| There are a variety of benefits associated with soil | | | | crops can be grown in the same hydroponic growth |
| less or hydroponic gardening. This is the easy life for | | | | tank. |
| your plants. The plants roots don't have to search | | | | We can get this same response from annual flowers, |
| for food and water like they do in soil. The food and | | | | fruit, herbs, and vegetables in a hydroponics system. |
| water is brought directly to them, all they have to do | | | | Hydroponics has always been an ecologically sound |
| is grow and enjoy the easy life. | | | | gardening choice. It uses much less water than |
| There are no insects to eat the leaves and roots, no | | | | conventional gardening and does not erode the soil or |
| diseases to leave large gaping holes in the leaves | | | | add toxins to the environment. Soluble nutrient |
| making it hard to manufacture the required food to | | | | formulas are re-circulated and used by the plants' |
| keep them growing. | | | | roots, which helps eliminate this environmental waste |
| For providing all these plant comforts what are the | | | | that we have to deal with every day. |
| rewards? There are actually several major benefits. | | | | As many gardeners today are choosing to grow |
| The most noticeable is the rate of growth, that can | | | | crops, especially food crops organically, organic crop |
| be 30%-50% faster. There isn't any reason to use | | | | cultivation in hydroponics has become very popular. |
| pesticides so we don't have to worry about the | | | | Organic gardening is the cultivation of plants without |
| pesticides that were used just as a preventative | | | | the use of synthetic chemicals or pesticides. This |
| measure to produce our food. The plants are usually | | | | ensures that no harmful pesticides or fungicides will |
| quite a bit larger, the flavors are usually enhanced, | | | | be used in our food production. For this we are willing |
| the garden can be grown indoors, the produce can | | | | to invest in the extras that are required by organic |
| be grown year round. Hydroponics enables plants to | | | | gardening. There are many organic nutrients and |
| be grown closer together which helps increase the | | | | additives designed specifically for use in hydroponic |
| overall yield of crops. Not only that, but also several | | | | gardens. |