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Indoor gardening with Aeroponics is an offshoot of the popular form of gardening called hydroponics. Hydroponic gardening allows gardeners to grow plants outside of soil. The benefit of soilless food production is that it allows you to grow plants where there is no usable soil available, such as Antarctica or a space colony. It also allows for plants to quickly progress through their growth cycle, thereby getting edible food to market quicker than using more traditional horticultural methods. Aeroponics offers the benefit of producing substantial plant growth in crops without the use of a great deal of water, a common requirement of hydroponic gardening systems.
Aeroponic gardening systems use less water than many hydroponic growing systems because the plant roots are not submerged in nutrient solution. Instead, with aeroponics, the solution is sprayed lightly, using a mister, over the roots of the plants. The benefits are two-fold: one, much less water is needed to succeed with this form of gardening than would typically be used in most types of hydroponics; and two, because the roots are exposed to oxygen, they can more easily absorb it, which promotes quick, disease-free plant growth.
For plant growth, plants use photosynthesis to take in CO2 and give off oxygen. Because plants grown aeroponically have their roots growing in the air, they have maximum exposure to all of the CO2 that is available in that air, which aids photosynthesis, resulting in plant growth.
The plants are grown in the air, rather than soil or solution. The crown, stems and leaves of the plant are held in the air, and sit on a supporting structure. The roots dangle in the air beneath the supporting mechanism. The roots, hanging beneath the support, get intermittently sprayed or misted with nutrient solution. The size of the water drops that are emitted through the sprayer are highly regulated, because water drop size affects plant growth. The advantage of aeroponic gardening over hydroponic gardening is that you use less water and energy to produce the same (or even a greater) amount of food or flowers.
Another benefit that aeroponic gardening provides to indoor gardeners is the reduction in plant diseases. When growing plants in soil, the soil must be sterilized, especially in an enclosed greenhouse environment, or soil-borne pathogens can develop which can wreak havoc on your crop health and even survival. Because in aeroponic gardening the plants roots are in the air, the plants touch less, which helps prevent the spread of disease. Also, the spray or mist used on the roots can be sterilized, also aiding in disease prevention. Because there is a much lessened chance of diseases starting in an aeroponic growing environment, you can grow plants closer together, increasing the yield of your space that you use for indoor gardening, without risk of plant disease.
Information on Hydroponics
- The basic types of grow lights
- Benefits of Deep Water Culture - hydroponic system
- Using aeroponics in your indoor garden
- The different types of Hydroponics
- The digital ballast lighting solution
- Hydroponics Systems Overview
- Hydroponics Basics
- LED Grow Lights
- Plant Nutrients
- Deep Water Culture
- Seed Starting
- The Power of LED Grow Lights
- Indoor Gardening
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