Tuesday saw us co-hosting a seminar with Haifa Australia at our Cranbourne Campus, which focused on the use of soluble fertilizers in hydroponic growing.
The event was extremely well supported with over 35 delegates attending from a wide range of industry practitioners, and many of the delegates also came from Interstate - with South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria all being represented.
The seminar focused on the technical aspects of fertiliser choice and in particular, the need to formulate recipes that not only meet specific fertilizer values, but also provide a 'balanced' recipe in terms of +ve and -ve ions.
Shaul Gilan
Haifa staff members, Shaul Gilan and Peter Anderson were the presenters and provided some challenging and thought provoking content for the delegates, whilst promoting a relaxed learning atmosphere.
Peter Anderson
The morning sessions culminated in some fairly hefty mathematical and chemical theory before the delegates were given a demonstration of the SMART software that has been developed to aid growers in formulating recipes.
In the afternoon the delegates moved to the glasshouse facility where their theoretical skills were once again challenged, along with some practical demonstrations of fertiliser mixing at differing water temperatures.
Delegates from DPI Bundoora check their maths!
The delegates were also able to take a first hand look at the fertigation system and water recycling systems utilised within the National Precision Growing Centre, to see best practise in action.
Following the success of this event in Melbourne, we are now looking to take the seminar 'on the road' and we are now making plans to showcase the seminar in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.
If you are interested in attending a future event in one of these states, we would invite you to express your interest by sending us an e mail via tony.bundock@chisholm.edu.au
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