Hydroponic irrigation New technology combining hydroponics and drip irrigation is being used to grow fruit trees, offering benefits to orchardists in water-starved regions. The Hydroponic Irrigation Adaption System or HIAS, has been patented by Jorge Labrador Agustin of Jormar Fruits, a Spanish company with 30 years of tree fruit experience in the Ebro Valley. The system can be adapted to existing orchards or newly planted ones and works by feeding a tree root into a specialized hydroponic bag filled with substrates that sits on top of the ground near the base of the tree. Drip irrigation lines feed the root […]