Take hydroponic cultivation to the next level with next-generation precision substrates.
The Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) industry has seen more than its share of upheaval lately. As this rapidly evolving industry settles, the competition among the companies still standing is tougher than ever before. Growers need every competitive advantage to help lift them over the line to long-term success.
We understand many factors go into creating healthy, productive hydroponic growing environments. But the importance of substrates can’t be overemphasized. The right choice can help you conserve resources, optimize inputs, reduce labor and shorten crop cycles, which translates to more product for sale.
OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ can help you achieve all of the above and much more. If you’re already a fan of earlier generations of OASIS® hydroponic media, we encourage you to move into the next generation. If you’re a distributor looking for an edge to offer your customers, it’s time you took a closer look. And if you’re a grower searching for a superior hydroponic substrate, look no further. Reach higher with OASIS® AeroSubstrates™.
Clean, free of pests and pathogens
Cleanliness and food safety are two of the most pressing issues facing CEA growers today. Our labor-saving OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ support cleaner cultivation and food safety from seeding to harvest — with no messy peat, organic materials, or coarse itchy fibers.
Used properly, OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ engineered foam media is a valuable component in effective food safety programs, one that supports you for the long haul.
By the time OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ arrive at your operation, they’ve undergone intensive processes to ensure they’re free of pests, pathogens, physical contaminants, pesticides or excess chemicals — as are all our engineered OASIS® substrates.
Our manufacturing doesn’t include any agricultural products. Our production process itself includes kill steps that help address food safety risks, so you don’t have to worry about disinfection and/or sterilization of our products. We also thoroughly inspect shipping containers and trucks to prevent any contamination risk.
Our ISO 9001:2015 certification demonstrates our desire to always perform at the highest levels of quality and efficiency.
Optimized for Climate, Crop — and Crop Steering
Climate change is rewriting the rules of farming. Seasonal and year-round environmental shifts impact general hydroponic production, but also the specific crops you grow and the resources it takes to grow them. Our OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ expand your choices for hydroponic media to accommodate these shifts.
OASIS® AeroMax™ substrates, available as sheet media (including microgreen sheets) and automation-ready plug trays, support crops and conditions with lower water demand. With root zone air porosity maximized, crops enjoy uniform germination, rapid root penetration and unrestricted seedling growth — and the drier substrate surface minimizes algae formation.
OASIS® AeroSelect™ substrates, also available as sheets and automation-ready plug trays, represent our response to requests from growers working with crops and conditions with higher water demand. These grower-driven solutions optimize water-holding capacity and air porosity for exceptional performance, even with finicky spinach.
Cultivators also benefit when it comes to precision nutrient control. These inert substrates ship without a starter charge, so you can target specific crop needs with maximum ease, flexibility and precision, even when environmental conditions shift. Your nutrients stay fully dissolved in water and readily available for plant uptake.
Low Product Carbon Footprint
Making the switch to OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ isn’t just about growing more profitably. It’s about growing more sustainably, too. As we’ve shared in the past, our third-party Product Carbon Footprint Assessment conclusively confirmed that OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ are a sound choice for sustainability-minded growers — which we believe encompasses the CEA industry as a whole.
In a Cradle-to-Grave carbon footprint assessment comparing OASIS® AeroMax™ to two peat-based products, including one of our own, the CO2 equivalent emissions for Pressed Peat were more than 40 times higher than an equivalent OASIS® AeroMax™ plug. Gravity Filled Loose Plugs came in with CO2e emissions 12.5 times higher than our equivalent engineered substrate plug.
If you know us at all, you understand that we’re serious about improving the sustainability of all our engineered substrates even more. Are we there yet? Not quite. But we will be — and our customers will be there with us, too.
Available When and Where You Need Us
A final point we want to make today is about reliability. Structurally, our OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ are so reliable they’re used by AgBiotech researchers in rigorous research. But, even more importantly, you can also rely on the OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ supply chain. Our established global presence and international manufacturing capacity ensure a stable, reliable availability for growers and distributors worldwide.
Once OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ are on site at your operation, they’re available when you need them there, too. Our ready-on-demand, preloaded singulated OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ PlugTrays and grower-ready OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ PlugSheets — pre-dibbled for single or multi-seed, undibbled for microgreens — are ready to save your automated or manual operation time and labor. And they’re ready to elevate your results with improved uniformity, better quality, higher yields, and crop cycles up to 20% shorter than their predecessors.
Whether you’re a loyal OASIS® customer, a potential customer discovering our edge, or a distributor looking to secure your business share, why not reach higher? Lean into us. We’re Oasis Grower Solutions. OASIS® AeroSubstrates™ are here.