I’m considering growing my own hydroponic strawberries. They are delicious and I hope to make money from them. Here are some of the reasons why hydroponic strawberries beat traditional soil grown strawberries.

No matter where you live you can grow strawberries in an hydroponic system.  So even if you live in a crowded city centre apartment block, you can still grow them. Because you are not using soil, no soil borne diseases will be passed on to the plants. There will be no need to eliminate any soil loving pests. You will have no need to use any expensive or controversial pesticides.

Once you have your strawberries growing, your running costs will be around 20% lower compared to soil based gardening. You can grow more hydroponic strawberries in a smaller area. This is due to the decreased size of the roots as they do not have to spread out to find nutrients. So you will be able to grow more in your growing trays.

Maintenance time is greatly reduced from as soon as your system is set up. There is no need to water your strawberries as they will already have access to all the nutrients. There is also no weeding involved as there is no soil. All you really need to do is pick the strawberries as and when they are ready.

The strawberry yield will be year round. You control their environment and you will have everything set to their optimum growing conditions so they will continue to produce 365 days a year.

You can grow hydroponic strawberries anywhere; greenhouse, cellar, kitchen, conservatory, rooftop, window ledge, living room or in the garden. Th strawberries grow on average 40% larger than their soil born brothers. This is because you have created their ideal growing environment and they have full access to all the nutrients they need. Could be money in the bank!

A crop of fruit that has benefited hugely from hydroponic technology is the strawberry.  People love to eat strawberries and the home-grown ones taste absolutely delicious.

Using the conventional soil-based method to grow strawberries on a large scale, farmers have to use a harmful pesticide called Methyl Bromide to get a good crop.  Since a hydroponic system does not contain any soil there are no soil-born diseases or pests to be eliminated,  the need to use toxic herbicides, pesticides, or insecticides is illiminated.  This negates damage this would do to the environment. For this very reason, farmers throughout the world are moving into hydroponic gardening in a big way.

Another very good reason to grow this fruit in an hydroponic system is that it can be set up to elevate the strawberry plants so that the fruit hangs down for easy picking. The strawberry being elevated eliminates the problem of the fruit rotting because of sitting in the soil.