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Hydroponics?
Hydroponics? Simply 'Gardening without soil'. Hydroponics offers home gardeners and
those new to gardening, a clean, efficient and convenient way to grow
plants. No soil. No mess. You can even
grow more in less space and less time!
Strange you may think - no soil. Yet, the commercial hydroponic growing of food and
flowers has been going on for years. In fact, most of the fruit, vegetables and
flowers available on the high street today have been grown hydroponically.
In the US hydroponics (AKA hobby growing or indoor growing) has become a national pastime
and a mass market has developed. And now hydroponics is now becoming increasingly popular
with the UK hobby gardener wanting to grow tomatoes and bananas in the green house or chillies and herbs in the
conservatory!
We, Aquaculture-hydroponics,
are one of the UK 's leading hydroponic equipment suppliers, and have a passion for hydroponics -
and a mission to bring the benefit of hydroponic gardening to even more growers!
One way the team at Aquaculture-hydroponics
aims to raise the profile of hydroponics is through our sponsorship of a large
specimen vegetable champion grower's attempt to grow the World's biggest onion.
You will find details of Gerald's attempt and how Aquaculture-hydroponics
is helping him by visiting the news section.
We also offer a wide range of hydroponic products - suitable for beginner and pro.
Our site also contains lots of helpful info on
hydroponics and is definitely worth a look. But here we explain the basics.
Firstly, you're probably thinking how can hydroponics deliver so much?
As you may be aware, all plants have the same basic needs to grow strong and healthy - nutrients,
light
carbon dioxide, water, heat and fresh air (oxygen). While all of these ingredients are
needed, some are more important than others and will affect the growth rate of
your plants differently. When growing in soil, you have very little control
over these ingredients, but with hydroponics, you're much more in control..
With hydroponics, you use hydroponic
growing media, such as rockwool
or clay
pebbles to support your plants to ensure they grow strong and healthy. Hydroponic
media contains little or no nutrients.
It is therefore up to you, the hydroponic grower, to provide your plants with
what they need via hydroponic
nutrient and water. The benefit of this is that you can provide your
plants with precise minerals during each different growth stage - helping you
get the best out of your plants!
Light
is another crucial ingredient for plant growth. Generally, the more light your
plants have access to, the quicker they'll grow and yield. However, your plants
require a different amount of light during their lifecycle. Again, as with most
crucial plant ingredients, hydroponics gives you greater control over how your
plants receive light. This is because you're using an indoor
grow light - also known as artificial light.
As well as having greater control over light
and nutrients,
there are also a number of products on the market that allow you tight control
of the other growing factors mentioned earlier - heat, oxygen and carbon
dioxide. If you're a beginner, one of our complete
starter kits is ideal. Not only do the kits contain everything
you need to grow your favourite plants, they come complete with full
instructions - and at Aquaculture-hydroponics
we are always willing to offer you any advice and assistance.
We hope this information has been useful. If you require more information on hydroponics
please visit our hydroponic
information section. You can also email us at sales@aquacult.com or call us on
0845 644 5544.