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Hydroponic
equipment is available for home use as well as industrial and commercial
applications. For the home, there are several deluxe kits on the market
that can be purchased. Kits are a great way to learn about hydroponics
because you are able to buy all the items needed for success at one time.
Most hydroponic equipment stores will offer systems for use with the aeroponics,
flood & drain (ebb & flow), drip and passive or wicking systems
for indoor/home growing. Growing produce hydroponically means a lot for
people who live where the land is not fertile. Hydroponic crop yields
are consistently so much higher than traditional agriculture. For example,
in the United States, the agricultural average per acre of potatoes is
6-10 tons. With hydroponics, that number jumps up to 62.5 tons per acre.
Even on the low side that’s more than 5 times what can be grown
using traditional agriculture. Also, hydroponic methods use 1/20th of
the amount of water of traditional farms.
For about $250 you can buy an aeroponics unit that will fit on a kitchen
counter. If you buy a unit like this in a kit, seeds will come with it
or you can buy seeds separately that are designed for use with the unit.
Units like these come with a 24-hour light option and usually have a grow
bulb replacement indicator to let you know when it’s time to buy
a new bulb.
In aeroponics kitchen units like this you can grow:
• Salad herbs
• Salad greens
• Salsa peppers
• Cherry tomatoes
• Cascading petunias
• Basil
• French herbs
• Chili peppers
• Salad greens
• Snow peas
• And more!
The term ‘aeroponics’ refers to one of the methods of growing
produce hydroponically. In aeroponics, plants are suspended, don’t
use a growing medium, and roots are continuously sprayed with a fine mist
rich in nutrients and oxygen. When roots have unlimited access to oxygen,
water and nutrients like this, the plant grows at an amazing rate.
However, these aeroponics systems are delicate and easy to mess up. These
are usually recommended for more experienced gardeners. The tiny sprayer
nozzles can easily clog, and the simplest equipment or power failure can
cause total crop loss in a hurry. Nevertheless, home kitchen aeroponics
units are becoming more popular and more people are interested in giving
them a try. Aeroponics have yet to prove themselves on a commercial scale,
though.
On a commercial scale, hydroponic equipment includes a wide variety of
trays, pots and pumps. Environmental controls help maintain the correct
grow temperature. Testing equipment is available to help monitor and correct
nutrient solutions. Fertilizers, stimulants and rooting hormones are used
for obvious reasons. Lighting and irrigation supplies are highly objective
– depending on what kind of plants are being grown and where.
Grow media is also vital hydroponic equipment. Grow media can include:
• Coco Peat
• Diahydro
• Rock wool (mineral wool)
• Expanded clay – baked clay pellets
• Perlite
• Vermiculite
• Brick shards
• Sand and gravel
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