Cultilene vs. Grodan
Stonewool AKA Stonewool: What’s the Benefit for Your Commercial Grow Operation?
Once widely used solely in the construction industry due to the excellent abilities of insulation, the commercial horticulture industry has integrated the material as a substrate in hydroponic operations. This substrate is known as rock wool. Rock wool goes by many names such as stone wool or mineral wood. However, this material is made the same and has the same characteristics. Rock wool is made from the melting and spinning of molten rock into thin, but strong threads. These threads are layered together into different shapes depending on the desired application in the commercial operation. With the wide crop range that can be grown in rockwool, it is no surprise that the commercial hydroponic industry regards rockwool as a diverse and easily customizable material that can last for seasons. There are several main benefits of using rockwool that make its use better than the traditional media like topsoil or potting soil. The main benefit focuses on water properties. Stonewool has proven improved moisture holding capacities while providing even distribution of water throughout the woolen container. Even with the excellent water retention, the material is still able to provide top notch aeration to the root zones promoting strong growth of roots and in turn the plant. Rockwool is able to be used for many growing seasons with the same performance as the first growing season. The material is naturally sterile and free from pathogens, however, when reusing for the next growing season an operation should sanitize or steam the cubes to ensure no pathogens stick around between uses. Stonewool can also be easily customized into any shape or size to fit the specific crops needs. Even though it is light-weight, it is durable and doesn't break down or decompose due to the characteristics of the stone. With the many benefits of stonewool, the commercial horticulture industry has progressively increased demand for this material. In the industry, there are two major companies that stand out among the crowd for their high quality rockwool products: Cultilene and Grodan.
Cultilene
Cultilene is an international company that prides itself on four areas of focus built and supported by over forty years of experience. With their focus on knowledge, reliability, partnerships for the long-haul, and challenging the existing technology to be even better, Cultilene provides high-quality rockwool products for the application in propagation, vegetable production, and cut flower industries. With an additional major focus on sustainability of water, energy conservation, and recycling of raw materials both from the manufacturer and the growers, Cultilene is a world leader in conservation and industry support.
| Focus | What it means |
| Knowledge | Support in water management in the root zone through industry experts and experience |
| Reliable | Committed to providing increased quality products by working with the grower for higher performance at a higher level. |
| Partnerships | Committed partner to international horticulture with a great importance placed on long-term relationships. |
| Challenging the Existing | Looking for new and innovative ways to challenge and combat the global food problem |
| Sustainability | Efficiency in water and energy + recycling of rockwool material both from factory and discarded after use by an operation. |
Grodan
Grodan is an international company based in the Netherlands with over fifty years of experience in the commercial horticulture industry. With the pride of inventing the horticulture use rockwool product, Grodan provides rockwool for applications in large-scale vegetable production, propagation, and floriculture industry In their practices, Grodan bases their beliefs on precision growing principles- inert, uniform, steerability, irrigation efficiency, and optimizing production, as well as a sustainability focus.
| Focus | What it means |
| Inert | Using sanitary growing media free of disease and pathogens |
| Uniform crop development | Producing crops that grow and mature in a uniform and even manner through water control |
| Steerability | Control or steer a crop’s growth through water content and EC in the growing media |
| Irrigation Efficiency | Increase water efficiency through user advice and research |
| Optimizing Production | Provides growers with the best conditions for crop production |
| Sustainability | Solutions are aimed at doing more with less, with respect for people and the planet aka Precision growing |
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Wholesale Commercial Stonewool Cubes
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About MORR Inc.-
MORR Inc. is a wholesale commercial agriculture distributor for planting, growing, and farming located in Los Angeles, CA. MORR Inc. supplies top of the line wholesale commercial hydroponic systems, commercial grow systems, a wide selection of grow lights and automated control systems, nutrient rich soils and growing media, a large selection of specialized advanced plant nutrients for different plant life cycles, dosing and drip irrigation systems, high tech environmental meters and automated systems, fans, filters, plant pesticides, plant fungicides, automated crop management systems, general commercial grow facility supplies and services, plus much more! https://morr.com
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MORR Inc.
MORR Inc. is a wholesale commercial agriculture distributor for planting, growing, and farming located in Los Angeles, CA. MORR Inc. supplies top of the line wholesale commercial hydroponic systems, commercial grow systems, a wide selection of grow lights and automated control systems, nutrient rich soils and growing media, a large selection of specialized advanced plant nutrients for different plant life cycles, dosing and drip irrigation systems, high tech environmental meters and automated systems, fans, filters, plant pesticides, plant fungicides, automated crop management systems, general commercial grow facility supplies and services, plus much more!
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