1 Introduction
1.1 Definition
1.2 Why soilless culture
1.3 Advantages of soilless culture
1.4 Developing fields of Soilless Culture
1.5 Facilities for soilless culture
2 Systems and Methods
2.1 Water Culture
NFT, DFT, Tube culture, Aeroponics
2.2 Medium Culture
Plan of Medium Culture, Cross Section of Medium Culture Bed, Medium culture bed, Bag culture, Box Culture, Coir Growbag, Column Culture, Plant factory, Micro-garden
2.3 System Design：Open system & Closed system
3 Water and Nutrients
3.1 What kinds of water source can be used to make nutrient solution
3.2 Water quality
3.3 Essential elements for higher plants growth
3.4 Methods of mixing fertilizers
3.5 Factors affected nutrient formulae
3.6 PH
3.7 EC
3.8 Steering water content in substrate
3.9 Disinfection of nutrient solution
4 Vegetable Production
4.1 Medium properties
4.1.1 Medium choice
4.1.2 Characteristics of a good medium
4.1.3 Medium properties: Peat, Vermiculite, Rockwool, Coir
4.2 Medium Culture Tomato (loose material)
4.2.1 Cultivar choice
4.2.2 Cultivation schedule
4.2.3 Seedling Culture
4.2.4 Preparing medium culture system
4.2.5 Transplanting
4.2.6 Irrigation System
4.2.7 Formulae of Tomato
4.2.8 Irrigation strategy
4.2.9 Training and Pruning
4.2.10 Pollination
4.2.11 Diseases and pests control
4.3 Medium culture cucumber (Preformed materials)
4.3.1 Sowing
4.3.2 Seedlings
4.3.3 Greenhouse and installation preparation
4.3.4 Transplanting
4.3.5 Training and Pruning
4.3.6 Feed Formulae for Different Phases of Cucumber Production in Rockwool
4.3.7 pH and EC
4.3.8 Check the nutrient solution
4.3.9 Coir culture
4.3.10 Common problems
4.4 Conclusion
