As most commonly known in Malaysia as LECA (Lightweight expanded clay aggregate) or Hydrokorrels is also known as pH balanced expanded clay. These expanded shell pellets form a porous growing medium averaging 8-12 mm in diameter. Perfect for use with aquaponic, aeroponic and hydroponic gardens, including ebb and flow tables and systems that use grow cups to support plants. It is also use as decorative for pot plants.
Hydrokorrels has the following characteristics:
Hydrokorrel Specifications:
1) Crushing Strength =3,1 n/mm²
2) Density= 403 kg/m³
3) Size: 8-12 mm
Aquaponics
Recently, there has been a trend in using expanded clay for aquaponic. In aquaponic, the plants are grown using expanded clay as media and water filtered by the plants are used for the fish tank. Water from the fish tanks which contains the excretion from fish that provides nutrients for the plants are pumped up to the hydroponic farm.
Hydroponics
The modern definition is that hydroponics is the growing of plants without soil. When you grow a plant hydroponically, all the nutrients and all the water is readily available to the plant (traditional potting mixes only release about 70%). Thus in hydroponic the plant does not have to work hard to get the food and water. It can therefore spend all its energy on growing the plant instead of growing roots. In soil the big root net is necessary for the plant to be able to find enough food and water.
If not Soil, Then What?
Typically, there are several types of growing media for hydroponic systems. These are all coarser than soil so that there are air/water pockets between the granules that allow the plant's root system to breathe better (gives the root systems better access to oxygen, which is essential). These growing media includes:
Seperti yang paling biasa dikenali di Malaysia sebagai LECA (Lightweight expanded clay aggregate) atau Hydrokorrels juga dikenali sebagai pH balanced expanded clay. Pelet cengkerang yang dibesarkan ini membentuk medium tumbuh berliang dengan diameter purata 8-12 mm. Sesuai untuk digunakan dengan taman akuaponik, aeroponik dan hidroponik, termasuk jadual pasang surut dan sistem yang menggunakan cawan tumbuh untuk menyokong tumbuhan. Ia juga digunakan sebagai hiasan untuk tanaman pasu.
Hydrokorrels mempunyai ciri-ciri berikut:
As most commonly known in Malaysia as LECA (Lightweight expanded clay aggregate) or Hydrokorrels is also known as pH balanced expanded clay. These expanded shell pellets form a porous growing medium averaging 8-12 mm in diameter. Perfect for use with aquaponic, aeroponic and hydroponic gardens, including ebb and flow tables and systems that use grow cups to support plants. It is also use as decorative for pot plants.
Hydrokorrels has the following characteristics:
Hydrokorrel Specifications:
1) Crushing Strength =3,1 n/mm²
2) Density= 403 kg/m³
3) Size: 8-12 mm
Aquaponics
Recently, there has been a trend in using expanded clay for aquaponic. In aquaponic, the plants are grown using expanded clay as media and water filtered by the plants are used for the fish tank. Water from the fish tanks which contains the excretion from fish that provides nutrients for the plants are pumped up to the hydroponic farm.
Hydroponics
The modern definition is that hydroponics is the growing of plants without soil. When you grow a plant hydroponically, all the nutrients and all the water is readily available to the plant (traditional potting mixes only release about 70%). Thus in hydroponic the plant does not have to work hard to get the food and water. It can therefore spend all its energy on growing the plant instead of growing roots. In soil the big root net is necessary for the plant to be able to find enough food and water.
If not Soil, Then What?
Typically, there are several types of growing media for hydroponic systems. These are all coarser than soil so that there are air/water pockets between the granules that allow the plant's root system to breathe better (gives the root systems better access to oxygen, which is essential). These growing media includes:
Seperti yang paling biasa dikenali di Malaysia sebagai LECA (Lightweight expanded clay aggregate) atau Hydrokorrels juga dikenali sebagai pH balanced expanded clay. Pelet cengkerang yang dibesarkan ini membentuk medium tumbuh berliang dengan diameter purata 8-12 mm. Sesuai untuk digunakan dengan taman akuaponik, aeroponik dan hidroponik, termasuk jadual pasang surut dan sistem yang menggunakan cawan tumbuh untuk menyokong tumbuhan. Ia juga digunakan sebagai hiasan untuk tanaman pasu.
Hydrokorrels mempunyai ciri-ciri berikut:
