Indoor Hydroponics Gardening

To some extend I do know that Hydroponics gardening is widely referred as the growing of plants without soil. It is used for growing healthier plants, succulent fruits, lush vegetables and herbs and it make use of the technique of growing plants in water which contains dissolved nutrients. And the plants get sufficient nutrients it thrives without the soil.

But what I don't know is that we can grow hydroponics plants indoor too. Until my daughter from high school shared with me that with the use of the right nutrients and the suitable artificial light source, hydroponics gardening can do well also indoor. She even show me the below videos and after watching it I was comtemplating to try it out.

Just for curiosity I did some more research and realised that there are three broadly used hydroponics gardening systems. The ebb and flow system, aeroponic system and the drip system. And the kind of system that people choose is likely a personal preference. The trend of hydroponics appears to be promising. As plants can grown indoors, they can be made to grow almost anywhere, in any condition and weather.

For a controlled environmental hydroponics gardening system, besides temperature, water, CO2, oxygen, pH and nutrients, controlled light is also important. Most plants need sufficient sunlight. However, for indoor hydroponics gardening , artificial light such as bulb light is required. The intensity of the light should be high but do take into the consideration that it does not significantly raise the temperature.

In the process of finding out more I discover more about the advantages of hydroponics gardening. Not only that it takes up a small space, it only use a small amount of water comparing to the traditional farming. In this technique, soil is not required so there is no need for toxic pesticides. And weeds and soil borne disease are removed.

This is an eye opener for me, hydroponics gardening is cool. This is certainly one of the good way in growing a healthier indoor plants especially herbs and vegetables.