Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries
As part of our application to the HomeGrown Innovation Challenge and in partnership with the Kemptville Campus Education and Community Center Greenhouses, ZipGrow is working to break away from leafy...
View ArticleCrop Discovery
We are often asked: “what will grow in a ZipGrow Tower?”, and it is almost easier to counter with “what won’t?”. A significant amount of what the R&D growing team here at ZipGrow does is test what...
View ArticleVertical Peppers and Tomatoes
Genetics play a significant role in the final architecture of a plant, and in vertical farming there is a significant advantage in identifying cultivars that have dwarf characteristics. Exploring...
View ArticlePharmaceutical and Medicinal Crops
With over 80% of the world relying on Herbal Medicines as their primary source of medicine, the interest in supplying a clean source of herbal materials for medicinal use was a primary objective for...
View ArticleWater Quality and Nutrients
Hydroponic nutrients can be overwhelming and challenging to navigate, so we take the burden of trialing and validating nutrient types, brands, quantities, and ratios to offer our customers the...
View ArticleSaint John’s Wort – An ancient crop grown with new technology
St. John’s Wort (SJW) hypericum perforatum is a perennial shrub with a long history of use dating back to ancient Greece and used as a traditional medicinal crop for a wide variety of treatments...
View ArticleStrawberries; Reproduction and Runners
Plants are not so different from us, they require water, nutrients, and sunlight to stay productive and to hopefully reproduce once reaching maturity. There are thousands of different species of...
View ArticleShedding light on diffused glass vs clear glass – greenhouse
Each individual crop has its own specific light requirements to perform transpiration. Higher light levels typically lead to higher transpiration rates, allowing photosynthesis to occur. During...
View ArticleFlower Power in Hydroponic Towers
Most types of flowers can be grown hydroponically. Essentially the elements that they would typically get from the earth and sun can be replaced in an indoor farm or a home system like the ZipGarden....
View ArticleHydroponic broccoli – seed to harvest trials
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