Hydroponic Growing System….New Age Farming!

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Hydroponic Growing System….New Age Farming!

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

Wouldn’t it be nice to produce delicious fruits and vegetables all year round without worrying about droughts or floods? Good news, you can, and it’s a lot cheaper than you may think. Bold statement, I know! This is where hydroponics comes into the equation. Hydroponics is a type of gardening that utlises a rich nutient solution to grow plants in. Plants are then able to extract all the goodness they require in a much easier fashion than from soil.

Basics of A Hydroponics System

A hydroponics growing system consists of a reservoir, a light, and air pump to circulate oxygen in the solution, and that’s pretty much it. Except for the seeds you wish to plant. As your plants aren’t grown in soil, pesticides and weed killer are not required, therefore reducing your time spent gardening. This means less chemicals are polluting our atmosphere, thus decreasing your carbon footprint. The nutrients in most hydroponic growing systems are mix of magnesium sulphate, calcium nitrate, potassium phosphate and potassium nitrate. Before the nutrients are circulated through the plants root system, they must be completely dissolved first.

How You Can Control The Weather

Another beauty of hydroponic growing systems is the environment in which it grows in. You have total control over the weather as your plants are grow inside.  This is how you can grow whatever you want during any part of the year, no matter what season it is.

Environmental Benefits

In addition to the ability to control the growing environment, there are also environmental benefits to using a hydroponic growing systemFirstly, a hydroponic growing system can produce a larger crop in a considerably smaller area than traditional farming, which means natural resources can be preserved. Another great feature of a hydroponic growing system is that you can actually grow the plants in a vertical fashion, rather than horizontally, allowing you to grow many more plants in a much smaller area. Building a hydroponics system can easily be done with recycled plastic buckets. Bigger systems sometimes recycle their water, as a result less water is required throughout the growing process. Indoor Hydroponics is such a great alternative to growing plants outside in soil, it’s clean, simple and extremely easy to start up.