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    Hydroponics is a method of growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in water. It was developed in the early 20th century to address issues with traditional agriculture. Hydroponics has helped in many ways, such as providing food during World War 2 when troops in desert areas had limited water and soil. It also helps countries like Japan maximize crop growth in limited space. In the future, hydroponics may enable growing food in space and on other planets if water is available. The document concludes that hydroponics is a reliable alternative to traditional soil-based agriculture.

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    Hydroponics is a method of growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in water. It was developed in the early 20th century to address issues with traditional agriculture. Hydroponics has helped in many ways, such as providing food during World War 2 when troops in desert areas had limited water and soil. It also helps countries like Japan maximize crop growth in limited space. In the future, hydroponics may enable growing food in space and on other planets if water is available. The document concludes that hydroponics is a reliable alternative to traditional soil-based agriculture.

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    Hannah Shin

    Mr.Dahlhausen

    Chemistry

    8 December 2014

    Can Plants Grow Without Soil?


    Plants and gardening, usually put together, is a famous hobby for people who enjoy the outdoors

    and nature. Soil is an essential element for almost, if not all, plants to grow. Soil carries all the main

    nutrients that help nurture and grow a feeble sprout into a strong holding, mature plant. In recent years

    man has discovered an alternative way to grow these plants without the use of soil and; this new method

    known as “Hydroponics”, has revolutionized gardening knowledge tremendously. What is in soil that

    makes it essential for plant growth? What are Hydroponics and its history? How does it work? Why is it

    so amazing? These are just merely a few questions this paper will answer.

    Soil, as mentioned before as probably the most essential thing for a plant’s growth process. The

    reason soil is needed for plant growth because of the nutrients that is contained within it; different types

    of soil have different types of nutrients most of which contain many different minerals acting as food for

    the plant. Also within the soil is a lot of erosion from rock, decomposed matter, and a lot of oxygen that is

    sucked into the soil. Growing plants with soil may seem simple but it is more easily said than done; there

    are any factors that must be kept track of while taking care of a plant with soil such as the amount of

    water your give and how tight the soil is packed on top of the roots. One little mistake can deteriorate the

    plant and prevent it from growing without dying. For a while, soil was the only option for plant growth

    and it was the most successful method for being assured that the plant will grow, but now we have a brand

    new method that is also environment friendly.

    This new method is called Hydroponics. Hydroponics roots from the Latin language and is

    defined as “working waters”. First it is called this because the process of Hydroponics includes soilless

    garden and the key essential is water. The history of Hydroponics is interesting because the Green House
    Industry started it. Soil was really reliable at the time for growing crops, but the problem was the amount

    of insects eating away at the plants making them useless. As this method developed, in the years of 1925

    to 1935, this method was given a lot of support for development with tons of people working on it to

    perfect it ("History of Hydroponics."). It tremendously helped America and countries all around the

    world by improving agriculture in troubled areas. Using only water, the plant should be able to help its

    self and grow using the minerals that the water provides. Hydroponics is also a simpler way to grow a

    plant because of how precise everything is; one can measure how much of each nutrient the plant needs

    with hydroponics, but with soil the amount of nutrients is harder to measure (Nicholls 55).

    The process of Hydroponics is quite simple, the process only requires water and some necessary

    nutrients a plant need for growth, no other energy sources are needed for this process ("What Is

    Hydroponics?"). Most anyone can do it with a controlled climate, but one has pay close attention to it

    everyday making sure the water does not fog up or go rotten. To be on the safe side it was best to change

    the water every so often or filtering the water. Hydroponics was and continues to be an amazing method

    for sufficiently growing plants.

    Hydroponics, while developing, helped the agriculture state in many areas. Three ways it helped, helps,

    and will help humans today is from World War II, Japan, and the vast unknown outer space. It helped

    America during World War II when a small percentage of American troops were stationed in the desert

    with limited water and food. In order for plant growth to happen, they realized that using hydroponics to

    grow food wastes less water than using soil, which was also very limited and in terrible condition

    ("Critical Reading and Discussion Questions."). One way it helps in present day is in Japan where there is

    very limited space for good soil and crop growth. Japan is very well known for its vast population and

    because of it; it usually tends to get very crowded. As japan tried to hold on to more land while having to

    feed their population, they turned to hydroponic rice production, which does not eat up their landmasses

    while providing a sufficient way for agriculture to strive ("Hydroponics Growing Future”). A way it will
    help in the future is when exploring further into the outer space region. Many space-studying companies,

    such as NASA, strive to try and figure out if life is possible on planets apart from earth. The most popular

    planets for study are Mars and the moon, though both of these planets seem most compatible for life to

    exist, there is no oxygen. To obtain oxygen, there needs to be plants to produce it but there is no soil or

    fertilizer to grow plants. Recent discoveries and studies show that both Mars and the moon show signs of

    water on them, which shows a sign of hope for life. Now with this discovery, there are several space

    programs hoping to use hydroponics to grow plants; if successful, the more plants there are, the more

    oxygen will be produced making it more a more possible for life on these planets ("Hydroponics Growing

    Future”). These examples are just a few of the ways Hydroponics is helping in the simplest and most

    complicated ways.

    In conclusion, hydroponics may be a more reliable source for plant growth than soil. The only reason soil

    is mostly used everywhere is because of well known it is compared to Hydroponics. Because of

    Hydroponics, humans have more opportunities to learn beyond what they already know.

    Word Count: 978

    Works Cited

    "Critical Reading and Discussion Questions." ​Past, Present, and Future of Hydroponics.​ N.p., n.d. Web.

    16 Nov. 2014.

    "History of Hydroponics." ​History.​ N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.

    "Hydroponics Growing Future - HowStuffWorks." ​HowStuffWorks​. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.

    Nicholls, Richard. "The Nutrient Solution." ​Beginning Hydroponics: Soilless Gardening: A Beginner's

    Guide to Growing Vegetables, House Plants, Flowers, and Herbs without Soil​. Philadelphia,

    PA: Running, 1990. N. pag. Print.


    "What Is Hydroponics?" ​Simply Hydroponics.​ N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.

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