Archive for the 'Nutrition' Category
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Growing Inside, Outside, Hydroponically and in Soil
By: Sjoerd Kold
The advantages of growing in soil indoors
The difference here is similar to the difference between indoor and outdoor cultivation. Soil growing requires less equipment, investment and, generally, less work to control the various factors influencing growth.
The only specialist equipment required for the simplest indoor soil set-up would be seeds, organic nutrients, a [...]
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Getting More Produce From your Hydroponic Garden
By: Susan Slobac Hydroponic gardening is a great way to garden indoors if you do not have arable land suitable for gardening. If you are going to be gardening indoors, you will want to garden efficiently, in order to get more produce from your hydroponic garden.
Hydroponics means that the plant is grown without dirt [...]
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 [...]