Hydroponics

Hydroponics is a popular (and rapidly growing) horticulture method that involves growing plants without soil.Thanks to years of research, there are several hydroponics setup options today. Success in hydroponics is achieved when root health is carefully monitored. Hydroponics is derived from the Greek words “hydro”, meaning (you guessed it) “water”, and “ponos”, meaning “labor. Put simply, Hydroponics is a horticulture method that involves growing plans with only water, nutrients, and (typically) some sort of medium. That’s right, no soil! The goal of hydroponics is to remove as many obstacles as possible between plant roots and water, oxygen, and nutrients. Hydroponics […]

Hydroponics is an agriculture method that involves growing plants in something other than soil. There are a few different approaches to hydroponics. Sometimes the roots are supported in perlite or gravel. Often, however, no growing medium is used; plants are suspended with their roots immersed in the nutrient solution. The key difference between traditional growing methods and hydroponics is how nutrients are applied to roots. While in traditional agriculture roots receive nutrients via soil, In hydroponics nutrients are supplied to plant roots via mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. flikr.com What’s in a hydroponic nutrient solution? Essential nutrients included […]