Growing Methods Guide

This guide compares trade-offs, typical crops, and when each method fits hobby vs commercial farms.

Methods covered

Farm & microgreen layout designer — Plan towers, microgreen racks, pumps and outlets on a zoomable grid with half-meter snapping (up to 100 m × 100 m floor plan), draw irrigation in blue and electrical runs in dashed amber in pipe mode, and flip to a live 3D preview.
Profit Calculator — Plug in your seeds, substrate, electricity, labor and CapEx — pick a crop and a sales channel, and see profit per cycle, ROI months, break-even price and a 12-month cumulative cashflow curve. Toggle EUR / USD / THB; defaults come from your plant database.
Light Intensity Simulator — Drag the wattage and the lamp height to see how lux, monthly electricity cost, and heat risk change in real time. Defaults to Belgian/EU electricity tariffs.
Nutrient Mixer & Correction Tool — Pick your crop and growth stage, drop in your reservoir size and current EC + pH, and get a step-by-step plan that fixes pH first, then doses nutrients — never the other way around.
Harvest Calendar — Pick your crop, your planting date and your room temperature. We solve the Q₁₀ growth model — microgreens grow faster in a warm greenhouse than in a heated indoor room — and pinpoint the exact morning hour your tray hits peak crispness.