{"id":15874,"date":"2016-06-17T09:18:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T09:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aegean-perlites.com\/?page_id=15874"},"modified":"2016-06-23T08:31:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T08:31:00","slug":"agriculture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;ns_text&#8221;]<span lang=\"en-US\"><u><b>Expanded perlite in the production of agricultural products (hydroponics, growing media):<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">provides good aeration and optimum moisture retention for plant growth (high porosity)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">regulates drainage rate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">has a reasonably stable pH<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">is sterile (high temperatures used for expansion)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">can be recycled<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">In hydroponic cultivation (growing of plants in a non-soil, supporting media) either in green-houses or in grow-bags filled with expanded perlite, it allows delivery of controlled amounts of water and specific nutrients to the plants and retains more air than the other materials, optimizing root development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Regarding expanded perlite in growing media, a typical soil mixture with perlite (20-40% by volume) will have a pH 5.9-6.7, moisture content 10-45% and apparent density 90-150 kg\/m3 (0,09-0,15g\/ml).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;15875&#8243; img_size=&#8221;300&#215;300&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;15876&#8243; img_size=&#8221;300&#215;300&#8243; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;ns_text&#8221;]Expanded perlite in the production of agricultural products (hydroponics, growing media): provides good aeration and optimum moisture retention for plant growth (high porosity) regulates drainage rate has a reasonably stable pH is sterile (high temperatures used for expansion) can be recycled In hydroponic cultivation (growing of plants in a non-soil, supporting media) either in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15874"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16036,"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15874\/revisions\/16036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aegean-perlites.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}