Fogging systems for rooting greenhouses

KGS-STEAM Ultra High Pressure Fogging System for Greenhouses

KGS-STEAM ultra high pressure fogging systems for rooting greenhouses are optimal for rooting cuttings in an artificial fog environment, growing mushrooms, vegetables, and decorative plants.

Advantages of Ultra-High Pressure Micro-Fog

• A micro-film forms on the leaf, uniformly moisturizing it and providing leaf nutrition. With excessive moisture, the film may collect into droplets. Adjusting humidification parameters and using an adjuvant allows virtually eliminating droplet formation on the leaf.
• When sprayed, the micro-mist does not fall vertically on the leaf like rain, but constantly remains suspended. The fog settling time after supply is shut off at humidity close to 100% — up to 120 seconds or more, depending on the operating pressure.
• The fog does not wash active substances off the leaf: vitamins, adjuvants, fungicides, pesticides. This increases the efficiency of leaf treatment and allows reducing the treatment frequency.
• A dense micro-fog curtain, structurally close to natural morning fog, provides shading for plants in the greenhouse.

Advantages of KGS-STEAM High Pressure Fogging Systems

We manufacture units based on KGSTEST pneumatically driven pumps. Despite the apparent complexity of this solution, it has a number of invaluable advantages that have proven their relevance in practice:

1. Pneumatically driven pumps maintain constant pressure across a wide flow range. You can connect 1 nozzle to any of the proposed units, and the unit will feed it in optimal mode. You can use additional valves to connect and disconnect any number of nozzles from 0 to the maximum value — the pump will continue to supply pressurized water to the closed valve, operating in optimal mode. The limitation on the minimum greenhouse area is eliminated.
For our research, a greenhouse with an area of 6 sq. m. was sufficient. And we achieved perfect mist in that area, even though the pump is designed for a maximum load approximately 100 times greater. We recommend a minimum greenhouse volume of at least 10 cubic meters, as the spray cone height is 3 to 6 meters at 300-600 bar pressure (measurements were taken with nozzles installed vertically upward) — the mist needs a certain minimum volume to disperse.

Conclusion:

• You can build a small home rooting greenhouse and try your hand at plant rooting.
• You don't have to start a plant rooting business with large areas and volumes. You can start small. The misting system will adapt to you.
• You can plan for the future expansion in terms of the number of nozzles. In this case, upgrading the system to a larger volume will be very inexpensive.

2. Pneumatically driven pumps can operate in any intermittent mode. We set the operating mode from 2 seconds to 10 seconds (mist supply interval) with a break from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. This requires only a basic solenoid and a time delay relay. The automation is simple, budget-friendly, and reliable. Additional humidity control systems allow even better control of mist supply.

3. Unlike electrically driven positive displacement pumps, pneumatically driven pumps do not require bypass adjustment (water recirculation), thus there is no water heating during recirculation in a closed loop or water loss during discharge to the sewer.

4. The system is very compact and easy to install/dismantle. The pump unit occupies an area of 60x80 cm (standard housing, can be reduced according to the pump dimensions). Connecting the unit to the nozzle pipeline takes just a few minutes. The main labor-intensive part is the installation of the nozzle pipeline.

The system is not afraid of moisture — pneumatic drive.
You can bring a separate pump or unit directly to the manifold with nozzles inside the greenhouse; there is no need to run high-pressure pipes between rooms.

GENERAL CONCLUSION: if you want to quickly start a business for rooting in an artificial mist environment with minimal capital costs — then you should come to us.

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Our Research

For a member of our team (co-founder of the project), Tatyana Limaeva, we organized a research greenhouse in 2018 to conduct experiments on rooting western thuja cuttings in an artificial mist environment. This became the starting point for the development of the "misting systems" direction of our project.

Based on the experimental results, a scientific article was published and a master's thesis was defended at the Timiryazev Russian State Agrarian University.

We continue to conduct research, study the system's operation, expand the list of rooted crops, and prepare for experiments for Tatyana's PhD thesis defense.

Currently, we are developing rooting technologies for the following crops: rhododendron, azalea, hemlock, Lawson cypress, Skyrocket juniper, Blue Star juniper, Nidiformis spruce, Conica spruce.

We are ready to cooperate with scientific organizations, universities, and scientists in setting up and conducting experiments for PhD and doctoral thesis defense using our misting systems.

Your Opportunities

You can buy or rent a unit for one or several days or for a season. Special demonstration rental terms apply for clients in the Moscow region.

You can purchase high-pressure fogging pumps separately and configure your unit as you see fit. Our specialists will provide you with the necessary consulting support, including supervision of installation works.

If you need to conduct an experiment in an artificial fog environment for writing a thesis — contact us, and we will consider the possibility of conducting the work on our premises free of charge for you.

If you represent a commercial organization and need to conduct experiments using artificial fog on our or your premises — we are ready to cooperate on a commercial basis.