The document discusses hydroponics, which is growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. It provides details on the history of hydroponics, different types of hydroponic systems, nutrient solutions, requirements, advantages, disadvantages and crops that can be grown hydroponically.
The document discusses hydroponics, which is growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. It provides details on the history of hydroponics, different types of hydroponic systems, nutrient solutions, requirements, advantages, disadvantages and crops that can be grown hydroponically.
The document discusses hydroponics, which is growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. It provides details on the history of hydroponics, different types of hydroponic systems, nutrient solutions, requirements, advantages, disadvantages and crops that can be grown hydroponically.
The document discusses hydroponics, which is growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. It provides details on the history of hydroponics, different types of hydroponic systems, nutrient solutions, requirements, advantages, disadvantages and crops that can be grown hydroponically.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. History of Hydroponics 3. Hydroponic system 4. Why grow things Hydroponically ? 5. Working 6. Hydroponics parts 7. Types of Hydroponic System 8. Nutrient Solution 9. System Requirements 10. Advantages and Disadvantages 11. What can you grow ? 12. Conclusion INTRODUCTION
Hydroponics is simply the production of crops without soil.
Hydroponics is also an answer to two of the world's growing concerns: diminishing soil quality, and water scarcity. It is technique for growing plants in water. Utilizing this technology, the roots absorb balanced nutrient dissolved in water that meets all the plant developmental requirements. Many aggregates and media support plant growth
4 HISTORY
Hydroponics became popularized by the news media in
the 1920s when a scientist named Dr. William F. Gericke of the University of California when he put laboratory experiments in plant nutrition on a commercial scale. Sohe termed these nutriculture systems HYDROPONICS. The word was derived from the Greek words, HYDRO (water), and PONOS (labor), literally “water working”. • Hydroponic principles used in the creation of the Hanging 600BC Gardens of Babylon
Late 1200S • Marco Polo records sightings of floating gardens in China
• Francis Bacon, British scientist, studies soil-less gardening.
1620 Publication of his work sets of a wave of hydroponic research
• John Woodward, British scientist, concludes plants grow better in
1699 water with nutrients, opposed to distilled water.
• William Gericke, Berkeley scientist, demonstrates the benefits of
1930 soil-less gardening. Credited for giving hydroponics its name
• Two other Berkeley scientists, Dennis Hoagland and Daniel Arnon, publish "The 1938 Water Culture Method for Growing Plants Without Soil," most important text regarding hydroponics. Developed three nutrient solutions that are still used today WHATIS HYDROPONIC SYSTEM?
There is no mention of "soil" anywhere in there and that's all the proof you need that plants can grow without it. WHY TO GROW THINGS HYDROPONICALLY ? Benefits sometimes questioned….. Some hydroponic growers got many times greater yields than conventional methods.
Because hydroponically grown plants dip their roots directly into
nutrient-rich solutions, they get what they need much more easily than plants growing in soil. With smaller roots, you can grow more plants in the same area and more yield. Many pests are carried in soil, sodoing without it generally gives you a more hygienic growing system with fewer problems of disease. HOW DOESHYDROPONICS WORK?
Stand your plants in a plastic trough and let a nutrient solution trickle past their roots (with the help of gravity and a pump). TYPESOF HYDROPONICSYSTEM
Wick System
Water Culture
Ebb & flow (Drain and flow)
Drip system Recovery /Non recovery
N.F.T.(Nutrient film Technique)
Aeroponic system 1. WICKSYSTEM
The nutrient solution is pumped from the reservoir up the growing tray and delivered to plant roots via the capillary movement of the wick 2. WATERCULTURE
Plants are placed in a net pot and are held by a floating platform above a container of nutrient and water. Plant roots are suspended and stretched into the nutrient-rich oxygenated solution 3. EBB& FLOW (DRAIN AND FLOW)
Also known as Flood & Drain. The system floods the nutrient solution onto the grow tray to surround plant roots before draining back. Often automated by a pump connected to a timer. 4. DRIPSYSTEM
Drip system pumps the nutrient solution through the tube and drops onto plant roots via a network of drip lines. The action is often made automatical by a timer Nutrient Solutions
In Hydroponics, nutrient control is easy
Anitrogen-rich GrowFormula Aphosphorous and potassium-rich Bloom Formula
& The results?
Bumper crops of delicious fruits and vegetables every time. Plants require 17 essential elements to grow and reproduce The first three are Hydrogen, oxygen and carbon Other 14 are: Macro-Elements: Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Sulfur Microelements: Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, Boron , Chlorine, Molybdenum, Nickel SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
pH Control 5.8 and 6.4, or slightly acidic Electrical Conductivity (EC) 1.2-3.5 Mho Horticultural Lighting Metal Halide (MH), High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lamps. Temperature and Environmental Control 68- 78 degrees F. ADVANTAGES
Soil is not required
Water remains in the system and can be reused, thus saving water Nutrition levels are controlled, thus reducing nutrition requirements and costs The controlled hydroponic environment ensures that no pollution from the nutrients is released Plants are healthier with high yields The container is movable, thus pests and diseases can be easily controlled Easy harvesting with shorter harvest time Hydroponic plants are better for consumption There is no damage due to pesticide DISADVANTAGES
Cost of initial investment
A high level of expertise is required. Daily attention is necessary. Specially formulated, soluble nutrients must always be used. WHAT CAN WE GROW ? WE CANGROW HYDROPONIC GARDENAT OUR HOME…. CONCLUSION
Progress has been rapid and results obtained in various
countries have proved that this technology is thoroughly practical and has very definite advantages over conventional methods of crop production. The main advantages of soil-less cultivation is the much higher crop yields. People living in crowded city streets, without gardens, can grow fresh vegetables and barren and sterile areas can be made productive at relatively low cost. REFERENCES
