Aeroponic vegetables and fruits make their debut at the Agriculture Carnival, showcasing new soilless cultivation technology

In the Agricultural Creativity Hall of the Third Beijing Agriculture Carnival, the solanaceous fruit aeroponic area exhibited for the first time this year is extremely attractive and has become a scene sought after by many visitors.

In the “Vegetable Poetry and Painting” exhibition area, after passing through the eggplant trellis of pipe hydroponics and the gourd corridor of pipe substrate culture, you come upon patches of colorful bell peppers; under the green leaves, their small red, green, and yellow heads are plump and glossy. This solanaceous fruit aeroponic area is the work that Tan Baolin, the chief technical engineer of this exhibition area, is most proud of.

It is understood that solanaceous fruits have semi-lignified rhizomes, and therefore have higher requirements for water mist. A Beijing Youth Daily reporter saw that in the foam board below the bell peppers, small spray nozzles are inserted one by one, regularly spraying water vapor onto the plant roots. Tan Baolin introduced that using the “aeroponic method” to produce 1 kilogram of vegetables and fruits requires only 10 kilograms of water, reducing water use by 97.5% compared with ordinary methods. In addition, the vegetables and fruits do not come into contact with soil during their growth process, which also reduces damage from pathogens.

⟦NL> Can these new technologies be used at home? Of course they can. In the family experience area inside the hall, citizens can customize pipe-type or column-type three-dimensional cultivation racks placed on balconies, bringing agricultural high technology home.