Indoor gardens have been popular for many years, ranging from large greenhouses to small herb gardens set within flower pots. Fascinatingly, many people are resorting to hydroponics as a fun yet creative option to the conventional indoor gardens. In short, hydroponics is the growing of plants without soil, by directly giving the roots a water-nutrient solution in a controlled lighting environment. This might seem at first like a complicated manner to grow things, but the concepts are actually rather simple. In addition, since hydroponics is gaining traction among the public, there are lot of products for sale that make the process even easier. In actuality, the only role of soil in growing plants is to provide an anchor for the roots – it is only a medium through which water and nutrients are fed to the plant roots. The nutrients actually are transmitted to the roots in a water solution, which seeps through the soil, but isn’t provided by the soil. Indeed, soil can be easily taken out of the picture so long as you can provide an alternative way of anchoring the roots. What’s more, you get more control over the plant’s health if you provide the water-nutrient solution yourself. Here are just two benefits of growing an indoor garden with hydroponics as opposed to soil:
1. Hydroponics actually makes use of 70-90% less water than using soil. This is because in reality, only a very small percentage of water feeds the plant roots – the rest evaporates. In virtually all hydroponic systems, the water is recycled through the system and can be fed to the plant again and again so it takes far less water to grow more foliage and food.
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