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1 Dedicated to the Soilless Gardening Industry of India04 AUGUST in this issue : TRIMPRO The History of Trimmers What can you grow in hydroponics ? Fragraria ananassa 3 Great iPhone Apps for Your Gardening Needs PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED 1. Training in Simpli ed and Commercial Hydroponics2. Consultancy Services and installation of Urban Roof Top Hydroponic Gardens3. Consultancy Services for Agronomy4. Turnkey Installation of Commercial hydroponics Greenhouses5. Turnkey installation of Large scale Hydroponic Animal Fodder Systems (5-100 Tons/day)6. Supply of world class Hydroponic Nutrients7. Supply of Simpli ed hydroponics Hobby Kits8. Supply of Coco Peat for Commercial Growers (RHP Quality)9. Supply and Installation of Simple Backyard Greenhouses10. Water Analysis FacilitiesMISSION"It is our Mission to take hydroponics , as a technology, to every Indian household by reducing the barriers to entry for all.

2 It is our dream to see every home and land owner adopt this technique in India in the next fteen years". VISIONOur vision is to see India as a power in the eld of horticulture. To wipe the woes of every farmer in India in the next twenty years by providing cutting edge technology. We want every Indian Farmer to say it with pride "I am proud to be a farmer!"CONTACT INFORMATION:102 Saptagiri Meadows, 24th MainJP Nagar 5th PhaseBangalore 560078 Karnataka State, IndiaMobile: 00 91 99022 11684 00 91 78294 48677E-mail: Soilless Gardening India Magazine August'13 | CeditorialDеарReadersIn this issue of Soilless Gardening We would like to take the pleasure to announce opening of first exclusive online store for hydroponics industry. Indian hydroponics industry is growing at very fast pace. Many international companies have already entered Indian market and many more will be coming very soon.

3 We would like to thank all the participants for showing their faith in us & booking booths in our Mumbai Exhibition to be held on 7th to 8th February 2014. We have received overwhelming response from all segments of the industry for the Exhibition & very few booths are left. Your suggestion & queries are welcomed. In addition, in this you issue you will know about the history of Trimpro undisputed leaders of trimmers worldwide & Vydro a miraculous plant substrate. Hope you will enjoy this month s issue !!!Team SGI Aditya Chaudhary Shingote ChaudharyPublisherSandesh ShingoteCo-founder 401630202612 COMMERCIAL hydroponics Increases Food Supply which Decreases Impact on NatureConference and Mini-expoFebruary 7 8, Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, IndiaindiaSoilless Gardening India Magazine August'13 | 3contentsIssue 04, August 2013<Publisher:Aditya Chaudhary < Co-founder:Sandesh Shingote R Venkatesh design and prepress: PublishEast <Webmaster:Ms.

4 Sunita <Representative: Ms. Editor Ms. to the Soilless Gardening Industry of India04 AUGUST IN this issue : TRIMPRO The History of Trimmers What can you grow in hydroponics ? Fragraria ananassa 3 Great iPhone Apps for Your Gardening Needs 06 Govt Woos Farmers with High Subsidy on Greenhouse Projects07 Organic Farmers to Get Export Boost08 Mr Vimal Kaul, HGTIPL's New Mentor & Technical Director, HGTIPL10 Vertical Gardens Can Breathe Life into Smaller Urban Spaces20 VYDRO A Miraculous Plant Substrate30 hydroponics for Farmers16 TRIMPRO The History of Trimmers12 hydroponics Required for INDIA?36 Polyethylene Mulching for Vegetable Production 40 Three Things Your High-Value Plants Must Have42 3 Great iPhone APPS for Your Gardening Needs44 Hydroponic Tips for Increasing Yields45 Can I Transfer Plants From Soil to hydroponics ?46 High pH What Kind of Maintenance is Involved with a Hydroponic System?

5 48 Exhaust Setup for an 8 x 8 Grow Room TentBC GHEIBC,39 Greentech IndiaIFC Hydroponic Greenhouse Technologies India private ,05 Soilless Gardening (India) Conference and Mini-Expo09 SGI Shoppe29 TRIMPRO news&eventswho is who26 What Can You Grow in hydroponics ? Fragraria Ananassa General hydroponics pages cover storysoilless technologies 101questions & answersindex Contact information: Soilless Gardening India MagazineOffice No 6, MS House,Opp. Metro Pillar No 57,Sikanderpur,Gurgaon 122004, Haryana, INDIA Mob: +91 828 573 0000 Fax: +91 124 400 2532 Printed & Published by AdityaPrinted at Puspak Printers203-204, DSIDC ComplexOkhala Indusrial AreaNew Delhicompany daysConference and Mini-expoFebruary 7 8, Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, IndiaindiaWe are inviting you to attend the 2014 Soilless Gardening (India) Conference and Mini-Expo organized in Mumbai, IndiaAt the conference you will learn the important aspects of the hydroponic industry, ranging from the history of hydroponics , questions "How to start?

6 " and "What kind of fertilizer to use?" to information about professional systems used in hydroponic the conference and expo, you will have the opportunity to meet and get acquainted with the renowned industry companies, such as General hydroponics , which will attend the conference and expo in person and exhibit their invite all the companies engaged in agriculture & gardening, garden hobbyists and enthusiasts, professional agricultural businesses to attend the event in Mumbai, businesses ideasVisit for more and Mini-expoindiaFeb. 7, 201409:00 10:00 Registration of Visitors (Each visitor will receive a gift bag from our sponsors)10:00 10:45 History of Hydroponics11:00 11:45 History of hydroponics in India12:00 13:00 Lunch break13:00 13:45 The hydroponic Family Farm : not only a concept, but also a practical reality14:00 15:30 Round Table Discussion15:30 16:00 Coffee break16:00 17:30 Round Table DiscussionFree, but only based on online registrations!

7 ROUND TABLE SUBJECTS: hydroponics in the Modern Economy Animal feed and hydroponics technologies in India Family hydroponics farms in India; challenges and solutions. Indian hydroponics shops Presentation of the Institute of Simplified hydroponics Bio stimulants; For or Against? General Industry DiscussionsPlease, do not hesitate to send us your proposals for round table 8, 201410:00 18:00 Mini-ExpoMini-Expo attendance is complete free and everyone is welcome! CONFERENCE PROGRAM:The entrance to the conference room is only after preliminary online :00 15:00 Presentation and book signing of William Texier book hydroponics for beginners hydroponics . What is it and how can you start? Differences between soil and hydroponics cultivation (physical, chemical etc. Different technologies regrouped under the word hydroponics Different substrates used in hydro Nutrition and supplementation: clear definition of each category and rapid over view of supplements.)

8 Lightning of Plants (photo-culture flowers, vegetables, salad, sprouts)15:00 18:00 hydroponics training course for beginnersCONTACT US:Soilless Gardening India MagazineOffice No 6, MS House ,Opp. Metro Pillar No 57,Sikanderpur, Gurgaon 122004,Haryana, INDIAMob: +91 828 573 0000 Fax: +91 124 400 2532 India: | Soilless Gardening India Magazine August'13news&eventsGovt Woos Farmers with High Subsidy on Greenhouse ProjectsPANJIM: In a bid to revive the State s sagging agricultural fortunes, the Agriculture department is promoting a greenhouse farming scheme offering an attractive 100% per cent subsidy for the setup and 50% subsidy for the cost of scheme, being offered as part of the Agriculture department s move into hi-tech precision farming, is aiming at helping farmers achieve up to seven times higher yields in a lesser area through carefully controlling the environment in which the plants are grown helping with better department has till date secured around 10 applicants for setting up greenhouse projects all over the State, with 14 more scheduled to be approved the science behind the greenhouse technology.

9 Assistant Director Nevil Alphonso explains that the higher yields are a result of controlling all the five factors that are required in optimum quantity to facilitate plant growth ~ sunlight, water, humidity, nutrients and pest control. In an open environment we can neither control the rain, nor the sun. If there is either too much or too little of any of the factors, the yield is reduced if not completely wasted. Here since we can control the environment the plants give a higher yield, Alphonso of now, the department has been focussing on farmers wishing to grow high value flowers and vegetables. It is unfortunate that Goans choose to get flowers from Bangalore and outside when they can do business here itself, he said adding that if he had more land, he would have expanded. As long as there is a market it is always profitable, he greenhouse technology is applicable for the flowers and vegetables.

10 In the case of vegetables, the department is willing to buy back the vegetables at a prefixed price and sell them through the outlets of the horticulture corporation under the assured price farmer is compensated Rs m of land greenhouse, which covers completely the area with 50% of the subsidy being paid from the Central government through the National Rural Horticulture Mission with the remaining 50% being borne by the State government. For the cost of cultivation, the 50% of the cost is borne by the Central government. The farmers have to avail of a bank loan initially, which is later paid back by the government if he successfully builds a only limiting factor is that the farmer has to have a minimum area of 100 m2 to build the greenhouse. Sources Soilless Gardening India Magazine August'13 | 7news&eventsOrganic Farmers to Get Export BoostHUBLI: In a major boost to farmers in north Karnataka, organic produce from this region will soon be exported to European markets.