Never, under any circumstances, should soil be introduced to your hydroponic system. Soil is full of natural microbes that will contaminate and damage system. Don’t use soil as a medium for a hydroponic system and if you ever decide to move a plant from soil to hydroponics, make sure to thoroughly clean all the soil from the plant roots first.

Obviously, plants need nutrients and they normally get them from the soil. Hydroponic systems don’t use soil so those nutrients have to be delivered through another method. This is done by using nutrient solutions, which are distilled water mixed with Liquid fertilizer or nutrients that are important to the plants. The three most important nutrients are potassium, phosphorous and nitrogen so, for best growth, make sure your solution is rich in these three.

The main advantage of hydroponics is that plants can be successfully grown indoors, anywhere you have space to do so. This will probably mean that plants will not be exposed to direct sunlight for very long, or at all. If this is the case, you have to provide them with the light they need yourself for them to flourish. Indoor grow lights offer a solution that allows you to flood your plants with the light they need, anywhere, anytime.