Antibacterial rockwool growth medium for hydroponics
AssigneeAkechi Ceramics Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshinari Kato, Satoshi Kameshima
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Abstract
An antibacterial rockwool growth medium for hydroponics is used for hydroponic growth of rice, flowers and ornamental plants, fruitage, etc. The medium includes a rockwool base used as a culture medium for hydroponics, and an inorganic antibacterial agent is dispersed substantially uniformly onto an overall surface of the rockwool base or a part of the surface of the rockwool base.
Claims1
An antibacterial rockwool growth medium for hydroponics comprising a rockwool base used as a culture medium for hydroponics, wherein an inorganic antibacterial agent is dispersed substantially uniformly onto an overall surface thereof or a part of the surface thereof the inorganic antibacterial agent comprises silver and/or copper and a metal component of the inorganic antibacterial agent has an amount of elution into a nutrient solution not more than 50 ppb and is dispersed so as to range from 0.01 to 5.0 wt. % relative to the rockwool base.
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