Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Add Beauty to Your Home by Hydroponic Gardening

Want to create a new and unique home garden? Then try hydroponic gardening. Hydroponic gardening is the approach to grow plants without the use of soil. Instead of soil, the mineral solution is the main growing medium for hydroponic plants. It is simple and easy to grow hydroponic garden. While it is a popular hobby for some, it has become a profitable business for others. It provides a year-round supply of fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs.

The growing medium for the hydroponic plants can include perlite, vermiculite, gravel, sand, coconut fiber or any others. This medium does not supply any nutrients to the plants. The nutrient solution is the only source of nutrition.

The nutrient solution for the plants has a perfect pH balance and is delivered to the roots. So, the plants can directly absorb the nutrients through the roots. They are even taken by the roots easily and quickly. This may be one of the reasons that the growth rate of hydroponic gardening is more. The supply of oxygen and carbon dioxide also gets increased to speed up the uptake of nutrients.

Also, roots of plants grow in soil need to exert much of the energy for nutrients and mineral in soil. It causes greater root growth as opposed to top growth. However, in case of hydroponic gardening, plants are directly grown in the mineral solution. As the minerals and nutrients are constantly supplied to plants, top growth can be focused. Many problems related with soil such as viruses, diseases and other pest problems can be kept away with efficient hydroponic gardening methods. So, try to beautify your indoors by hydroponic gardening and also lessen your maintenance and care efforts.

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