Hydroponics uses less
WHY IS IT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE?
Hydroponic Production is a highly efficient way of farming.
- It can result in higher levels of water efficiency
- It is intensive and costly to set up; but can produce more per hectare with less inputs (water/ferttiliser etc) than conventional farming.
- It allows greater control over pest and disease; and over waste products.
- Fish can be farmed on the waste nutrients
- Even "organic" hydroponics is now viable
- It can be used to grow just about any plant. Apart from vegetables, fruits and flowers; it has also been used to produce stock feed)
WHAT IS HYDROPONICS?
Simply: growing plants without soil.
By taking away the soil and putting the roots into a different medium, the farmer can totally control what the plant roots are exposed to -from theamount of water and air, to the nutrients. Even exposure to pests, diseases, beneficial bacteria etc can in theory, be controlled.
Our principal, John Mason is a world renowned hydroponics expert; author of the best selling book "Commercial Hydroponics". click here to buy the book from our bookshop.
If you would like to know even more about hydroponics click here to look at our hydroponic courses
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