Hydroponic gardening (growing plants and food without soil) is gaining a lot of attention among consumers, as more people take an interest in it. As such, several hydroponic systems have come out – each designed to help grow plants in various quantities. Sometimes, these systems are pre-designed and sold as a unit or kit (a [...]
Hydroponic gardening (growing plants without soil) is a growing but highly misunderstood practice. Some people think of it as suspicious because the practice is connected with illegal substances, others think of it as an overreaching science while a whole lot see it as a purely novel-but-expensive pastime. Truth be told, hydroponics is a system utilized [...]
For many people, the concept of general hydroponics is tad baffling. It sounds like a super-scientific term having to do with laboratories, something that alters a natural process like the growing of plants and turns it into a complex, unnatural process. So let us take the concept of hydroponics down to its basic elements. The [...]
In very simple terms, hydroponics can be described as the growing of plants without soil. There are 4 basic elements a plant requires in order to grow: water, nutrients, an anchor for the roots (that is, “medium”), and light. Usually, three of these four ingredients come through the soil, but actually the primary function of [...]
Hydroponics is definitely revolutionizing the growing industry, albeit not being a totally new concept. Individuals and hobbyists are maintaining hydroponic gardens in their homes; people are having hydroponic grow rooms in their houses as an alternative to maintaining outdoor gardens; and now, we’re starting to see the hydrofarm emerging as an alternative to regular farming. [...]
Hydroponics is the growing of plants without soil-meaning, the nutrients that are normally supplied through the soil to the plants should come from an alternative source, usually through the water solution. Obviously, the advanced nutrients solution given to hydroponic plants has a direct effect on their growth, health, and their yield. There are around 17 [...]
In many states, the Medical Marijuana patient is allowed to grow marijuana. Indeed, growing your own marijuana is a good decision – especially if your rate of consumption is high. Doing so also allows you to have unlimited supply of your favorite strain of weed. Unless you own a vast estate, your best bet for [...]
Hydroponic lights, also known as grow lights, are used, sometimes together with one of its other varieties, to achieve the best lighting results. If you are using natural sunlight in any way, the grow lights will be used to supplement natural light; if you are using strictly artificial lighting, your setup would naturally be a [...]
In hydroponic gardens, natural sunlight is replaced by specialized “grow lights” which are especially made to emit the spectrum that the plant needs most. The type of grow light you need, of course, depends on several factors, such as the kind of plant and the plant behavior that you are trying to encourage. First, it’s [...]
While natural light is essential for plant growth in hydroponic gardening, it may well be replaced by artificial lighting. The use of grow lights, as they’re referred to, efficiently extends daylight for the plants (or substitutes for daylight altogether). Regular incandescent lights don’t work well for this purpose because plants need a certain intensity of [...]