Agriculture

Over the last few years, there has been a tendency in the worldwide Agriculture practice to shift to fully detached substrates, due to the low quality of the soil, soil epidemics and the need for better control on the crop and other limitations. Growing with the fully detached substrate technique yields higher quality crops in a high quantity.

Perlite has many advantages in fully detached substrates since it is inert, lightweight and has the finest water holding ability, which does not harm the ventilation of the crops. Perlite is used in detached substrates in bulk, bundles, AgreBag or in Styrofoam molds.

Semidetached substrates act as a lucrative, quick and very practical alternative for fully detached substrates, which enables the farmer to enjoy the many advantages of Perlite without bundles.

Semidetached substrate can be used in growing vegetables and ornamental plants by enlarging the planting pit, pouring Perlite, wetting the pit, fertilizing the substrate and finally, planting. In this way, Perlite can be implemented in many types of crops.

The nutrient canals technique also constitutes as a Semidetached substrate. it is a technique that is implemented in mango, peach, almond and avocado orchards and vineyards by digging a canal, pouring Perlite and cladding, while all of the irrigation and fertilization are carried out upon the Perlite canal. In this way, a new root system is created, in addition to the existing system in the soil, due to the high water holding ability, airing and availability of the fertilizer in the substrate.