From cannabis to cantaloupe, hydroponic growers face unique challenges that traditional farmers don’t. If you’re unfamiliar with hydroponics, it’s a method of growing crops without soil or natural sunlight. Plants grow in trays or cups suspended over a water-based nutrient solution, not dirt. The roots grow into the water to absorb oxygen and nutrients. Hydroponics is a sustainable method of growing food indoors, such as on rooftops, basements, converted buildings, or outdoors in covered greenhouses. It allows growers to control the entire ecosystem, including temperature, nutrients, pH, and light. Hydroponics works in outer space too. The International Space Station crew […]