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Aug 14, 2024
New automation-ready foam substrate option

OASIS RhizoPlug Tray singulated engineered substrate from propagation media supplier Oasis Grower Solutions (OGS) is automation-ready and provides uniform and consistent quality.

Developed specifically in response to the needs of precision vegetative propagators, this new singulated foam substrate elevates the propagation experience and provides the competitive edge large- and small-scale operators need.

In trials with loose fill and specialty substrates, such as stabilized and bonded substrates, OASIS RhizoPlug Tray consistently delivered up to 20% faster times to root, extract and transplant.

Oasis Grower Solutions director of global grower operations and research, Vijay Rapaka, Ph.D., was lead scientist on the team that developed the remarkable next-generation technology behind the new OASIS RhizoPlug Tray. Rapaka emphasizes that this grower-driven propagation substrate provides real-world solutions to growers’ needs.

“Vegetative propagation is challenging in itself and gets further complicated when cuttings are imported from offshore locations. Despite the rigorous efforts taken by offshore farms, cuttings are not necessarily always consistent and may not arrive in high quality,” he explains. “The OASIS RhizoPlug Tray was exclusively formulated to fast track the recovery process of those vegetative cuttings that were excised and shipped for 3 to 4 days, often under unfavorable conditions.”