Cutting Edge Watering Techniques
Tom Richardson represents a large missing piece of the living soil paradigm, in order to maintain advanced biological life in the soil, high levels of DO (dissolved Oxygen) is critical in irrigation water which is typically hypoxic. Tom has several successful projects across the globe proving this technology efficacy. Now its time that this tech be introduced to advanced grower in the cannabis space.
Alejandro Imass represents another cut edge tool for the cannabis space. He has been working on software, values and pumps that will dial in a theory that one can push the genetic expression of a plant to produce more by using water. Although this concept has been shown to be effective in a lab setting it has never been put together in an affordable manor.
In 2012 Leighton set up a small scale aquaculture system with 100 tilapia at Rodale Institute. He worked with Dr. Elaine Ingham, a world renowned soil biologist, blending his by-products with traditional compost and worm castings to prove the value of aquatic ecosystems by-products and how they can reduce the need for synthetics on the environment. For eighteen months, Leighton studied the art of composting, compost tea brewing, extract making and vermaculture to complete the proof of concept work necessary. By combining these products/ techniques and applying them to his knowledge of machines and forces, he was able to develop processing equipment to produce the end products that Kingdom Aquaponics™ is now offering.
Leighton then joined forces with James Sottilo of Ecological Landscape Management, a nationally recognized pioneer in organic land and tree care. Together they vetted the product while continuing to improve it with the tried and tested methods that James has implemented in his work. Leighton has successfully scaled up production three times over without compromising quality.
