We all know that vegetables are so good for our health.  This is why we are encouraged to include them in our daily diet. Not everyone likes the bitter taste of most vegetables, so, if this applies to you, then you might want to try vegetables grown hydroponically.  Vegetables  produced with the hydroponic technique are grown without soil and in water containing dissolved mineral nutrients. Some say, compared to organic vegetables, the hydroponic greens are sweeter and more tender.

Hydroponics can be a low-cost technique allowing for the use of recycled materials and soil-free medium such as sand or stone. Vegetables grown the hydroponic way are very useful in urban agriculture. They can be grown in limited urban spaces, even in places that may not have been considered before for food production like the balconies or rooftops. It also eliminates the need for using pesticide solutions because soil-less gardening means few pests or weeds.

When you lack the land to grow your vegetables, it is easy to set up an hydroponic gardening system that is simple – the water culture system. The components required are a floating platform, an air line, an air stone and an air pump.

The floating platform acts as a foundation system and holds plants in place while the roots dangle in the nutrient solution. The air pump is located outside the tank and pumps air through the line to the air stone. The air stone, in turn, aerates or “bubbles” through the nutrient solution, providing oxygen for the plant roots.

An ideal plant to grow using the water culture hydroponics system is lettuce. Lettuce grows quickly and requires a lot of water, making it a good match for this type of hydroponic system.