Success! Within 30 days, the Caixin is ready for harvest, from seed to harvest! The NUS Agritech Centre uses a substrate mix of biochar, cocopeat, compost, garden soil and liquid fertilizer. The seedlings planted on 11 Dec 2024 after 2 weeks of germination. Planted in Aqua-Terra Ecoponics – a self-sustaining, pest protected, no-electricity “Green House”. On 26 Dec 2024, we […]
NUS team testing vegetables growth with different mixes of biochar
Many different types of edibles including lady’s fingers, wing beans, different types of melons… And super large winter melons! Giving us a harvest of >60kg last Sunday… community volunteers are a happy lot to experience all these! Picture from www.facebook.com/share/p/i5PQ6iHBxGoA1zAq/
The irrigation and planter technologies makes the farm self-sustaining with monthly harvest since April 2024!
Herbs and Fruit Trees entirely irrigated by SoilDrip Fruit trees, climbers, melons are easy with SoliDrip! No need to water, just let the non-electric sensor based drip irrigation do its job! See the fruits of success after 3 months! See the many big melons! Thanks to a community volunteer’s special efforts!
Irrigation systems booth explaining how sustainability is achieved through using sun (for electricity to power farm tools), rain (for watering plants using sensor-based drip irrigation and wick-based watering) and waste (for regenerating soil and fertilisers production). Volunteers registration booth and NParks booth with giveaways of seeds and goody bags! Germination booth run by the volunteers core team! Booth explaining how […]
Front area is ~400 sqm (30m length x 13m width) with wide frontage where we have installed planter beds on the right and a hosting area on the left. In between spaces are 4 trellises with melons and legumes planted using SoilDrip irrigation with rain water collected in raised drums. Success! First harvest of ~5 kg of vegetables grown from […]
Mid-area is 220 sqm (22m length x 10m width) with 2 rows of planter beds (7 beds + 6 beds) setup using SoilDrip irrigation system. This area also collects rain water from the shelter and pipes them into 5 raised water tanks. Seedlings growing in planter beds in mid-area with minimal resources needed as irrigated by SoilDrip (no electricity needed), […]
Field full of vegetables!
In Nov 2023, won an 18,000 sqft project to setup a self-sustaining farm using technologies powered by nature, i.e., uses rain water, no electricity from the grid, soil and fertilizers generated from the farm etc. Great showcase for 3R Green with biz partners: Singapore Home & Community Farming Academy and Teston Landscape! Initial design of the 18000 sqft Self-Sustaining Community […]