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Would hydroponics be efficient on a large scale like this?
by jsonne 12y ago
Would hydroponics be efficient on a large scale like this?
- bjelkeman-again 12y agoMy limited experience of hydroponics tells me that it is economical for high value crops like vegetables, selling to a European or Californian market. Thera are hydroponic greenhouses which are 100+ hectare (250 acres), but for staple crops like potatoes I think it is going to be prohibitively expensive to try to grow in greenhouses with hydroponics. If you are going to do hydroponics for veg and work with seawater then you can just as we'll go with the Seawater Greenhouse. http://www.seawatergreenhouse.com http://www.seawatergreenhouse.com
- jchung88 12y agoWhy would potatoes be anymore expensive than other staple crops?
- Houshalter 12y agoPossibly but that defeats the advantage of using salt water. Efficient operations need only a small fraction of the water used in traditional agriculture.