Substrate cultivation, a pivotal soilless farming method, utilizes materials like coconut coir, rockwool, and peat moss as growth matrices, offering advantages such as soil-borne disease isolation, geographic flexibility, and labor efficiency. Common models include large trough, plastic trough, and bag cultivation, each suited to different crops and scales. Despite benefits, challenges persist, such as water-nutrient waste, substrate degradation, and lack of standardization in facilities and commercial substrates.
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