Hydroponic Gardening

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can have a garden in small spaces such as an apartment. In addition a good source of natural sunlight is not required because the gardener will provide the plant's light requirements.
This form of growing plants is not only an interesting topic of study, but also a viable method of producing many species of plants in either a small hobbyist garden or a large industrial crop producing system.
Benefits of Hydroponics

There are a large number of benefits to be taken advantage of with the hydroponic method of growing. In general the plants are going to be healthier, grow faster, grow more densely and in most instances be larger. There are several different reasons for these wonderful effects on plants grown using the hydroponic method. The plants will be healthier due to the lack of soil and its pests and parasites, not to mention the lack of weeds. Another positive aspect of no weeds is no weeding! The gardener providing all of the plant's required nutrients in the form of a ...

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In The Edible Indoor Garden, Peggy Hardingree states "Since 1978 award-winning executive chef Arno Schmidt of the famed Waldorf-Astoria has been using modern hydroponics to keep his kitchen supplied with the fresh out-of-season herbs he needs to prepare the gourmet dishes served there." (81). A few more benefits of hydroponics are that people in cities, desert areas, or other geographical locations where it is not suitable to grow crops can use this form of gardening to produce food stuffs. The nutrient solution that is used to nourish the plants in a hydroponic garden can also be recycled as a good nutrient and water source for other house plants when it has been removed from ...

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