High-Turnover Hydroponic Systems for leafy greens.
Modular solutions that eliminate the labor bottleneck. Achieve densities of up to 360,000 plants/ha while automating 90% of crop movement through gravity-driven operation.
Leafy greens profitability is defined by faster cycles and lower labor dependency.
The primary operational risk in leafy green production is the high dependence on manual harvesting. Traditional production models struggle to achieve scale efficiently, driving labor and operating costs to unsustainable levels.
Decouple production from labor cost growth.
Crop automation. Our automated system (Leaf/Baby-Leaf) moves 90% of the crop to the operator by gravity, eliminating non-productive worker travels.
Labor Productivity Ratio. We transform a labor-intensive model into an optimized industrial process, achieving benchmarks of up to 700,000 heads per operator annually, while enabling 5 hectares of baby leaf production to be managed by only 3 operators.
You know the limits of soil: root diseases, mandatory fallow periods, and a maximum number of harvests per season that limit your annual revenue.
Break through the ceiling on annual cycles and maximize the yield of your current area (whether open-field or greenhouse).
Soil independence and continuous crop rotation. By eliminating land preparation and recovery periods, production cycles can be chained without interruption. In dedicated Baby-Leaf systems, up to four harvest cycles can be achieved from a single seeding
50% water savings. Cycles per Year and Zero Discharge. We double the number of annual harvests versus traditional soil, recirculating the nutrient solution and ensuring zero discharge to the ground.
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Production Scenario |
Expected Yield |
Business Impact |
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Traditional Soil |
Limited by climate and fallow periods |
Operational Inefficiency (Low utilization, fewer cycles, and health risk). |
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NGS Manual Mobile System |
Up to 220,000 plants/ha |
Margin Optimization (Direct reduction of up to 30% in operating costs). |
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NGS Automated System |
Up to 360,000 plants/ha |
EBITDA Maximization (Gravity automation: 3 operators / 5 ha). |
Bespoke engineering to your production scenario
Whether you are transitioning to open-field hydroponics or investing in full greenhouse automation, we engineer the right system to unlock the maximum production potential of your infrastructure.
Enter hydroponics without the cost and complexity of greenhouse infrastructure. NGS Open Field remains the only dedicated open-field hydroponic lettuce solution available worldwide.
TECHNOLOGY: Designed for open-field conditions, these fixed structures integrate with the tractors and implements already used in soil cultivation, ensuring a smooth and cost-effective transition.
YIELD Doubles the number of cycles per year versus traditional soil.
STRUCTURAL FIT: Suitable conditions for open-field growing:
PROFILE: Traditional growers ready to make the technological leap: doubling annual crop cycles, eliminating soil-borne diseases, and achieving zero discharge through full nutrient solution recirculation.
A smart balance between dramatically increasing production and maintaining an affordable, scalable initial investment.
TECHNOLOGY: Manually operated mobile benches that eliminate permanent aisles, creating work corridors only when needed to maximize growing density and productivity.
DENSITY Up to 220,000 plants/ha. Depending on varieties.
STRUCTURAL FIT Recommended structure: Suitable for any greenhouse.
PROFILE: Greenhouse operators who need to break through their current production ceiling, with a limited investment, while lowering labor and operating costs.
Engineering designed to minimize the impact of planting and harvesting costs while maximizing yield per square meter.
TECHNOLOGY: An industrialized growing system where 90% of crop movement is automated through gravity, bringing plants directly to operators at the processing area
DENSITY Up to 360,000 plants/ha. Depending on variety
LABOR EFFICIENCY: Up to 700,000 units per operator per year
PROFILE Large growers or large-scale investment projects that require a constant, standardized, and predictable production flow, reducing dependence on labor.
A precision engineering solution for producing ultra-short-cycle varieties.
TECHNOLOGY: Gravity-driven automated system optimized for continuous harvesting. Its design enables up to four harvest cycles from a single seeding, eliminating replanting downtime, substrate replacement and maximizing productivity
YIELD Production capacity of up to 1,000 tonnes per year.
LABOR EFFICIENCY: A new benchmark in labor productivity: 3 operators required to manage 5 hectares.
PROFILE: Large-scale growers and fresh-cut salad processors requiring a reliable year-round supply of raw material at the lowest possible unit cost
High-tech or low-tech? The real question is: what's the right-tech for your operation?
NGS Recirculating Hydroponics: Beyond the PVC pipe
Increasing the number of annual growing cycles and maintaining productivity during periods of high temperature required a complete redesign of the root environment.
The limitation on the length of traditional PVC pipes drives up the price of the irrigation system and limits density. At NGS, we replace the rigid pipe with the multilayer, which allows line lengths of up to 100 m.
Continuous nutrient flow through interconnected growing levels prevents water stagnation and promotes permanent root-zone oxygenation. As a result, roots can develop at maximum speed in highly dense cultivation environments without suffering from hypoxia.
A 100% recirculating system that recovers and reuses drainage in each cycle, achieving direct water and fertilizer savings of 50–60% versus traditional soil cultivation.