Growing Your Own Hydroponics Garden: Introduction
to Hydroponics Gardening
Hydroponics gardening becomes more and more popular these days. Some consider
it miraculous. But what is hydroponics gardening after all? How does this system
work? Why is it considered more convenient and more successful than classic
gardening (geoponics)? What are the advantages and disadvantages of growing
your own hydroponics garden? Here are some answers to the questions above.
With hydroponics you can grow plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers etc) using
water and mineral nutrients instead of soil. The idea behind hydroponics gardening
is to provide the plants with all the nutrients they need to absorb, without
using soil. Besides, soil is just a nutrient reservoir and its not critical
to the plant growth.
You can grow almost any kind of plant using hydroponics techniques but there's
no guarantee that you will produce greater crops and more nutritious or better
tasting products than with quality soil. What is certain is that hydroponics
gardening is cheaper, less tiring and it allows greater control of the plant
itself.
Here is a list of the great advantages that hydroponics gardening has
to offer comparing with classic geoponics gardening:
- In geoponics gardening you kill the plant when you remove it from the ground
while in hydroponics gardening you can package the plant and keep it alive and
fresh for longer periods of time.
- In geoponics gardening you have to dispose, sterilize and reuse a solid medium
while in hydroponics gardening you don't even use any kind of solid medium.
- In hydroponics gardening you have eye contact and full control of the plant's
root system while in geoponics gardening roots are hidden in the ground.
- In hydroponics gardening there's no need to worry about over watering or under
watering the plant while in geoponics gardening you always have to change and
adjust your watering techniques according on the weather and the soil condition.
- Hydroponics gardening can be developed in areas where there's no quality soil
present. For example in areas covered with snow or in a space station while
geoponics gardening should always be developed in quality soil in order to produce
best crops. - Hydroponics plants is an excellent plant research and plant learning
tool. They can be transferred anywhere without any hassle. In order to study
a geoponics plant you have to move to the place where the plant grows.
- Plants grown with geoponics methods may suffer from all kinds of diseases,
pesticides, weeds etc. caused by the presence of soil. In hydroponics gardening
there's no soil at all no weeds and no pesticides of course.
- The use of water to maintain and preserve the plant can be dramatically reduced
in hydroponics gardening, while in classic geoponics gardening you always have
to use more water than you need for irrigation.
- A hydroponics garden may be set up with timer systems to automatically fertilize
the plants while in geoponics gardening fertilizing the plants is always a pain
and most of the times it must be done manually.
- Plants grown with hydroponics techniques are healthier because they receive
a balanced and controllable portion of nutrients while with geoponics gardening
you can never be sure about the plant's nutrition because there are too many
factors to consider, for example whether the soil already contains enough minerals
to grow the plants or whether it should be enriched with the right mix of minerals
etc.
Here are some of the disadvantages of having your own hydroponics garden:
- Hydroponics gardening usually relies in electrical systems like timers or
pumps. These systems control critical aspects of the plant's nutrition routine.
If any of the system fails it could result to the total destruction of the plant.
In geoponics gardening you just add the water and let soil do the rest.
- If you are serious about hydroponics gardening you need more technical knowledge
and information on various subjects (different solutions and mediums, types
of irrigation, various materials etc.) while in geoponics gardening the rules
are pretty standard and well known to almost everybody.
- Hydroponics plants require close attention, care and support and will die
if not frequently monitored while geoponics plants do not require such close
attention.
Hydroponics gardening gives you the chance to grow almost anything anywhere.
In your kitchen, in your roof-top or anywhere inside your apartment. It can
be done easily and effectively if you know what you are doing and you love gardening
and plants. For further information grab this free
hydroponics gardening e-course for beginners or experienced gardeners. You
could amaze your friends and your family by growing your own homemade plants
and vegetables the easy way.
By M.Markella
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