What is IT? 
Hydroponics is a way of gardening and a way of growing plants of all types without the soil by direct feeding and watering of the plants root systems.  Therefore all the plant’s energy is spent on growing and maturing at a faster pace instead of crawling through the soil looking for food and nutriments.

More Production – Less Space
The neat thing about Hydroponics gardening is that you can get much more plant production in any given space than those grown in the ground.  Water and plant nutrients are re-circulated so only a small amount of water is actually used and there is no fertilizer in the water.Since the plants are “grown” in water the soil/pest factor is elimated and those bad pesticides are entirely avoided in the growing process.

Several Hydroponics Growing Systems
The basic and popular hydroponics gardening methods are:

The Passive method; The Ebb and Flow method and the NFT which stands for the Nutrient Film Technique and finally the Aeroponic method.

Maintenance of Your Hobby Hydroponics Garden
Most of the hydroponics methods are considered for hobby purposes and are actually easy to maintain and require a small amount of work.  Five or ten minutes a day is all that is usually required and that consists of checking that your nutrient tank is full and that the pH levels are accurate.  You generally change the nutrient mixtures every 2-3 weeks.  You can recycle and use the old solution for watering other yard or house plants.

Hydroponics Gardening Benefits
Hydroponics has many advantages over the traditional type of gardening in soil.

The first and obvious benefit is that your hydroponics plant will grow 30% to 50% quicker and faster than if planted in soil.

The second benefit is that your yield from the plant is much greater.  The primary reason that the yield is greater is probably due to the fact that more oxygen and vital nutrients gets delivered to the hydropnically grown plants’ root systems. 

Since the plant’s roots are in water and so are the nutrients the plant is literally swimming in nutritious environment that gets directly infused into the entire plant all day long.  The plant does not have to spend any energy seeking the food and uses the saved energy to grow more quickly thereby producing fruit in greater quantities and greater quality. 

Hydropnically raised plants are in a perfect environment to maximize their health and their production and reproductive features.  They are virtually free from disease, and have no infestation, and no fungi.

Hydroponics Is Environmentally Friendly
There is a byproduct benefit from Hydroponics gardening which is that our environment is less polluted from any fertilizers or chemical contaminants.  Also there is no soil to erode. 

It is thought by agriculture experts that as our plant continues to suffer from environmental pollution and its side effects we will turn full time attention to Hydroponics farming.  A polluted Earth and soil and water and air will not produce healthful food products in the quantity needed for man’s survival.

The Future Is Now
It is fun and easy to get into Hydroponics gardening.  You can start our as a hobby and before long you will become more proficient and expand your production.  Your friends and relatives will think you are a genius and they may even pay you for a piece of your harvest.

The nice thing about Hydroponics gardening is that you can grow your crops all year round.

You can convert idle space into mini greenhouses and before long you have established a home-based business opportunity for yourself.

Do Your Homework First
Be sure to do a little research on the subject of Hydroponics Gardening before you start spending money on starter kits.  Talk to people in the industry or at your local nursery.  It is time well spent.

Try to get your family and children involved in the Hydroponics gardening techniques.  It is fun, relatively easy and gives you a better appreciation of where our vegetables and fruit come from.  Good Gardening!