16 guides
Systems & engineering
Most hydroponics content online is written by people selling kits. This one is written by people who grow lettuce and berries for a living.
· 4 min read
Systems & engineering
A polyhouse doesn't make a farm profitable. The crop, the climate fit and the buyer do. Here's how to think about all three.
· 3 min read
Crops
The best hydroponic crop isn't the one with the highest price per kilo. It's the one you can sell every week to the same buyer.
· 3 min read
Crops
Organic and hydroponic answer different questions. One is about inputs and soil; the other is about control. Here's what each label really tells you.
· 3 min read
Crops
India's strawberries are mostly a winter crop from a few hill regions. Protected and soilless growing is how that season gets longer and the fruit gets cleaner.
· 3 min read
Systems & engineering
Vertical farms grow under LEDs; greenhouses use the sun. In a country with India's sunshine and power costs, that difference decides a lot.
· 3 min read
Agrivoltaics
Shade is not the enemy in an Indian summer. The trick is matching the crop to how much light the panels leave behind.
· 4 min read
Agrivoltaics
Leasing land to a solar plant and farming under one are very different deals. Here's how the options compare under PM-KUSUM.
· 3 min read
Agrivoltaics
An agrivoltaic plant is a solar plant designed around a farm, not a farm squeezed under a solar plant. These are the choices that make the difference.
· 4 min read
Agrivoltaics
Every country that has scaled agrivoltaics has had to answer one question: how do you stop a solar farm pretending to be a farm?
· 3 min read
Costs & funding
There is no honest 'per acre' price for a hydroponic farm. Here are the six things that actually set the budget — and how to get a number you can bank on.
· 4 min read
Costs & funding
Subsidies can cover a large share of a polyhouse — but they are calculated on government cost norms, paid after completion and vary by state. Here is how the system works.
· 3 min read
Systems & engineering
The right hydroponic system is decided by your crop and your summer, not by what looks best in a brochure. A practical comparison for Indian growers.
· 3 min read
Systems & engineering
A greenhouse that works in Nashik doesn't automatically work in Delhi NCR. How to choose between fan-and-pad cooling and natural ventilation for your climate.
· 3 min read
Crops
Blueberries need acidic roots and the right variety — neither comes naturally in most of India. How commercial growers are making them work.
· 3 min read
Agrivoltaics
Solar panels above, crops below. What Indian agrivoltaic pilots have learned so far — and why we're building one over blueberries.
· 3 min read
