Everyone is familiar with soil: it is one of the most important components of growing, it provides a foothold for plant roots, maintains the necessary nutrients plants need to grow, and filters ...

To start, we need to have a simple understanding of what hydroponic cultivation is all about. In short, hydroponics, or water culture, is the soilless growth of plants. Often times the plants’ root ...

While there are some who profess that hydroponic gardening is the future of farming, if you want to see what it’s all about, you don’t need to wait for the future to arrive. In-home hydroponic ...

Hydroponics is the art of growing plants without soil. A nutrient solution made up of water and plant foods is mixed in a reservoir and typically fed to the roots several times a day. The roots sit in ...

In my field extension work, I have noticed an interesting trend — hydroponic Dutch buckets (Bato bucket systems) are transforming the horticulture industry. Invented in Holland, I have come across ...

[Todd Christell] grows tomatoes in hydroponic buckets in his backyard, and recently he suffered a crop loss when a mechanical timer failed to dispense the nutrient flow as directed. He decided the ...

Hydroponics lets you cultivate a terrestrial plant in water. How cool is that? Growing hydroponically is a great way to create an indoor garden with limited space. But it's not just a method for ...