The way we grow our food is constantly evolving, with new technologies and techniques being developed to improve efficiency and yields. One such method is hydroponics, a method of growing plants using nutrient-rich water instead of soil. This method has been gaining popularity in recent years due to…
Hydroponics can be practiced in many different ways, for example we have already introduced the ebb and flow system, the nutrient film technique or the deep water culture. One of the most popular of these systems is the so-called drip system. In the previously mentioned systems, the plant roots are…
pH is a vital metric for any hydroponic system, if not the most essential metric. Most importantly it enables your crops to access the nutrients they need. What Is pH? pH stands for potential of hydrogen. It is a scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Acidic solutions…
LED, short for light emitting diode, is a very energy efficient way to provide your plants energy especially in winter. But beware, if you don’t get the right color of light, the plants will not grow well, no matter how much you spend. If you are consider buying a new light setup for your plants…
How does an Ebb-flow system work? Like the NFT System and other hydroponic systems, the essential functionality is circulating water from a reservoir to the plants which are embedded in a grow medium. Whereas the NFT system houses the plants in pipes and let the water run through the pipes. The ebb…
We all love Hydroponics for its ease and capability of being more scalable than conventional gardening. The possibility of using less water and still yielding better results is very attractive. How traditional hydroponics work However Hydroponics is not a self-starter, it comes with the need to…
Today we learn how to build an advances hydroponic system in 7 Steps. At the end you also get a shopping list of all the stuff you need in order to build the system. If you have the feeling that you are more of a beginner, and you want to start with a simpler system, you can also check out this…
In this article we will briefly learn what hydroponics actually is and then we will look at a simple example of how to set up a beginner system. Hydroponics for Beginners There are many different hydroponics systems available and this can be a little overwhelming at first. But all these systems…
The nutrient film technique, NFT for short, is a hydroponic technique in which the plants stand in a shallow stream of water containing all the dissolved nutrients necessary for plant growth. This water flow is circulated through growth tanks containing the roots of the plants. The plants absorb the…
If you are starting with hydroponics, you might wonder: “What plants can I grow in Hydroponics”, and even if you had already a successful hydroponic system, you also might wonder, What else can be grown in a hydroponic system?. Well to answer that question right away: You can grow essentially any…
