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A Hydroponic system makes growing high yielding plants easy.
A Hydroponics system from HID Hut offers a controlled growing system for you to produce healthy and high yielding plants. A Hydroponic system can take many forms. Whether you choose to buy a complete hydroponic grow system or simply want to have a better understanding of how hydroponics works, our goal is to help you understand the basic differences so that you can make an informed decision when you decide to grow indoors using a hydroponics method.
Hydroponic systems can use either a nutrient solution or a growing medium of your choice. Nutrient solution refers to the liquid nutrients that the plant roots feed upon. A growing medium is a particular type of substance in which the plants' roots grow, and includes sand, clay and rockwool. A structure is needed to contain the nutrient solution or growing medium, and opaque plastic is often used for this purpose, because it reduces algae growth in the nutrient solution.
Hydroponics Systems - The Basic Types:
Deep Water Culture Systems
Deep water culture kits typically use a plastic bucket with a net. The plant sits in the net, and the net is held in place over the nutrient solution surface by the lid of the bucket, so that only the roots of the plant are submerged. For this deep water hydroponics to work, you will also need to use an airstone in the nutrient solution, which oxygenates the nutrient solution, a benefit to plant roots. The advantage of this system is that the plant accesses much food and oxygen, so consequently plants grow quickly in all stages of the plant's life.
Aeroponic System
Aeroponic systems have become very popular with indoor growers. They are most well known for their use in cloning, due to their ease of use and success in starting vigorous and healthy new root cuttings. If you want to do indoor gardening without soil but have a limited amount of water available, then an aeroponic system is your best option. In an aeroponics grow system, the stems are suspended in the air within a growing chamber and sprayed with nutrient solution, and are not placed in any type of growing medium. In this moist, highly oxygenated environment the plants rapidly develop root systems. Aeroponics uses less water than other types of hydroponic gardening. Another benefit of aeroponics is that the rooted aeroponic plants can be transplanted into soil media without damaging the root systems and without transplant shock or setbacks to normal growth.
Ebb and Flow Hydroponics
Ebb and flow hydroponic systems use a growing medium that is flooded and drained to produce plants. Ebb and Flow systems are also called flood and drain subirrigation systems. Clay is most often the growing medium used for this type of hydroponic system. The plants are grown in the clay pellets which rest in a tray. Another tray holds nutrient solution, and at timed intervals the clay tray is flooded with the nutrient solution, and then it is drained away. The movement of the nutrient solution also aids in aeration of the growing medium.
Passive Subirrigation Hydroponic Systems
If you wish to grow plants that thrive in a humid environment, such as orchids, then passive subirrigation, another type of growing medium culture hydroponic system, would work well. A coarse growing medium is used to provide for ample air space for the roots. The plants are nestled in the medium in a container, and the container sits in another container holding a thin layer of liquid. This is an easy method of hydroponic gardening, because you only need to occasionally refill and replace the nutrient solution. It not only provides an excellent high humidity microclimate, but it also helps alleviate root rot in plants.
When you are ready to buy a hydroponic system, or need help in choosing a complete hydroponic kit no matter the type, HID Hut is here to help you. We look forward to helping choose the best product with the features to meet your indoor growing needs. Having the proper hydroponic system ensures a controlled growing environment where your plants can thrive and produce healthy, high yielding returns.
HID Hut carries these fine Hydroponic Systems and many more. Be sure to visit our Hydroponic System page to see our complete line.
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