How to Grow Hydroponics 

Discover how to grow Hydroponics in the most effcient way

What is necessary for plants?



Of course the sun, air and water. In addition, another major component: NUTRITION.


Plants receive basic nutrition through the root system in the form of dissolved chemicals in water, so that later, by photosynthesis, using light energy, convert carbon dioxide into a building material to create its own cellular structure, that is, for its own growth, development and fruiting.
For plants, various chemical elements are needed, the so-called "basic" elements - nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, and a whole series of other chemical elements: magnesium, calcium, sulfur, and in very small quantities trace elements - manganese, iron, boron, zinc, copper, Molybdenum and others.


Where can plants get this set of chemicals?


From the environment where the roots live, For example from soil, or from a substrate. What is a substrate? It is a neutral substance into which the root system of plants is placed to effectively grow plants on hydroponics.
 A nutrient solution containing all the necessary chemical elements for the growth and development of plants is fed by means of an irrigation system into containers filled with a substrate, where it is absorbed by the root system of the plant and all the necessary nutrients enter the plant with irrigation water.
As substrates, mineral or organic substances that are chemically neutral and stable, capable of remaining neutral when a solution of salts containing all that is necessary for the life of plants is fed to the plants. In addition, the substrate must have a good water retention.


Industrial technologies for growing plants, when a farmer plans his crop, make us increasingly pay attention to effective hydroponic technologies for growing plants and choosing the optimal type of substrate.
Good fertile soils are far from everywhere. Maintaining the soil in good condition, ensuring its fertility, also requires serious costs, and sometimes significant investments in its restoration, disinfection, and improvement of the structure. No matter how rich the soil, over time, its fertility is depleted, and fertilizer is required. Traditional fertilizer application schemes are not very effective, since cultivated plants only get a small fraction of the fertilizer applied to the soil. Partly fertilizers are used by weeds, some they react with substances already contained in the soil, some washed by rains, and some penetrate to a greater depth and fall into underground groundwater, polluting them and salinizing the soil.


In closed ground, that is, in greenhouses, the intensive use of natural soil leads to its rapid depletion, salinization, a sharp decrease in fertility, the accumulation of pathogenic microflora and pests in it.
Because of this, greenhouses growing plants on the soil are forced to periodically replace the fertile soil layer with a new one, but this is associated with great labour costs and the problem of acquiring high-quality fertile soil for replacement.
Hydroponics, despite the fact that this technology requires the strict observance of all agrotechnical requirements and additional equipment for the preparation of nutrient solutions, the accurate dosage of nutrients and the automation of all processes related to irrigation and plant nutrition, is gaining increasing recognition among people involved in agriculture and growing various plants.


Till today 27/01/2020 there’s is no effective system of Hydroponics plant just in water. If you seeking for growing as a hobby hydroponics in small kit, or at your closet, growing plants in water its ok. However if you looking for commercial growing of greens, vegetables or strawberries, using just water will give much less of what can give you a certain plant. The possibility to grow at least trice will be lost forever.


We usually use coconut substrate, its cheap and very effective.
Try to grow your hydroponics on substrate, and see a whole new definition of Hydroponics!



Until the next time, Roman from Agrosheriff.


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