Hydroponics 101: An Introduction to Growing Food Hydroponically

你可能听说过人们谈论水培，但是什么是水耕的生长？

In a nutshell, hydroponics is a method of growing plants without soil; instead, nutrients are provided via a water-based system.

来自绿色和充满活力的最大值是在这里分享他对水耕地生长的一些见解。

你知道你的房间，巨大的仓库和国际空间站有什么共同之处吗？所有这些区域都可以使用水培系统成功地生长植物。

Hydroponics is considered to be one of the solutions for shrinking agricultural land and soil on planet Earth.

But that is one for the future. At present, hydroponics is growing in popularity across urban spaces.

有一个成长的群体urban cultivators谁使用水耕系统从简单地生长任何东西草药蔬菜和水果。

With minimal investment and an understanding of the underlying concepts, anyone can grow plants using hydroponics.

Why choose hydroponics?

Resource Conservation

人们已经使用了千年的土壤，并将继续这样做。

但随着资源变得越来越稀缺，并且有一个不断增长的人口饲养，许多科学家和种植者都认为水培是未来的农业技术。

为什么？

水培农业在利用最新技术的方式方面更具可持续性。

Growers can grow with hydroponics anywhere, even in arable places andin space.

同时，通过再循环系统有效地使用水和营养物，这意味着在其运行过程中没有丢失过量的资源。

消除土壤也消除了令人讨厌的杂草和土壤一样的土壤，像地下鼠标，泡沫;和蟒蛇等疾病，镰刀菌，rhizoctonia。

Fewer pesticides are used when growing hydroponically, making environmental sense and creating healthy produce.

Grow year-round with hydroponics

这是水培中的另一个主要优点。室外园艺和农业完全是天气和气候的怜悯。

But when you grow food indoors, all the variables are under your control. This includes temperature, light, and nutrients.

所以你可以种植自己的食物and enjoy fresh veggies all through the year, even in winter. In this way, hydroponics is at least ten to twenty times more productive than regular gardening.

这可以通过垂直进一步增强。这样，水培解可以容易地克服地面空间限制，并使每平方英尺的植物产生更多的植物，而不是基于土壤的园艺。

What is hydroponic growing good for?

任何植物都可以用水培，虽然有些人比其他人更容易生长。在水性环境中生长的最简单的植物是叶状蔬菜（莴苣，菠菜等），草药，豆类和幼苗。

Fruits liketomatoes, strawberries, and胡椒are also grown widely by either hobbyist and commercial growers with the similar or better yields than soil-grown counterparts.

Plants such as corn, pumpkins, etc. are more challenging because they are larger, heavier, and require more space.

与此同时，生根和块茎作物喜欢土豆, carrots, and beets require deep growing media so that they can develop starchy roots & tubers and are not recommended for hydroponic gardens.

什么水耕系统对我来说最适合？

主要有六种类型的水培工方法，从简单，无源系统wicking要么深水文化to the more advanced forms –nutrient film techniques,退潮和流量, drip, and aeroponics.

每个都有自己的优点和disadvantages, but all work well to grow soilless plants.

You can make a small DIY hydroponic system at home or easily get a ready-made hydroponic system kit and set it up in less than an hour.

Sunlight or Grow Lights

Nothing can beat the sun when it comes to maximizing your plants’ potential growth. So if you have a sunny spot or a windowsill in your home, place your plants there.

但是，如果你缺乏足够的空间和阳光，你仍然可以在足够的人造灯下种植植物。

The goal here is to help plants create food by photosynthesis, and grow lights have been used widely and have produced the results on par with the sunlight.

The most popular lights used for growing plants include compact fluorescent lights (CFL), T5 fluorescent tubes, HIDs (High-intensity Pressure) bulbs, and the latest LED grow light technologies.

Depending on your budget and the size of growing area, you can choose from CFL bulbs with just several bucks to the costly LED lights well over one thousand dollars.

Can hydroponics be organic?

Most要么ganic proponents会同意仅使用天然材料生长有机产品。

Many environmentally-inclined hydroponic growers have adapted by using nutrients like blood meal, fish bones, etc. and using coconut coir with added worm castings as growing media.

然而，这些仍然被许多有机种植者拒绝，因为它们缺乏土壤。

事实上，有关标记水培作为有机的持续辩论。

In November 2017, the国家有机标准委员会, an advisory board to the USDA announced its decision to allow hydroponic operations to be certified USDA organic.

有机支持者的强烈反对，陈述水培生长不支持土壤健康，有机耕种的基础是土壤，这在扮演着重要作用combating climate changes.

Labeled organic or no, hydroponically grown plants are grown in a closed, controlled environment that often uses fewer pesticides.

我们不知道何时和如果水培将被标记为有机物，但我们知道这是最可持续的方法中，考虑到在未来的资源可持续性和粮食生产不断担忧。

作者生物：

Max writes about hydroponics and indoor gardening.

He loves growing everything on his own and helps out aroundGreen and Vibrant.

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