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I live in Arizona and find it difficult to garden year-round due to extreme temperatures. I began planting indoor plants, like herbs and spices, and found that to be very rewarding. However, I really wanted to plant outside, but found the hard soil to be very difficult to work around. That is when I discovered hydroponic farming and realized how easy it was to get started. I read many books and did plenty of online research to assist in making my hydroponic garden a success. One of the books I found particularly helpful was The Hydroponic Garden: Growing Without Soil. Starting a strawberry garden for hydroponic strawberries was surpisingly simple.  I also love hydroponic tomatoes and hydroponic vegetables. While hydroponic growing did not happen effortlessly because of this book, it did make it much easier.

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What Is Hydroponic Farming?
 
Hydroponics is a process of growing plants without soil. The process inlcudes using mineral nutrient solutions in place of the ordinary soil. Almost any terrestrial plant can grow with hydroponics and home gardners can really benefit from hydroponics farming.
 

Why Does Hydroponics Work?

Plant researchers discovered that the soil itself is not crucial to plant growth.  In fact, the soil simply acts as a nutrient reservoir and when water is added to the soil the mineral nutrients dissolve leading the plant roots to absorb them.  In hydroponic farming, the mineral nutrients are placed into the plant’s water supply. Practically any land growing plant can be grown with hydroponics, although there are some that thrive better compared to others.

This concept of growing plants without soil has been around since the days of the Aztecs and Babylonians. However, the modern method of nutrient solution replacement that is in use today for a hydroponic farm was developed around 1800s.

 
 
What Is A Hydroponic System?
 
There are many commercial hydroponic farming kits and homemade versions as well.  No one hydroponic system is necessarily better than the other.  It really depends on what works best for you.  
 
The range of systems that are available out there can seem overwhelming at first (hand watering, ebb and flow, reservoir method…), but there is a unique solution that works for all hydroponic gardens.
 
Eventually your hydroponic plants may require more hydroponic supplies. With the multitude of options available and decisions to be made about your hydroponic equipment.  It makes sense to start low budget and really familiarize yourself with the system, before you invest in fancier and more expensive solutions.  Check out this information on how to make your own hydroponic growing kits at home.
 
To good health,
 
Renee
 
 
 
 
 
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