Val Techfarms Chennai

Technology on the farm

This page lists the technology on our farm. Each item says whether it is running, built or planned, and when. We describe only what we can show.

Running

  • A steel rack in an insulated room, with grow bags on rope loops

    Insulated rooms

    Insulated sandwich-panel rooms lined with steel racks.

    Running since August 2026

  • A split air conditioner on the far wall at the end of a grow-room aisle

    Cooling

    Split air conditioners cool the rooms.

    Running since July 2026

  • A humidifier unit on the floor at the end of a rack, with its supply pipe

    Humidity

    Humidifiers fed with RO-treated water are switched on once the mushrooms begin to form.

    Running since July 2026

  • Water

    An RO plant treats the water used in the rooms.

    Running since July 2026

  • A louvred exhaust shutter set into an insulated panel wall

    Ventilation

    Exhaust fans with louvred shutters clear the air. We aim to keep CO₂ in the rooms below 650 ppm.

    Running since August 2026

  • Automatic controls

    In September 2026, the installer reported automatic controls for the exhaust fans and humidifiers fitted and working.

    Reported running in September 2026

  • A handheld meter on a rack shelf between mushroom clusters, its screen hidden

    Climate readings

    We read the temperature, humidity and CO₂ in our rooms with a handheld meter. From July to September 2026, the readings were logged each morning in the farm’s daily report.

    Running since July 2026

  • A grow bag on a rope loop, white mycelium spreading through the pellets

    Our own grow bags

    We make our own grow bags on the farm: wood pellets soaked in hot water, spawn mixed in, each bag sealed and pierced by hand. We have tested different pellet substrates side by side. What is mycelium?

    Running since September 2026

  • Grow bags hanging on yellow rope loops along a steel rack, oyster mushrooms fruiting from several

    Rope-hung bags

    The bags hang from the rack shelves on rope loops, a method the farm worked out for itself.

    Running since September 2026

  • Pack labels

    Pack labels are printed on the farm’s own label printer.

    Running since August 2026

Built

  • Farm-management software

    We are building our own farm-management software; it is not yet in use on the farm.

    Built, not yet in use

Planned

  • Cooling automation

    Automatic control of the air conditioning was proposed in September 2026.

    Planned in September 2026

Where we are going

Our aim is to grow into a technology company in mycelium and farm management.

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