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SUKOKOIDUL – KKN Mental revolution in Sukokidul Village 2 again held a second work program with the theme of the Independent Indonesia movement, namely "Towards Go Green through Hydroponic Training".
The background of this work program is that the first is to deal with barren land due to limited water and the difficulty of buying vegetables at the market for only a week. 2 times during the Wage and Pahing markets.
We invite One Roof Middle School students 1 Pule to carry out farming activities using modern farming methods, namely hydroponics. We brought in a resource person from One Roof Middle School teacher 1 Pule from Gamping, Trenggalek Sri Pujiapriyanti. The event was attended by the school principal and several One Roof Middle School teachers 1 Pule along with 53 his students.
Today's event is the first introduction to the meaning of hydroponics, agricultural engineering, Types of plants suitable for hydroponics, then a question and answer session and continued with direct planting practice.
The speaker said that hydroponics is suitable for use in areas with minimal water. Because using hydroponics can save approx 90 percent water than using soil media. Then Apri explained the meaning of hydroponics, namely hydro means water and heat to work or can be said to be a technique or method of farming without using land but using water and nutrients..
”This means that even though hydroponics can save water, it cannot run without water,” he said.
He explained that regarding the principle of hydroponics, in principle, plants can live in soil because of the availability of nutrients and if these nutrients can be provided in water by treatment then the plants can also live and give the same results..
The advantage of hydroponic farming is that it is free from pests and diseases, easier to do without requiring manual labor, overcome the problem of limited land, Plants grow faster and fertilizer use is more efficient, better yield and quality of plants.
”The key to successful hydroponics includes the cleanliness of the container, planting media, plants used, and nutrition. Nutritional factors also support the success of this planting, namely essential growth factors: air, light, nutrition, CO2. Essential nutrients: plants are absolutely necessary. Distribution based on needs,” he said. (*)
