DIY Homemade Hydroponics
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With the right background knowledge about putting together the right setup and understanding the mineral nutrients that each plant type needs, it is not too difficult to have a successful DIY hydroponic system at home.
What does need to be understood that plants do require nutrients and with hydroponics they are delivered to the plants in nutrient infused water.
Generally the plants are grown with their root systems suspended in the nutrient solution or in an inert medium. In essence the medium is just a replacement for soil in order to be an anchor point for the root system of the plants that you have growing.
Some systems have the plants sitting in quite small pots the and the pots are suspended in the flowing water, whereas with other systems the net pots are suspended in a reservoir in which the roots will grow.
The basic different between soil grown plants and hydroponic grown plants.
What needs to be understood that in the traditional style of growing in soil, the soil acts as the reservoir for the nutrients that the plants require, whereas with hydroponics the nutrients are in the water in which the plants are suspended.
Indoor plant cultivation.
The fact that a hydroponic system can be set up indoors is a big feature for some growers. As long as the DIY homemade hydroponic system offers the following there should not be too many problems:
- Light
- Air
- Water
- Nutrients
- Heat
- Room for the roots to spread
Sounds simple doesn’t it, but it needs to be kept in mind that as simple as this sounds the system does need to be set up correctly to bet optimal results.
Different hydroponic systems.
There is a huge range of hydroponic systems but there are 4 basic systems that are commonly used by new hydroponic growers for homemade hydroponics:
1. Ebb and flow
4. The Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) as show in the picture
Depending on the space available and the skill with which a person has in setting up a system a choice can be made as to which system will suit best.
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