Tag: hydroponic float system
We all know that hydroponic float system farming is simply a method of growing plants in water without soil. The simplest way to set up a hydroponics system is with an aquarium system.
Use gravel at one end for drainage and place net pots with seeds on top of the gravel. Watering is automatic when your float pump pushes water through your hydroponics system and into your gravel.
Plants such as lettuce, tomatoes, peppers and herbs grow well in these systems because they require little maintenance and can be harvested very quickly.
Advantages of using hydroponic float system
- One major advantage that comes with hydroponics is that it can save a lot of time and money for growers.
- Since they don’t have to wait for their plants to grow in soil, they can start harvesting crops almost right away.
- This means more revenue coming in faster, which helps balance out lower initial costs.
- The system also has high yields; plants grown in soils usually lose quite a bit of water to evaporation during hot weather, but plants grown hydroponically are only exposed to air at their roots.
- As such, they lose less water overall (since they aren’t losing any through transpiration) and are able to produce higher yields than normal crops would under similar conditions.
- A final perk of hydroponics is its sustainability.
- Plants growing in soil tend to need fertilizers or extra nutrients beyond what’s provided by natural soil since nutrients are quickly used up by all those roots.
- Hydroponic farms tend to use fewer fertilizers than other methods because plants only take up what they need directly from nutrient solutions.
- They leave behind little waste or excess fertilizer, so there are no runoff or contamination issues—which makes them far safer for both consumers and the environment overall.
