May 30th, 2010 by Geoff Marks
Mainly there are two basic types of hydroponic gardening. These two types of hydroponic gardening are medium culture and solution culture. As their names suggest, medium culture is the type of hydroponic gardening where there is still a medium in which the roots may cling to whereas, in solution culture, the plants are suspended over the nutrient solution.
Three Types Of Solution Culture
In solution culture of hydroponics gardening, there are three subtypes which are called static solution culture, continuous flow solution culture and aeroponics. The concept for all kinds of solution culture in hydroponic gardening is basically the same. The plant is suspended and the nutrient solution is provided for it. In static solution culture, the plant is always exposed to the nutrient solution in a way that the solution may be depleted. After depletion, the nutrient solution may be added to up to a point where only …
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March 11th, 2010 by Geoff Marks
Most people enjoy a good salad.In fact, eating vegetables daily is highly encouraged. Most green salads have lettuce as the main ingredient.With that said, even if you don’t have a traditional garden, lettuce can still be grown using the hydroponic method.
To grow lettuce using this method, you will be required to have the right hydroponic lettuce nutrients in place.These are supplied by the hydroponic medium used to provide similar nutrients that would come from soil.Hydroponic lettuce nutrient solutions can be purchased alread mixed or produced at home. The latter is the best way to go.
What Hydroponic Lettuce Nutrient Solution Is Made Of
Unlike in traditional gardening, with hydroponic gardening you have to provide the plants with the needed nutrients yourself.This means that you must have the correct hydroponic lettuce nutrients required to get healthy growth.In order to get the proper balance, water should be mixed with the hydroponic …
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December 29th, 2009 by Geoff Marks
Production of attractive plants and food from the garden has long been the way to have the benefit of garden-fresh vegetables. Many individuals have even made it a hobby, cultivating plants all year long. For some, this has been made possible by the use of a hydroponics indoor grow tent. Hydroponic gardening is a way of growing vegetation without the use of soil or compost. By simply giving a plant the nutritional elements it wants, it can be satisfactorily cultivated without soil.
Produced out of PVC and canvas, a grow tent is in fact in the shape of a box. Also known as a hydroponic grow room, it’s usually black on the outside and a paler tone, such as white, on the interior area. The black outer wall assists with absorption of heat, and the inner walls bring light to the plants. Several kinds and models are available to …
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December 7th, 2009 by Geoff Marks
Hydroponics is a form of gardening and cultivation of plants. We are exposed to various pollutants in soil that even after seceral years do not go away. Because plants are in mediums that can carry factors which can contribute to the ill health of people researchers have looked for ways to minimize plant exposure to these mediums. In hydroponics soil is not the medium used for planting plants.
Soil Is Not Important
In hydroponic gardening, researchers have found out that soil is actually just a reservoir where nutrients are stored for the plant’s consumption. The reservoir is just a place where the plant’s food is stored. So you see that this reservoir is not necessary if the plant, in some other way, can receive the needed nutirents. Through hydroponic research it has been discovered that the nutrients contained in the soil dissolve when they come in contact with water …
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