PHGTV

Great video from the ACPFG

(Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics) Has an interesting

subtext for hydroponic producers.

When Sydney-based hydroponic company Hydro Masta was commissioned to supply and install a commercial hydroponic farm for a large supermarket chain in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, it was all systems go.

For the full article, Look in the 2010 November/December Issue

Stage 1: Laying out the site, installing the feed pipes, drain pipes and stands

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Steven Carruthers, Managing Editor of Practical Hydroponics & Greenhouses interviews Meiny Prins, General Manager of Priva, the innovative Dutch greenhouse control equipment company.

When it came to moving their family and hydroponic growing operation to Australia, native Hollanders Peter Van der Goor and his wife Marjan didn’t hesitate. Today the Van der Goors run Katunga Fresh, a succesful tomato growing operation in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley.

The Hydroponic Farmers Federation growers’ meeting in Maryborough Victoria at the home of Alma Hydroponics. Run by farmer Ian Mortlock and his wife Wendy, Alma Hydroponics is an enterprise 10 years in the making and an exemplary hands-on hydroponics operation.

Leigh Taig, Course Co-ordinator, Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, gives an insight into grower education.

Richard Clough, principal of Living Shade, explains the future of aluminium screens to control temperature and humidity in greenhouses.

Graeme Smith, President of the Australian Hydroponic & Greenhouse Association, outlines his vision for the industry over the next 2-5 years.

Ben van Onna, Senior Trainer PTC+, gives an insight into the future of Australian horticulture over the next 2-5 years.