Design and evaluation of vertical coriander growing equipment using soilless planting media combined with artificial lighting

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Published: May 13, 2025
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Vertical farming Soilless planting media Artificial lighting

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Akkaparp Panpoom
Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Thailand
Tanapong Sanchum
Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Thailand
Pongrawee Namwong
Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Thailand
Wuttiphol Chansrakru
Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Thailand
Weang Arkornchee
Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Thailand
Sarawuth Parnthon
Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Thailand
Arnon Saicomfu
Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Thailand

Abstract

This research aims to increase the planting area in a 6x24 m greenhouse using a vertical planting system using soilless planting materials combined with artificial light. The vertical planting system will increase the yield per area, grams per plant by designing the planting equipment as an A-Frame layer with 10 planting trays in total. Each tray uses soilless planting materials by experimenting to find the appropriate ratio. Then, the yield from 3 planting methods were compared: A-Frame without light bulbs, A-Frame with light bulbs and a planting table. The results of the experiment to find the planting material ratio found that the ratio that gave the highest yield was coconut husks: raw rice husks: black rice husks: cow dung in a ratio of 2.0:3.0:3.0:2.0, giving an average yield of up to 101 grams/plant. The results of the comparison of the 3 planting methods showed that planting on the A-Frame without light bulbs gave the highest yield per greenhouse, 15% higher than planting on a normal table, which resulted in more cost-effectiveness of using the greenhouse.

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Panpoom A, Sanchum T, Namwong P, Chansrakru W, Arkornchee W, Parnthon S, Saicomfu A. Design and evaluation of vertical coriander growing equipment using soilless planting media combined with artificial lighting. Ag Bio Eng [internet]. 2025 May 13 [cited 2025 Aug. 20];2(3):90-4. available from: https://ph04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/abe/article/view/8745
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