Hydroponics is the process of growing plants and flowers without soil in water using some specific techniques. This type of gardening has become very common now a day and people are growing hydroponics garden of Herbs, vegetables and flowers quite successfully. The required minerals and other necessary ingredients are obtained from the water as these necessary ingredients are already absorbed by water.
Hydroponics garden growing has many advantages over traditional soil based gardening. Firstly, it doesnt require any soil and so, no matter in what kind of soil conditions you live; you can grow vegetables, herbs and flowers of your choice in your hydroponics garden. Another benefit of hydroponics gardening is the low cost in terms of water usage as water used once can be again reused. Another benefit of this type of gardening is high yield. You can produce more herbs and vegetables in hydroponic garden as compared to traditional gardens. Different types of diseases which usually spread very fast in herbs and vegetables from soil dont spread fast and can be easily tackled in case of hydroponics gardening by replacing the water.
There are many techniques that you can use to grow hydroponics garden. The two most popular of these types are solution culture and medium culture. In case of solution culture, no hard medium is required for roots of the plants being grown while in case of medium culture, a hard medium like sand or rockwool is used for roots of the plants. In both techniques, selection of container for the plants plays an important role in the growth of the plants. There are various types of container available but glass, plastic and concrete containers are considered to be most suitable for hydroponics garden growing.