0
Which are the most common hydroponic nutrients used for growing?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
In hydroponics, plants do not grow in soil. Instead, the plants are grown in a water-based medium or other growing mediums like coir, rockwool, etc.
All plants need the same conditions to grow i.e. sufficient amount of light, water, and materials to make their own food. For plants growing in soil, food is obtained by uptake in nutrients from the soil. Since soil is absent in hydroponics, food needs to be provided to the plant using a different route. This is where hydroponic nutrients come in.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Can Hydroponics plants live in the sun?
Hydroponics is not a method for classifying plants, rather it's a method for growing plants. Although you could absolutely use a hydroponic system outdoors (I have seen it done), most people tend to use the hydroponic method indoors. Just to clarify, Hydroponics is the method for growing plants without conventional soil. Most hydroponics systems involve the use of a "medium" which acts as a substitute for soil, and the roots hang in nutrient enriched water. The fundamental difference between hydroponics and soil is this: Non-hydroponic systems generally use the soil as the source for roots to obtain nutrients (ie nitrogen phosphorous, etc) while Hydroponic systems use water as the source for nutrients, and the medium has little or no nutritional value.
How do farmers make hydroponic farming give them the most crops?
Aquaponic farmers test their water, and they adjust nutrients as needed.
What are the ingridents in fertilizer that help it grow?
The most common ingredients in an artificial fertilizer are the trio, N, P, and K. From the names of these elements, commonly abbreviated as NPK. These are the most important for plant nutrition, but for hydroponic growing, a rather more complete group of elements is needed. These are the elements that plants need for their growth.
What business sells hydroponic supplies?
Not many people know this but there are a lot of locations to buy Hydroponic Supplies, but most of them are online. Ehydroponics.com is the most famous for selling them. Hope you enjoy!
Which nutrients should you eat the most?
carbohydrates if your an adult,but if your growing you might need more protein!
What is the most common job in turkey?
The answer is vegtable growing
Other than tomatoes what can you grow with the hydroponic method can you grow hydroponic flowers also?
You can grow heaps of plants, i grow plants using hydroponics and i grow tomatoes, strawberries,chillis. Yes you can grow flowers using hydroponics, you can plant them when they are seeds or seedlings. yes, most plants can be grown hydroponically but some species like different kinds of substrate (growing medium) to grow in so you need to check that first but most plants will survive just fine in rockwool using hydro and the correct nutrients. I grow strawberries, lettuce, tomatoes. Remember the soil is there to support the plant and supply nutrients so therefore if you provide a substate to anchor the plant then all you have to do is supply the correct balanced feed for that type of plant.
What are some typical 5th grade science fair projects?
Science fairs are very common in fifth grade. Some of the most common include a potato/copper battery, volcano, hydroponic experiments and a mouse-in-a-maze experiment.
What is the most useful layer of the soil and why?
It depends on what you call useful, but probably topsoil because it holds nutrients necessary for growing plants.
Why are most soil microorganisms found near the surface soil?
because soil will give more nutrients to the micro organisms for growing
Why aren't hydroponic crops more common?
Hydroponic systems are expensive and time consuming to maintain. Nutrient levels have to be constantly checked and kept in line. Also the lights used for hydroponics use boatloads of electricity. A 1000 watt light kept on 24 hours a day can use 50 dollars a month in electricity. With outdoor crops, the soil provides most of the nutrients and the sun provides plenty of light. The only thing that must be provided is water if there is not enough rainfall. Hydroponics for public food consumption would drive the price of food through the roof.
Is hydroponic weed better?
Not necessarily, hydroponic systems do have advantages but most of these advantages are for the grower. Generally hydroponicly marijuana grows much faster and yields are higher but this doesn't necessarily mean higher THC %
