delivery through the irrigation network.
Treatment for Controlled Growing
Where incoming water requires additional treatment, OV AFM filtration can be incorporated to remove suspended material before irrigation. Treatment is configured around the source water, irrigation system and requirements of the growing environment.
Nanobubble Oxygenation
Oxygenation of irrigation water for horticultural production.
SolAqua
Water conditioning for horticultural irrigation systems.
Biofilm & Irrigation Infrastructure
Water quality needs to be maintained as irrigation water moves through tanks, pipework and distribution infrastructure. In intensive controlled growing systems, biofilm and deposits within wetted surfaces can create ongoing water-quality and irrigation-management issues.
Managing Biofilm Through the System
Biofilm can establish within storage and irrigation infrastructure over time. Nanobubble treatment can be incorporated inline where biofilm management is required as part of the wider water-treatment approach.
Maintaining Irrigation Infrastructure
Managing water throughout the distribution system helps maintain conditions from treatment through to delivery at the crop. Treatment is selected around the source water, irrigation configuration and specific water-quality issues present.
OV AFM Filtration
Filtration for suspended material and unwanted particulate matter in controlled growing irrigation water.
Precision Water Management
for Medicinal Cannabis
Solari’s medicinal cannabis resource examines the role of water quality and irrigation management within controlled growing environments. It considers how source-water chemistry, dissolved oxygen, filtration and irrigation-system condition can influence the water delivered to the crop.
Managing Water from Source to Root Zone
The resource looks at water as part of the complete growing system — from incoming supply and treatment through storage, irrigation infrastructure and delivery to the root zone. It also considers issues such as dissolved minerals, suspended material and biofilm within irrigation systems.
For controlled growers, this provides a practical framework for assessing where water treatment, oxygenation and filtration may form part of a more closely managed irrigation system, without presenting the resource’s stated production outcomes as guaranteed results.
Medicinal Cannabis
Supporting information on water quality, irrigation management and treatment considerations for medicinal cannabis production.
Precision Water for Controlled Growing
From source-water quality and filtration through to oxygenation and irrigation-system management, Solari Water and Energy can develop a water-treatment approach around your growing environment, irrigation system and production requirements.