Hydroponics

hydroponic strawberries

Hydroponics or Hydroculture is the method of growing plants in the nutrients that they need instead of soil. There are many ways of doing it.

[change] Advantages

Hydroponic crops can be packaged and sold while still alive, increasing the length of freshness.
Over and under-watering is stopped.
Hydroponics is a good method of plant growing for areas without good soil, such as Antarctica, space stations, and space colonies.
Hydroponics is very good for plant teaching and research.
No soil is needed.
There are no diseases from soil.
There are no weeds.
Crops are not contaminated with soil.
Less water is needed than with soil-grown crops.
Hydroponics cost less than other ways for growing strawberries.
Hydroponics give the plants more sunlight.
The maintenance needed for hydroponic plants is very low.

If the system fails, plants can die very quickly.
Hydroponics is more complicated than growing plants from soil.
Hydroponic crops usually cost more than soil-grown crops.
Hydroponic crops are an alteration to Gods creation, which arouses ethical debate.
Small scale farmers unable to afford hydroponics equipment will be ousted out of a competitive agricultural market.

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