A plant life - growing system without using soil has been developed with light-emitting diode lighting systems indoors . The system , which can produce 105 dissimilar plants , can compound the taste of products by using less water and electricity . In the organization called " Smart Garden " developed by Turkish engineers , no pesticides are used , and plant can be grown three times faster than normal .

Electrical and Electronics Engineer Mert Kalayci and Electrical - Electronics Engineer and Izmir University of Economics ( IUE ) Rector Prof. Dr. Murat Askar has developed a flora grow scheme with led lighting systems without using soil in an indoor space . It also attracted the tending of Israel , Britain , and Macedonia .

electric and Electronics M.Sc . Engineer Mert Kalayci complete his master ’s dissertation with IUE Rector and Electrical - Electronics Engineer Prof. Dr. Murat Askar , and then he transformed it into a organization together with his professor .

The organisation , which is used to produce works even at menage using less electricity and more H2O , has been get in three different models . The Smart Garden system , which can increase the savor intensity of 105 unlike plant and grow the mathematical product three metre faster than normal , does not turn back any pesticides . The duo , who receive many awards for their labor , started to market the system to Antalya , Mugla , Ankara , Istanbul , and Izmir . Some extraneous investors and company commence to show strong interest in the system , and we have sent sample distribution products to Israel , England , and Macedonia .

Stating that the starting stage of the labor is speedy population growth and ball-shaped warming , Mert Kalayci note that soil fertility has decreased by 23 % in the last ten age in Türkiye , and product losings have strain 40 % . Kalayci said , " We apply 95 % less water in our organization compared to traditional agriculture . We can make uninterruptedly for 12 months without using any pesticides . There are no microbe and no diseases here . crop are grown in entirely see surround . We currently have datum from 105 different plants . you’re able to grow almost any product you’re able to think of , such as carrots , potatoes , roses , thyme , cotton wool , and tomatoes , with these systems . "

tell that they have built three dissimilar business sector exemplar , Kalayci said , " We are establish a mega facility with the systems we have developed . In other words , we have developed systems that eliminate logistics and minimize carbon emission in the warmheartedness of the city with stand systems . The hardware systems we have developed can grow plants in a 25 - day period by illuminating the area with 33 watt , which our global rival illuminate with 200 watts . The system is sustainable and extremely environmentally friendly . It requires less electricity and very little water for output . In an epoch where a sight of raiser , especially in Europe , are transform into sustainable product and where there is a concert efforted across Europe to reduce carbon gas emissions , we believe this organization will contribute significantly to achieving this end . "

Stating that there are tabletop systems in increase to the shelf system , Kalayci said , " We have a 6 - watt organisation in the tabletop manikin . With this arrangement , you’re able to grow six different plants in your home by expend about 0.5 USD worth of electricity per calendar month . No special seeds are required for this . Because as long as the seminal fluid works , our organisation can grow it . So you establish the seed once , and then you do not need to do anything additional . The system develop the plant in 25 - 30 days . In green leafy grass coinage , it carry on to turn as you fleece it . Many products such as thyme , mint , arugula , basil , dill , Petroselinum crispum , and lettuce can be produced in this agency . Right now , we have only prove it with 105 industrial plant , but potentially other flora diverseness can be turn in this system as well because the organization provides full mastery of the product environment to the cultivator and eliminates uncertainty and , thereby , associated risk with agricultural production .

say that the third model is a glasshouse inflammation system , Kalayci said , " Soilless agricultural greenhouses are already coarse in Türkiye . But even in a 4 - hectare tomato nursery , you may get 120 scads of issue in summertime and 40 tons in winter . In other password , there is a yield personnel casualty of 80 tons . With these organisation , we provide maximum yield opportunities in summer and winter . The projector systems we have prepare allow output in indoor environment . you could produce love apple , lemon , and orange trees in an situation surroundings . Here , too , we exhaust much less electricity than our challenger . While a challenger in the Netherlands consumes about 300 W of electricity , we offer the same photon values ​​as 44 James Watt . "

enounce that they have developed a system that can step in with the taste of the flora , Kalayci said , " For example , the flavor intensity in a leaf of thyme is adequate to a branch of it with our system . We can grow the same plant in the same nourishing solution , voluptuous and more intensely sweet-flavored . While doing this , no pesticides are used . There are not many companies working in the field of study of tasting globally . Just checking whether it grow or not . We can also grow some plant three metre faster . These systems have many advantages . There is no sowing - planting activity , no logistics activity . Since the environment is completely healthy , there is no trouble such as washing the product . you’re able to down it by plucking it flat from the arm . "

Prof. Dr. Murat Askar say , " The project started at the same time as similar projection in the world . As a issue of the preliminary study , we reveal the feasibleness of such a organization . Later , my student wanted to carry on this as a master ’s thesis . We started working together . A project documentation grant was receive from TUBITAK , and we set off our first tests . We measured how dissimilar plant grow under different light spectra and at different times . At this point , we have created a tabletop set , a product set to be build indoors , and a projector set to be used in greenhouses . I hope we will have a project that open up to the world in the future . "

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