What Is A Hydroponics Garden?

By Robert Singleton

What do the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Floating Gardens of China, and a popular science fiction television program have in common? Hydroponics gardening!

You may have heard of a hydroponics gardening system before this, in which case youll understand what Im talking about. If you havent heard about hydroponics gardening, dont worry. Hopefully by the time we reach the end of this article, you will have a clear idea of what a hydroponics garden is, and if someone asks you whether you think a drip system, or an ebb and flow system is better, then you wont have to squint at them and say eh? in that confused way.

Before we get on to the subject of drip, and ebb and flow systems, lets take a crash course in hydroponics gardening.

Coming from the Greek words hydro for water, and ponics for labor, the word hydroponics in gardening terms is used to specify a type of gardening that doesnt have its roots in soil, if you will forgive the pun. This soil-free type of gardening depends entirely on a water based system that is enriched with nutrients.

These nutrients can either be in the form of specially formulated chemicals for hydroponics gardening, or they can come as a variety of natural nutritional ingredients found in nature itself. The use of either nutrient form is solely dependent upon the gardener.

Since hydroponics gardening is a soil free system, containers are the best methods for growing, and a number of different varieties of containers, and pots are available to buy.

As a growing medium for the plant, something for it to get its roots into, different gardeners will have different likes and dislikes. Shale is a simple and easy solution, especially for the first time gardener. With a little bit of research however, you can easily find out if Hydroton or Rockwool is a better growing medium for you than shale would be. (Hydroton and shale can be used in an ebb and flow system, whilst horticultural Rockwool can be used with just about any system).

'Any system referring to methods used to pass along the nutrient enriched water to the plants. Again there are many options for the hydroponics gardener to choose from, but I will explain here only the two systems that I mentioned earlier.

Simply put, the ebb and flow system uses a pump to respectively flood and then drain your containers at regular intervals. The drip system uses a continuous drip that supplies a steady ration of water solution thats right for each plant.

Also it should be noted that hydroponics gardens have a higher growth rate, and many gardeners take advantage of this to create high yield vegetable and fruit gardens.

Now that you now what hydroponics gardening entails to a large extent, with a little more research you should be able to set up your own hydroponics system, and keep yourself year round in fresh fruits and vegetables!

About the Author:

Robert Singleton Author of 'Hydroponics Gardening' and online business owner. Find more information in 'The Gardeners Handbook' at: http://www.supremeuptime.com/Gardening/index.htm

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Garden HPS bulb Plant Grow Lights For Indoor Grow-Rooms

? Taking Care Of Your HPS Bulb

Garden HPS plant bulbs can be damaged before there even under your grow light reflector, when handling High Pressure Sodium Bulbs, cares needs to be taken as grease from your handle will more than likely be left after screwing in to that difficult ceramic E40 lamp holder.

Grease from your hands can cause hot spots on your grow plant bulb, causing them to fail earlier than you?d normally expect so remember to ware some gloves, when changing/replacing your HPS vapor Bulb.

HPS lamps get very hot, and then cool when off, its temperature deferents that can, after a while loosens that metal tablet ?its that little metal pellet that?s held at the end of the HPS bulb see above.?So when you come to screwing in, make sure you leave the HPS pellet upright, that way if it come loose your plant bulb grow lights still working ok.

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Careful as you go when screw HPS Bulbs in, as that E40 lamp holders really tight, as I?ve managed to break one in the past annoyingly.

? Which grow Light Reflectors Best

I?m not endorsing any particular grow light reflector but always try and buy the very best that?s around/out at the time, but I will say this:- NEVER EVER BUY bat-wing, v-reflectors angled metal grow light reflectors as there bout the worst you can buy, as the light reflected is very uneven which causes hot spots within your grow room, but not only that but can also damage your bulb with heat being reflected back, shorting your bulbs life.

Diagram of a vapour HPS bulb, with an arrow sowing where you?ll find that metal pellet, as long as you keep the bulbs pellet upright then you?ll be fine, not that these pellets fall out very often as its only happened two times from about 18 bulbs, over I?d say fifteen years, but it?s well annoying when it does happen.

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Aero Garden Aeroponics Growing Systems

Aero garden are the latest bad boy on the block, but are they true Aeroponics!Well I hate to break the bad news, but these fellas aren?t in the true sense of the word, aeroponic.

?Why? true aero growing, means no medium ( soil ) for the roots to grow in, which is true, these out of the box aerogarden do grow plant, without soil and in water solution, but that?s where the similarity ends I?m afraid, they also cost loads of dough, considering that they consist of a cheap pump some widgets and a very small grow light.

True aeroponic grow systems, grow plants in a mixture of air and fine water mist, its basically a type of hydroponics, and if done well its hydroponics on steroids, sound great yeah! then maybe try these Homemade Areoponics System Plans Which is one way of doing areoponics, but if you're after plans for an aero garden, like the one above then have a peep at my Areo Building Plans it's a fun system that uses air to lift nutrient solution into a drip feed, but is a little noisy, as it make a bubbling spitting noises, but still a brilliant growing system.

? Misconceptions of Aeroponics

The main Misconception for aero gardens is the thinking that?s been circulated about the net is that, aero gardening means that the plans don?t need to grow so much root system, ?this is not the case? and I can only assume this misconception came about because the roots don?t need to travel to acquire nutrients and water, although this is obvious the main reason for roots, its not the only one.

Think of roots as more of a battery than simply a system for collecting water and distributing fertilized water solution Amongst root fibers there?s also starch, and starch holds lots and lots of energy,If plants are healthy and can collect extra energy, this is where its held( also the main stem, but mostly roots, so any extra energy is converted into starch, for use later on when needed, either for growth or for flowering, so even if you think a plants is large enough for flowering, the roots may tell a different story, so people like to allow the roots to get well established before flowering or fruiting but I?ll cover more on how to grow your plants on another page, and another time.

? What?s True Aeroponics

Home use aeroponics systems are very different to commercial units, in fact very different, although what I?m about to say seems a little trivial, until you to realize how roots work.

? So what?s the benefits

In true Aeroponics, the roots are free of constraints, unlike other aero garden system, such as flood and drain systems that use expanded clay pebbles that although are still a great systems,they do still hinder root development.

? Assess to air and lots of it optimise's plant growth, but why?

Top Root section

Plant roots can be divided into three sections, the top most roots that are normally just under the ground, take advantage of the top soil, as this is the place where high amounts of air are still available, so its these roots that are most able to take advantage of the extra air within the top soil or your aero garden

Middle root section

This middle section that?s referred to as the root ball, its this middle part that?s adapted to either take in extra air, when conditions are dry, or after heavy rain are able to collect or sit in flooded soil, without suffocating for some time, ie there a bit of a go-between, depending on moister conditions.

Bottom root section

The bottom part of the root mass are called tap roots, and its these fellas that go in search of a constant supply of water, they really love it, they keep looking and looking until they hit jackpot.

Oxygen is essential for all plant root systems, you've probably seen plants that have been over watered before, and how unhealthy they look, and if not rectified, soon die.

High pressure-areoponic growing systems are purpose built to give all the air and nutrients your plants could ever need, and with the added bonus of over delivering clean air to the roots, pathogens are less likely to be acquired.

? Commercial Aeroponic Systems

Commercial aeroponic systems spray the roots, as you would imagine, except the spray is a very fine spray (small droplets, almost like a mist, if you?ve used one of them pressurized crop sprayers, you?ll know what I mean,aero spray nozzles are only operated for a brief amount of time, times very, but generally for only 5 seconds in every 15 to 20 minutes, via a high pressurized system, just enough to dampen the roots, but nothing more.

? Home-domestic aeroponics systems

Home grown units run of a common fish pond pump, which is what?s called a low pressure aero garden system, that runs a sprinklers, mini sprinklers, the one you?ll see at any garden center, these sprinklers spin, as the water forces it round, but what come out isn?t a fine mist, like the commercial aeroponic garden systems, but fairly large droplets, that soak the roots, which is not what Aeroponics is about, but still a system worth considering.

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