Archive for the 'Gardening' Category
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Introduction in Hydroponics – II
By: Ranbhir Introduction in Hydroponics – II
More on Hydroponics
Plants can be supported in a variety of ways, by using frames and tying the plant stems to them at regular intervals using plastic ties. Automatic reels can be bought which makes the job a lot easier. They consist of a spring loaded reel of cord with [...]
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Growing Indoors is a Full Time Job
By: Anne Harvester Hydroponics gardening is a type of growing indoors where plants are grown in a method other than top-soil. Usually, this refers to allowing the plant roots to suspend in a tray of water that is concentrated with nutrient solution. This allows the plants to absorb the necessary nutrients required for optimum growth. [...]
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Enhance Gardening With Hydroponics Breakthrough
By: Keith cat Many people knew nothing about hydroponics yet for an agriculturist, and even a gardener, hydroponic spells produce at its best, higher yields, environment friendly technology, minimal labor and high return in investment, in short, MONEY!
Hydroponic technology has been proven to maximized food production in the modern agricultural procedure and food production plants. [...]
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
For Hydroponics Growers
By: Diana The development of better health consciousness among consumers has led to a phenomenal growth in the demand for hydroponically grown produce. A combination of hydroponic technology and a controlled environment greenhouse or indoor grow rooms can tackle this demand. Such a blend is known as Soil-less/Controlled Environment Agriculture (S/CEA).
A majority of the [...]
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Hydroponics Gardening
By: Nicky Pilkington Hydroponics was derived from the Greek word hydro, which means “water” and ponos, which means “labor or water-working”. Hydroponics gardening involves growing plants with their roots in other nutrient solutions and without soil.
Hydroponics gardening is as simple as ordinary gardening. Both of them necessitate sufficient light, water, temperature, light, and humidity. But [...]
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
The Importance of Heat to Hydroponics Systems
By: Michael Straumietis Photosynthesis, which is essential to all plant life, can only occur when the atmosphere in your hydroponics systems is sufficiently warm. Should the temperature fall too low or should it fluctuate too much throughout the course of a day, photosynthesis may be stunted, incomplete, or not occur at all.
The temperate conditions to [...]
Friday, March 14th, 2008
The Low Down On Passive Hydroponics Garden Setup:
By: Allan Wilson
Plants absorb all needed elements from water and soil. A system, in which all nutrients are provided to the plants by water, is called hydroponics system. There are two methods in hydroponics gardening. First is an active hydroponics gardening system, and second is Passive gardening system.
Both methods are good for indoor hydroponics [...]
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Tips for Hydroponics
By: Anne Harvester When you’re shopping for growing mediums either online or at a local hydroponics retail store, you’ll find a number of different ones from which to choose. Despite the fact that hydroponics means growing indoors without the use of soil, growing mediums are still a necessary part of the process.
Different Types
Growing mediums [...]
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
The Benefits of Growing Indoors
By: Anne Harvester Grow lights and grow light reflectors are important components of hydroponics systems and success in growing indoors. You’ll find many different kinds of grow lights available; grow light reflectors are used in order to maximize and optimize light output of your grow lights.
Choosing the Right Grow Light Reflectors
Many different [...]
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
A Brief Introduction to Methods of Hydroponic Production
By: Ranbhir Hydroponics literally means “water working” however, in practical use, it means growing plants in a nutrient solution without soil. The hydroponic science had proved that soil isn’t required for plant growth but the elements, minerals and nutrients that soil contains are. Soil is a place where the plant roots traditionally live and a [...]