Hydroponics is a soil-less gardening technique that has gained popularity for its efficiency and space-saving benefits ...

Everyone is familiar with soil: it is one of the most important components of growing, it provides a foothold for plant roots, maintains the necessary nutrients plants need to grow, and filters ...

If you are a grower with limited space or someone who wants to cultivate different plants that reach their maximum potential in terms of yields, effects, and potency, then a hydroponic setup is ...

Figure 1: Schematic illustration of a hydroponic growing system that employs the nutrient film technique method. Credit: Technology Networks. In addition to the presence of fish stocks and microbial ...

To start, we need to have a simple understanding of what hydroponic cultivation is all about. In short, hydroponics, or water culture, is the soilless growth of plants. Often times the plants’ root ...

Deep water culture (DWC) hydroponics is considered to be one of the most simple hydroponic methods for experienced and new indoor growers. Plants are immersed or simply connected with a nutrient ...

As supermarket produce prices and instances of food recalls rise, interest in at-home gardening systems has also increased. Hydroponic growing systems don’t require soil and take up minimal room ...

Right now, hydroponic and indoor grown lettuce account for around 4-5% of lettuce production in the US, but that figure will rise “substantially” in the coming years as more growers prove that water ...