In Changqing District of Jinan, there is an 18-meter-high sky farm situated within the Guoshun Green Building Low-Carbon & Steel Intelligent Technology Demonstration Industrial Park.
Take the elevator up to the fifth floor, and you will be greeted by a lush green landscape, where crops covering 30 mu are thriving vigorously.
Take the elevator up to the fifth floor, and you will be greeted by a lush green landscape, where crops covering 30 mu are thriving vigorously.
All crops here adopt soilless cultivation. “Provence” brand tomatoes are grown in water-retentive and breathable coconut coir strips, with water and fertilizer precisely supplied through thin drip irrigation tubes.
According to Wang Chengzeng, Senior Agronomist at the Sky Farm of Guoshun Green Building Technology, the annual yield of tomatoes reaches 30,000 kilograms per mu, which is ten times the output of traditional ground-grown tomatoes.
Pierre Bell, founder of the Dutch group, demonstrated the unique planting advantages brought by the sky farm’s high intelligence:
Precise water and fertilizer supply greatly saves resources;Being elevated far above the ground keeps crops away from pests, allowing basically pesticide-free cultivation;Temperature and humidity can be adjusted freely at any time.
