| You don't need to have your own backyard or even | | | | square feet of space. |
| a bag of potting soil to begin growing your own | | | | For your first Hydroponics experience with |
| vegetables, herbs or fruits when you invest in a | | | | Hydroponic kits, focus on one or two favorite plant |
| Hydroponic system. No experience is necessary. | | | | categories that you will enjoy, such as herbs and |
| Hydroponics is an amazing method of growing plants | | | | lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, cucumbers, peppers, |
| in water using plant nutrients and grow medium, with | | | | chiles or beautiful flowers. It is best to not go |
| no need for soil. This system of growing plants | | | | overboard with too many varieties until you have |
| without soil traces its history back thousands of | | | | gained knowledge through a growing season. Because |
| years to ancient times in such cultures as the Aztecs, | | | | Hydroponic systems can be used indoors using |
| the Chinese and the Babylonians. | | | | artificial lighting, there is no need to wait until spring or |
| The first Hydroponic crops grown in the US in the | | | | summer to begin using a Hydroponic kit. Many fans |
| early 20th century were tomatoes at the University | | | | of Hydroponic gardening got their start in the dead |
| of California Berkeley. Today, Hydroponic kits make it | | | | of winter and were able to enjoy a taste of summer |
| easy and convenient for would-be gardeners of all | | | | in their cooking with fruits and vegetables grown in a |
| ages to enjoy growing their own fruits and | | | | limited amount of space, indoors, with no reliance on |
| vegetables in the comfort of your home or | | | | the weather or sunshine. |
| apartment. Space saving Hydroponic kits can be set | | | | Hydroponic kits generally include the pump and |
| up on rooftops, in basements, closets, spare rooms | | | | fittings, grow medium, plant nutrients, pH kit, |
| or kitchens where space may be at a premium. | | | | reservoir, growing tray and net pots to hold your |
| Modular Hydroponic systems, such as the | | | | Hydroponic plants, everything you need to start |
| WaterFarm, can be configured in a circle or line, close | | | | growing your favorite vegetables or flowers |
| together or spread out, to fit your specific space. | | | | immediately. If you do choose to place your |
| And best of all, no experience is needed because | | | | Hydroponic system indoors, a grow light will need to |
| step by step instructions allow a Hydroponic gardener | | | | be added to your Hydroponic system to take the |
| to successfully set up and run their system in a short | | | | place of sunlight. Beginning Hydroponics gardeners find |
| amount of time. | | | | that using an ebb and flow (flood and drain) or drip |
| Because Hydroponic systems allow plant nutrients to | | | | irrigation system for watering is the easiest to |
| reach the roots faster, the quality of Hydroponically | | | | understand and use. Aeroponic systems, which use a |
| produced fresh produce is much better and plant | | | | suspended root system and a spray mist for |
| development is much quicker than crops grown in soil. | | | | watering, take a little more time to get used to, and |
| You can grow nutrient rich, healthy vegetables, | | | | need to be watched closer. |
| superior in size, color and taste to soil grown, and | | | | Don't be afraid to get started growing vegetables |
| even store bought organic vegetables. Many of your | | | | and flowers in a Hydroponic system because of the |
| most favorite fresh produce items found at any local | | | | unknown. Hydroponic kits do come with instructions, |
| farmers market stand can be easily grown using a | | | | and any question can be answered, information |
| Hydroponic kit. | | | | offered, and other products and meters discussed |
| Among the many benefits of growing plants using | | | | that will add to your success in Hydroponic systems. |
| Hydroponics is the lack of any mess from soil, the | | | | Investing in your first Hydroponic kit can be an |
| ability to grow items indoors even out of season, | | | | enjoyable hobby with delicious benefits. Who knows, |
| savings from water recycling, lower costs for | | | | you may become so fascinated with this easy |
| providing plant nutrients, high yields and the system's | | | | method of gardening that you will expand your |
| mobility as well as efficiency of space. The use of | | | | Hydroponic systems to grow larger crops |
| water rather than soil as a growing medium also | | | | simultaneously and enjoy fresh fruits, vegetables and |
| makes odor and pest control much easier. Most | | | | herbs year-round, regardless of the season. |
| Hydroponic gardens can be set up using less than 20 | | | | |