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Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners
The Basics of Hydroponics Gardening.
What is hydroponics gardening?
Derived from the Latin Hydro, meaning water and Geoponics, meaning the study of agriculture, hydroponics is the science of growing plants using a solution of suitable nutrients instead of soil. Most types of plant can be grown very successfully using hydroponics.
In conventional gardening the plants are grown...
Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 2) Plant Needs
THE BASICS OF HYDROPONICS.
What Do Your Plants Need?
All plants need the correct conditions in order to grow to their full potential. Plants grown using hydroponics systems are no exception to this basic rule. Like their soil grown cousins they need sufficient light of the correct wavelengths, a suitable temperature, an adequate water supply, enough oxygen, mineral nutrients and support for their...
Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners
(Part 3) Lighting
THE BASICS OF HYDROPONICS.
An Introduction To Indoor Plant Grow Lights.
There are basically three types of grow lights used in horticulture. These are:
High Intensity Discharge Lights. (HID) These come in two types, the Metal Halide Grow Light(MH) and the High Pressure Sodium Grow Light (HPS)
Metal Halide.
Metal halide bulbs are designed for plants during their growing cycle. That is, for non-fruiting or non-blooming plants. Metal halide lighting is therefore the best HID choice for the plant’s growing phase.
High Pressure Sodium Lights.
The HPS grow light is used primarily for plants...
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