Hydroponics: The Ultimate Guide to Start Your Indoor Garden. Grow Fresh Vegetables, Plants, Herbs and Fruits in your Homebased Innovative System.

By Robert Russo

Do you love gardening and dream of growing organic fruit and vegetables at 0 km? Are you looking for a method to improve your gardening techniques and enjoy them all the year-round?

                      

If you have ever thought about combating rising food costs by growing fresh fruit, products, and even herbs then this book is the right for you!

 

This is what you will find in this fantastic Book:

1. What Is a Hydroponic System and How Does It Work
2. How to build your own hydroponic system
3. How to save money growing your products

… and that's not all!

• Discover everything you need to know about nutrients
• How select the best plants based on your objective, available spaces and level of experience
• The equipment that cannot be missing

…and much more!

 

Take advantage of this Guide and start your dreamed Hydroponic System!

 

What are you waiting for? Press the Buy-Now button and get started!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Russo
• Release date: May 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201876753

Book preview

Chapter 1 what is the concept of hydroponics? What is the mechanism behind it? What is the difference between hydroponic and conventional farming?

When we tell people we use hydroponics to grow our produce, we normally get something along the lines of: Sounds cool...sounds like it has something to do with health food, maybe? What exactly is it?

We've put together a primer on the fundamentals of hydroponic cultivation for all you hydrophiles out there.

Start here to learn the basics of hydroponics, and if you're interested in trying your hand at growing your own hydroponic plants, head over to this page to figure out what kind of method would be best for you!

What is Hydroponics, exactly?

Hydroponics is a method of growing crops without using soil, but using a separate material to protect the plant's roots and growing them directly in nutrient-rich water.

There are a variety of approaches to constructing hydroponic systems, but the basic components are the same.

What you'll require:

• Access to clean water. We're talking about top-notch, purified water with a pH balance. Water with a pH of 6–6.5 is ideal for most plants. Over-the-counter options can be sold at the nearest hardware, greenhouse, or hydroponic shop to adjust the acidity of your water.

• Oxygen is necessary. Don't let your plants sink! Roots will get the oxygen they need for respiration from pockets of air in the soil in conventional farming. You'll either need to leave space between the base of your plant and the water source, or you'll need to oxygenate your tub (think of bubbles in a fish tank), which you can do by purchasing an air stone or adding an air compressor, depending on your hydroponic system.

• Root Stabilization and if you don't have much dirt, the plant's roots still require something to cling onto. Vermiculite, perlite, peat moss, coconut fiber, and rockwool are all popular materials. Avoid materials that can compress (such as sand) or that do not hold moisture (like gravel).

• Nutrients are essential. To remain safe and active, the plant would need a lot of magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, and other nutrients, much as plants in the field need good soil and fertilizer. This bean material must be included in the water that your plants are fed because they are grown without soil. Although you can potentially produce your own nutrient solution, pre-made mixtures are readily available online and in supermarkets.

• It's light. You may need to invest in special lighting if you're growing your plants indoors. Each type of plant would have varying requirements for the amount of light it requires and where the lights should be placed (typically referred to as Daily Light Integral or DLI).

Though there are other factors to remember as your hydroponic farm becomes more sophisticated (for example, CO2 supplementation), the five mentioned above are the most fundamental components of any hydroponic system.

By tracking and modifying these main variables, you will start to figure out just what your plants need to survive, and then repeat those requirements for future grows.

Why Will You Grow Without Soil?

This relatively minor change in how we harvest food (by avoiding the soil) is actually transformative. It helps farmers produce food anywhere in the world, at any time of year, and with fewer resources.

Grow Almost Everywhere

Yes, that is right. Take that, global warming. Growing seasons and regions are now in a state of flux as temperatures and growing conditions fluctuate. Even in normal settings, there are plenty of areas where the land isn't suitable for farming (for example, deserts, concrete jungles, and so on).

Currently, most vegetables sold in stores have been imported in from abroad and have lost nutritious value in the process.

We can build hyper-local food systems using hydroponics – and we are! Our container farms are strategically located in the cities and regions we represent. It's also possible to build a farm right next to a restaurant that needs super-fresh produce! You still don't have to stop growing for a season or face crop failure due to bad weather while you plant hydroponically.

Increased Yields

Plants that are cultivated in well-managed hydroponic systems are thriving. Plants spend more time expanding upward and less time and energy growing vast root systems to look for food because their roots are bathed in all the nutrients they need.

Growth rates vary depending on the type of system and level of treatment provided, but hydro plants can mature up to 25% faster than plants grown in soil, with higher crop yields to boot.

Resources are limited.

You probably didn't expect it, but hydroponic systems require less water than conventional soil-based systems. The reason is that closed systems do not experience the same evaporation rates as open systems. Plus, the water used in hydroponic systems can be purified, re-populated with nutrients, and fed directly to the plants, ensuring the water is never lost!

Our systems use up to 98 percent less water than conventional soil-based systems, according to Vertical Roots.

What other tools do indoor hydroponic plants require? Since hydro crops are safe from many of the pests and plant diseases present outdoors in soil-based farms, pesticides and other potentially dangerous chemicals are not used.

Troubleshooting Made Easy

How much have you gone out into your garden and seen that one of your plants is flourishing while its next-door rival is wilting? It's almost difficult to figure out which variable is wreaking havoc on your bad plant in that case. Is there a pest issue? Are the nutrients in the soil in that location different? Is your dog using this herb as a urinal?

You know precisely what environments the plants are growing under with a hydroponic device. As a result, it's simple to separate variables and experiment! If you've discovered the ideal combination of light, pH equilibrium, and nutrients, you'll be able to repeat your success without being constantly thrown curveballs.

What Is a Hydroponic System and How Does It Work?

Gardening without soil is known as hydroponics. The term hydroponics comes from a Latin word that means working water. Waterworks to provide nutrients, hydration, and oxygen to plant life in the absence of soil. Plants thrive under the careful regimen of hydroponics, from watermelons to jalapenos to orchids. Hydroponic gardens produce beautiful fruits and flowers in half the time by using limited area, 90% less water than conventional cultivation, and ingenious architecture.

While the technique seems to be cutting-edge, hydroponics can be traced back to Babylon's famous Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Euphrates River was drained into rivers that ran the length of the luxurious garden walls. Marco Polo described floating gardens in China in the 13th century. Hydroponics, on the other hand, is far from a relic of the past. NASA developed aeroponic bean seedlings in zero gravity aboard a space station in the 1990s, paving the way for sustainable agriculture in space. Hydroponics is a timeless and dynamic system of crop processing and water management.

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What is the concept of hydroponics?

The planting of plants without the use of soil is known as hydroponics. Flowers, herbs, and vegetables are grown hydroponically are planted in inert growing media and fed nutrient-rich solutions, oxygen, and water. This method promotes accelerated expansion, higher yields, and higher efficiency. When a plant is grown in soil, the roots are always looking for nutrients to keep the plant alive. When a plant's root system is directly exposed