\u201cI soon realized that medium selection is the most important thing to keep your seedlings healthy,\u201d says Yongjin Oh, President of Farmers F.D. <\/p>\n
Oh\u2019s aquaponics operation is located close to Seoul, South Korea, and it supplies salad greens to the capital\u2019s most upscale department stores. But it wasn\u2019t always this way. Four years ago Farmers F.D. reached out to Koppert Korea \u2013 which represents Jiffy in this market \u2013 when its lettuces weren\u2019t thriving.<\/p>\n
There were a number of factors to take into consideration. As a grower of produce that\u2019s consumed raw, F.D.\u2019s main priority is food safety. It also needed an eco- and fish-friendly solution. That\u2019s why Koppert advised it to trial Jiffy-7C Pellets. The pellets are made from RHP-certified coir, a natural byproduct of the coconut processing industry. They are industrially compostable because the netting that holds them together is made from all-natural PLA, not fossil plastic.<\/p>\n
Jiffy adapted one of its high-tech growing solutions \u2013 the 42mm x 55mm J-7C Pellet \u2013 for F.D.\u2019s raft growing method, while maintaining all the strengths of the original:<\/p>\n