AlphaCrop™ offers the advantage of High Density Vertical Growing to a wide range of producers from smaller commercial growers, to amateur gardeners, smallholders, community co-operatives or allotment associations. Larger commercial growers may also employ AlphaCrop™ to compliment their VertiCrop™ systems and to produce a wider range of crops including baby carrots, salad potatoes and strawberries.
This innovative new system enhances yields and provides excellent returns for a moderate investment:
- A-frame design ensures that all the plants on the growing system receive optimum light.
- Trays rotate through the vertical plane.
- AlphaCrop™ is fully adaptable, and can be offered in a range of height and length combinations, from one meter to 4 metres or more.
- Can be scaled up from a single unit to multiple modules, all operating on the same motor and utilizing the same irrigation station.
- Growing tray can be adapted to the customer's preferred requirements, whether hydroponic ("floating raft" system, NFT – Nutrient Film Technique, flood and drain system etc.) or if using conventional growing media (peat, compost, coir etc.)
- A range of supplementary lighting is available for use with AlphaCrop™ including the latest LED technology or traditional fluorescent, SON-T or HPI lighting equipment designed and configured to suit specific cropping applications.
- Units are delivered ‘flat-packed’ for ease of shipping (within the UK or overseas) and are simple to erect.
- AlphaCrop™ is ideal where regular cropping is planned, for example, strawberries and other intensively harvested crops. As the shelves can be positioned at the right height, and the plants harvested without the need for the operator to bend or stretch.
- Ideal for growing a whole range of crops, including strawberries, lettuce, all leaf crops and herbs.