Print money by growing food !
Title
NEWSTART Eco-Gardens Pty (Ltd).
Introducing:
The Plant Cultivation Capsule PAT(2013/06699) a unique
and functional free flow irrigation method.
Featuring 3 main products:
• PCC’s Plant Cultivation Capsules
• PCT’s Plant Cultivation Tunnels
• MCC’s Mushroom Cultivation Capsules
Our mission
• To convert desert sand into farms.
• To produce low cost Plant Cultivation
infrastructure.
Newstart Plant Cultivation Capsules in
semi-dessert area.
Concrete kerbings are difficult to move, perfect for high crime areas.
Plant Cultivation Tunnel
Challenges without PCC’s and PCT’s:
Spinach eaten by birds
and insects.
No water banking
Conventional tunnels are in most cases too high tech for
Developing communities and require many recourses.
Thus they are not sustainable in these areas.
Return on Investment
• In just 4 weeks one PCC
can provide 12 x 500g
bunches of spinach
• Gross income per hectare
with 1716 PCC’s are
R 138 069.70 per month.
Water saving
• Shade cloth saves
water by up to
60%.
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• Mulch and water
banking saves up
to 25% water.
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• Total water saving
85%.
Mosadi Tshwene
vegetable project
has won 1st prize
Nationally in water
saving, using the
Plant Cultivation
Capsule system.
Interchangeable system Vegetable or
Mushroom production.
• Construction is
the same as the
PCC’s.
• Can be covered
with shade net,
plastic or
Mushroom cave
material.
Student at North West university showing off
his oyster mushrooms.
• When
mushroom caps
are then
formed.
• The mycelium
will produce
pinning for as
long as there
are enough
mushroom
substrate to
grow on.
• Optimal
temperature for
growth is 25ºC
Access control
Cover the plant capsule
when you don’t want
any interference.
• Open for chickens and other
animals to consume plant
waste after harvesting.
• Pollination by bees and wind
can be done in the open state.
This is
so easy
Hail protection
Not working !
Structure not designed
to withstand hail storm.
Working ! Structure
designed to withstand
hail storm.
Organised permaculture.
• A sheep farmer can have up
to 30 sheep per hectare in
the same area where he is
farming vegetables, close to
his home.
• 54 Russian grass polls per
PCC.
• Estimated income after 4
months from selling stems
per PCC is $ 44.74.
• Visit
www.russiangrass.co.za for
more info.
Dual-purpose
• Capillary moisture
movement under
kerbings ensures crops
outside of PCC’s.
• Sheep and other
animals can graze the
spaces between the
PCC’s or it can be
used for cultivating
other plants that does
not need shade net
protection.
Certification
• Proper training,
certification
and mentoring
of up to 2 years
are part of our
mandate.
NEWSTART Eco-Farmer
certification.
Water banking
• Water irrigated
stay inside the
concrete
kerbing
reduces runoffs
and keeps the
nutrients in the
right area.
Recycled Timber plastic PCC’s backyard
farming.
These are manufactured in different shapes and
are exported. Then reassembled as a DYI project.
Schools can easily integrate farming into the
curriculum.
• Schools benefit
the most.
Especially
ones located in
areas far from
commercial
farms and
supermarkets.
Our latest design & benefits
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More durable.
Easy to assemble.
More secure and firm.
Even more resitant to our
Natural elements.
• Bigger ground area coverd
per square meter.
• Seems more presentable
and easy on the eye.
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these documents and this system
Solution & Conclusion
Why then Plant Cultivation Capsules?
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Users Friendly
Environmental Friendly
Educational
Water efficient
Aesthetical
Low cost
Durable
Sustainable
Organic cultivation
Conventional tunnel converted to
organic Plant Cultivation Capsule
system.