Hydro Masta's PNG Project: From Seed to SupermarketWatch the project take form in the videos below, or for low bandwidth viewers, see the slide show lower on the page. Stage 1: Laying out the site, installing the feed pipes, drain pipes and standsThis installation is a 24 bench NFT pilot system, initially for lettuce and herbs, with a capacity of 4,000 plants. Later expansions will see a wide variety of salad greens and herbs grown on their site in Port Moresby, picked and packed fresh for daily distribution to their stores. Hydro Masta has undertaken the project to not only install the equipment, but to take the produce from seed to the market shelf. This involves training staff and liaising with local suppliers to make this a 'turn key' project for the PNG company.
Stage 2: Completing the installation and planting the benchesA tour of the installation, tank room, propagation room, and the first plants going into the system.
Stage 3: The first harvest, July 2010.Picking, packing and delivering the first fresh packs to Central, Port Moresby.
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