The world is becoming more and more interested in better ways of growing food.  Hydroponics is the science of growing plants without soil. This is a huge advantage, since a whole variety of growing mediums can be used and tested to best suit each plant type.  The smallest space can produce a large amount of plant material. One important thing to note though is that hydroponics doesn’t just operate without soil, it hates soil. The natural microbes in soil will contaminate and damage your hydroponic  system, so never mix the two under any circumstances.

Since plants in nature get the vast majority of their nutrients from the soil around them, hydroponic plants need to get those nutrients from somewhere else. To deliver them, hydroponic growers mix the nutrients into normal distilled water to make a nutrient rich solution, which is then taken up by the plants, giving them everything they need to thrive.

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