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This study compared the growth of pechay (Chinese cabbage) using hydroponics and soil-based methods. Pechay was chosen as the test subject because it is easy to grow and popular in the Philippines. The hydroponics system was built with recycled materials, while the soil method used seedling bags. After 7 weeks, the pechay grown with hydroponics was taller, with more leaves, and heavier on average than the pechay grown in soil. Specifically, hydroponic pechay reached a final height of 7.33 inches compared to 7.2 inches for soil pechay. Both methods produced around 7 leaves on average. At harvest, hydroponic pechay weighed an

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This study compared the growth of pechay (Chinese cabbage) using hydroponics and soil-based methods. Pechay was chosen as the test subject because it is easy to grow and popular in the Philippines. The hydroponics system was built with recycled materials, while the soil method used seedling bags. After 7 weeks, the pechay grown with hydroponics was taller, with more leaves, and heavier on average than the pechay grown in soil. Specifically, hydroponic pechay reached a final height of 7.33 inches compared to 7.2 inches for soil pechay. Both methods produced around 7 leaves on average. At harvest, hydroponic pechay weighed an

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This comparative study on growing pechay between hydroponics and soil aimedto determine

which in hydroponics and soil is more effective to use for a growing plant. With a hypothesis
that hydroponics is going to be match better and effective because hydroponics is the next
step in having a more modern technology in agricultural arts. Also a great number of trial
and errors were done in this research for the betterment ofthe study and more. Pechay was
chosen as a test subject because it is easy to growand is one of the most common
vegetable that Filipino likes and loves. A significant e f f e c t s i n t e r m s o f h e i g h t
w a s s h o w n s i n c e t h e a v e r a g e h e i g h t o f a p e c h a y i n hydroponics is higher than
pechay in soil. In 7 weeks, the pechay in soil has a final height of 7.2 IN while 7.33
IN in hydroponics. There is also a significant in terms of leaves of a pechay both the
hydroponics and traditional way of planting produced thesame number of leaves. Both
methods have an average of 7 leaves with an averagecolor of green. Upon harvest there is
a low difference between the pechay in soil andhydroponics. The pechay 1 in soil has a final
weight of 95g while the pechay 2, 3, and 4has a final average of 94.67g in hydroponics.
Furthermore, the data obtained suggestthat hydroponics is more effective and is a
good substitute for and soil method or control.

Caracuel, Kristene Y.Dagooc, Emmanuel C.Kim, Ji Sun R.Riga, Carl Dharwin R.Tabirao, Alyanna
Ross J.

2016-2017

As the world population grows, the demand and need for different products, especially food
products, grow as well. Because of this growing demand, there will be an expected food crisis in
the coming years. To prevent that crises from happening, other methods -farming methods-
and sources of food must be used. This paper studies two farming systems to compare and find
the best system that will cover the current and future demand with the least cost and natural
resources consumption. The first system is the soil-based system (traditional), and the other is
the hydroponic system. Two types of seeds were used, cucumber and Armenian cucumber.
Over a period of 30 days, the heights of the plants for both systems were measured. After
collecting data, the data were analyzed using Design-Expert and the variance test (ANOVA). The
hypothesis of the test is the type of seeds, planting system, and their interaction do have a
significant effect on the height of the plant or not. The experiment resulted in that the type of
seeds doesn’t have a significant effect on the plant growth. However, the planting system has a
significant effect on the plant growth, the hydroponic system has a higher growth rate. This
result achieves the aim of this paper which is finding a planting system that can increase the
productivity to cover the food demand.

Raneem Gashgari, Khawlah Alharbi, Khadija Mughrbil, Ajwan Jan, Abeer Glolam
Madrid, Spain – August 16 – 18, 2018

 
 
Hydroponics is said to have helped in situations like these, where instead of usingtraditional soil
to grow crops, a nutrient-rich solution is used to grow crops with the same qualityof plants
grown in soil. It is said that hydroponically grown plants have increased yields, withcrops grown
fast in good quality, which can contribute immediate support to areas where povertyand famine
is present.

This study focuses on the effects and differences of growing pechay (


  Brassica rapa
) inhydroponics and soil in terms of number of leaves, height, wet weight, dry weight, and
percent ofmoisture. The hydroponics set-up was built with recycled materials, while the soil set-
up wasgrown in seedling bags. Results had shown that pechay grown in hydroponics had better
effectsthan in soil, where the plants had more leaves, taller height, and heavier weight than soil-
grown pechay, because the nutrients in hydroponics was more secured and controlled than in
soil.
 
ALFONSO MIGUEL MERCADO PAREÑA, ELISHA ANNE GONZALES GALURA,
FRANCHESCA LOZANO OCAMPO, GRACE DULCEA PINPIN GUANTERO,
REINHART DIZON MAGDAONG (2019)

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