Archive for the 'Hydroponic Nutrients' Category
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Organic Plant Nutrients Offer a Green Solution
By: Susan Slobac
Hydroponics gardening is a popular method of growing indoors that uses no soil, but instead the plant’s roots are immersed in a liquid solution of plant nutrients. Depending on the types of plants you wish to grow, you might want to select hydroponic gardening supplies that would include organic plant nutrients.
Why [...]
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Hydroponics and Orchids
By: Nigel Howell
Growing and caring for orchids is a very pleasurable experience for any enthusiast. There is however an alternative to growing orchids the traditional way and that is with hydroponics. Hydroponics allows you to grow crops and plants without soil or compost as the roots of the plants are placed in a mineral [...]
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Hydroponics Nutrients
By: Jovan Gomez
In a traditionally grown plant, It gets its nutrients from the soil. The soil holds nutrients that are leached from rocks and minerals in the soil, as well as minerals from animal waste, and decomposed plant and animal matter. These minerals are then transferred into water in the soil, and the water [...]
Monday, November 5th, 2007
The Ideal Hydroponics System
By: Ann Marier
Any hydroponics system is based on the same primary principle: you replace the soil with something else to support plant roots, in an effort to give a chance in areas of the world where nothing grows because of poor soil quality, such as sand and ice deserts, high mountain platforms and many [...]
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Hydroponic Plant Systems. What, No Dirt?
By: Robert Mosse
Simply put, hydroponics is the growing of plants without soil. The word “hydroponics” comes from the Greek word hydro, which means “water” and ponos, which means “labor or water-working.”
Typical Dirt Gardening:
All plant leaves need light, oxygen and carbon dioxide. Plant root systems require water, nutrients and oxygen. When plants are grown normally [...]
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Guidelines Regarding Your Choice Of Hydroponics Or Soil
By: Ann Marier
Hydroponics is a new agricultural or gardening technique that many still find risky to try. Hence, in an effort to help everyone, here are some general guidelines regarding both hydroponics and soil techniques. Many are interested in a debate on hydroponics versus soil culture, but I clearly point out that the two [...]
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Bio Bizz Organics
By: Ranbhir
Bio Bizz Organics
Bio Bizz supplies organics and soil to people who like indoor gardening. Like hydroponics, ‘organic’ gardening has gradually become an increasingly popular way of growing indoors under lights. It is cost effective; produce good quality and the absence of any nasty rock wool or pH adjustment makes for an easy life [...]
Friday, April 13th, 2007
Plant Nutrients for Hydroponics
By: Susan Slobac
Hydroponics is a method of indoor gardening that does not use soil as a growing medium for the plants. Plants can be grown in a water solution, or in other growing mediums such as rockwool or coir. Hydroponics is an ideal method of growing plants where soil may be less [...]