Indoor Hydroponic Garden
Ranked #18,825 in Home & Garden, #275,997 overall
How To Grow an Indoor Hydroponic Garden
The term hydroponic garden was taken from Latin word meaning, "working water". Hydroponic gardening is the art of growing herbs, vegetables and flowers without soil. Instead, the plants thrive in a nutrient based solution that could consist of water, perlite, sand or gravel; any medium that can provide good water retention and drainage. The best way to begin hydroponic gardening may be a kit that will provide you with everything you need and good instructions to get you started. Here are some fabulous tips and tricks for getting your own hydroponic garden going at home.
A quick introduction
Hydroponic gardens are an optimum way to grow a wide variety of plants are not vulnerable to the pests that can easily invade your regular outdoor garden. Plants can grow in a smaller space. With the right equipment, you can enjoy garden fresh vegetables year round from your very own indoor hydroponic garden. Plants will also grow significantly faster with this type of system, giving you larger crops to enjoy more often.
What They Need
A hydroponics garden has three basic requirements that must be met in order for your crop to thrive. First, the roots must be receive a fresh, well balanced supply of water and nutrients at all times. Three also needs to be sufficient level of air exchanged between the roots and the nutrient supply. Finally, you must carefully guard against root dehydration, since this will not only cut off the water supply, but the nutrients as well. Beyond these basics, the supplies you need to start your hydroponic garden include a watertight container, a growing medium and a method for holding the plants in the medium. This might be as simple as a floating piece of Styrofoam with holes cut into it and a collection of nets pots or homemade containers.
If you will be growing your garden indoor, you will also need grow lights to give your plants sufficient lighting to thrive. Hydroponic gardens can be passive or active in nature. The active gardens will circulate the nutrients through the garden using pumps. Passive gardens will pass the nutrients to the plants roots through an absorbent medium or wick. When you are collecting your hydroponic garden supplies, it is a good idea to let the person at the garden center know what type of hydroponic garden you will be planting to ensure you get all of the proper supplies for your new gardening endeavor.
What To Plant
The first step in choosing plants for your hydroponic garden is to select species that have similar needs in terms of light, temperature and nutrients. Any vegetable that can grow vertically gardeners also recommend growing root vegetables in this way, as long as you provide ample room for them to grow. Herbs are practically made for this system since most grow vertically and can easily thrive in an indoor hydroponic garden.
In fact, many of the hydroponic gardening kits will provide seeds or plants to grow a variety of herbs on your kitchen countertop. Imagine the fun of cutting your own fresh herbs right in your kitchen for soups, stews and sauces. Flowers are another good advice.
HYDROPONIC in the news
- Phototron Hydroponic Grow Kits Now Available on Greners.com
- Phototron Holdings, Inc. announced today that Greners.com, the leader in online hydroponic retail sales, will now carry the entire family of Phototron grow systems, nutrients and accessories. Gardena, CA (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 Following the signing of ...
- Colorado hydroponics store owner reaches deal in pot-distribution case
- By John Ingold The owner of a Front Range chain of hydroponic gardening stores has been charged in federal court with marijuana distribution and has indicated he intends to plead guilty. Federal officials filed a charging document, ...
- SuperCloset's Vertical Hydroponic Growing System Reaches Switzerland
- SuperCloset, www.supercloset.com, the innovative manufacturer of grow boxes and hydroponics systems, just received word that their premier indoor vertical gardening system, the Big Buddha Box, arrived safely at their distributor's port in Switzerland ...
- Recycled aquarium water benefits goldfish and seedlings
- He wanted to try hydroponics and set up two types of growing systems in the greenhouse. Three months ago, on a visit to HGTSupply, a hydroponic equipment store in Cranberry, he discovered aquaponics, in which fish water is used to feed the plants.
A great blog about this topic
Getting Started
To begin your hydroponic garden, choose a watertight container to hold your plants. This could be as elaborate as a frame that you put together yourself. It is best to choose an opaque container that will keep the sun out and algae at bay. Fill the container with water and float a Styrofoam board on top with holes cut into it to hold your plants. Fill the container with water so that it is high enough for your plant roots to reap the benefits and add water soluble fertilizer and Epsom salt. Next, place your plants into commercial net pots or make your own containers by cutting slits Styrofoam cups. Set these net pots or containers into your
Styrofoam board and your hydroponic garden is good to go.
Taking Care
A hydroponic garden is the perfect way to flex your green thumb and explore a whole new level of the gardening experience. With the huge selection, of crops and the ability to control all of the variables, hydroponic gardens can be successful for gardeners of all experience levels. Enjoy your garden.
Featured Lenses On Plants,Gardening
The Hydroponic Greenhouse - hydroponics system
powered by Youtube
Another Featured Lenses On Plants, Gardening
Flickr Photos
Link List
- Hydroponics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Hoagland and Arnon found that hydroponic crop yields were no better than crop yields with good quality soils. Crop yields were ultimately limited by factors ...
- HOW-TO HYDROPONICS : Hydroponic system and aeroponics plans and ...
- How-To Hydroponics system plans and hydroponic gardening guide details the assembly and operation of do-it-yourself hydro and aeroponic systems and teaches ...
- Hydroponics Online! - Hydroponics tutorials, designs and plans
- Hydroponics tutorials, forum, free garden designs and descriptions plus photos and grower bulletin boards.
- GreenCoast Hydroponics, Hydroponic Systems - Grow Lights, Advanced ...
- GreenCoast Hydroponics carries the best grow lights, hydroponic systems, Adjust- a-Wings, Advanced Nutrients and environmental controllers.
- hydroponics.com
- Offers gardens, lighting, nutrient, propagation, growing media, aeration, garden care, pest controls, and books. Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia.
- Growing Hydroponic Tomatoes Home Page
- Jul 10, 2000 ... practical, accurate information on hydroponic methods forgrowing tomatoes, including nutrient solution recipes, media, greenhouses, ...
- Hydroponics Gardening Systems Equipment Supply, plant grow lights ...
- hydroponics, hydroponics systems, hydroponic supply, hydroponic equipment, hydroponic equipment supply, digital electronic ballasts, plant grow lights, ...
- Home Hydroponics
- An excellent introduction to the hydroponic methodology from the Virginia Cooperative Extension.
- Hydroponics, Hydroponic Supplies, Gardening Systems & Nutrients ...
- Hydroponics equipment and supplies for easy indoor growing. Hydroponic Online Superstore brings a great selection of hydroponics products, supplies, ...
- Plant Grow Lights, Indoor Hydroponic Systems, Supplies/Equipment ...
- Greentrees sells grow lights and hydroponic systems & supplies. With 17 years experience in mail order, we do it the best!
- YouTube - Hydroponic Lettuce
- The methods of growing comercial hydroponic lettuce.
- YouTube - Build Your Own Hydroponic Garden
- http://www.self-sufficient-life.com/Hydroponic_GardeningDIY Hydroponics garden. Hydroponics is not a new development. It has been around since nearly the be ...
- Hydroponics * Hydroponic Systems ^ Indoor Gardening ^ hydroponic ...
- GTG Hydroponics supplies hydroponic grow lights for hydroponic gardening as well as hydroponic systems, Cornucopia, fertilizers & supplies call 1-800-56 ...
- Hydroponics | Hydroponic Supplies
- Hydroponics gardening is the easy way to grow indoors. BetterGrow Hydroponics offers over 1800 hydroponic supplies to help you grow bigger, better and more ...
- Hydroponic Vegetable Gardening Secrets
- Learn secrets of growing hydroponic vegetables in small spaces without soil and without effort. Plants grow fast and healthy with automatic feeding and ...
- Simply Hydroponics - What is Hydroponics?
- The name "Hydroponic" comes from Latin and means "Working Water". In reality hydroponics is the growing of plants without soil, or as The Professor likes to ...
- Hydroponic gardening for beginners - Greentrees Hydroponics
- Here's a good place to get started if you're looking to buy or build a hydroponic system. Topics include, types of hydroponic systems, nutrient, pH, ...
Green Gardens
Search Plants
Garden Stuff
Guest Comment
-
-
lovinhydroponics
Sep 1, 2010 @ 4:20 am | delete
- Very nice lens. Thanks for sharing a lot of great information about indoor hydroponics garden here. This would truly be a great source of hydroponics information for both novice and experienced growers. Just like hydroponics, aeroponics (http://www.aeroponics.homehydroponics.info) is also a great method for growing crops indoors. It is truly awesome to be able to find a lens like this that is full of pertinent information about hydroponics and the many ways that man can benefit from it. A job well done for putting up this lens!
-
by Marc3ll
Hi Guys, My name is Marc3ll. I love to creates Lens. I am passionate about everything especially things that attract my attention. Glad you can visit my... more »
Feeling creative?
Create a Lens!
