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Hydroponic EquipmentHydroponic 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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