All about Hydroponics

Dan Miller
Aug 26, 2017 · 3 min read

Hydroponics is the system of growing your plants without the use of soil and it will be interesting for you to know that the word hydroponics is a Latin word that means “working water”. Furthermore, hydroponics is when you grow your crops in sand, water, or gravel but definitely not soil and the use of these items is simply to enable the plant grown by you to have a balance while it is being. These hydroponics systems have step — by- step procedure that you will need to follow to enable you to have great success in your art of planting.

Benefits of implementing the Hydroponics system

There are numerous benefits that can be gotten from this system and these are a few of such:

1. Harvest: there is a greater percentage of success for your crops and this can be attributed to the use of the hydroponics system of growing plants. The success rate of making use of this system of growing crops can be seen in the growth rate of these crops which is always higher than the crops that are grown in the soil. Consequently, the yield of these crops will also be higher than the crops that are grown in the soil. In addition to the success rate of this system of growing crop, crops do not need to grow roots to look for nutrients because the water is always rich with nutrients and the crops concentrate on growing.

2. Crop diseases: finally on the issue of the benefits of the hydroponics system of growing crops is the fact that the crops do not get easily attacked by fungus, diseases and the infestations of bugs which kills a crop faster than you can ever imagine. This singular benefit will encourage you to grow any kind of vegetables that you desire to have in your garden.

How to get started on the Hydroponics system of planting

You might really be wondering and thinking about how to get started with the Hydroponics system of growing crops:

Equipment: the first thing that you will need to get is your equipment which consists of your organic seeds, fill and drain kit that does not make use of electricity, the deep water culture, crystals of different colors, Led light, an air pump etc.

Step by Step on how to start your own hydroponic system of farming

1. Plant: make a decision on the type of crop that you intend growing and you will also need to get the seeds or seedlings of the plant that you so desire to grow. Moreover, you will need to know the quantity of crop(s) that you intend growing.

2. Seeds: secondly, you will need to get your seeds started by having the seeds covered in a plate and put in a place where there is warmth for a period of about 3–5 days.

3. Your location for the growing of the crop will have to be chosen, you will need to have your holes for the placing of the containers marked and spaced, have your nutrient solution ready, have your seedlings or seeds planted in a growing medium, monitor the seeds, let it grow, harvest the yield, flush the entire system. Hydroponics systems are the best for growing plants.

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