Hydroponics Technology News

Over the last ten years the consumer demand for fresh, quality, premium produce has increased dramatically. Today's savvy customer wants to purchase produce which is known to be free of any harmful herbicides or pesticides and is considered safe, and they will pay any price for the privilege. Growing produce through hydroponic methods is one way of meeting this demand.

Hydroponics is the method of growing plants without soil. Agriculturists discovered that plants absorb necessary nutrients in the water in the form of simple ions. In the traditional garden, the soil serves to reserve these nutrients, yet soil is not essential for plant growth. Plants cannot absorb any of the nutrients found in the soil unless they are first dissolved in water. Therefore, when the essential nutrients are introduced to a plant through the water supply alone, soil becomes more of a nuisance than a necessity. Hydroponics allows the plant to gain nutrients directly from the water supply, with a total elimination of soil.

Through the cooperation of the latest in hydroponics technology and an environmentally-controlled greenhouse, the demand for such produce can be met. In fact, hydroponic grow boxes and related systems are an ideal solution for the increased demand. A good quality hydroponics grow system allows a hydroponics farmer to raise high quality produce in locations close to the market. The farmer eliminates the damage and costs related to the commercial transport of their prized field produce through this method.

Across the United States and the world, hydroponic farms are thriving. Many hydroponics farms located in the US are small or family-owned businesses. Some of the larger facilities, on the other hand, can stretch as wide as 80 acres. Smaller farms tend to operate on less than one acre of land of active hydroponic production, while larger farms may average between twenty and forty acres of active hydroponics. Smaller farms have an advantage over larger facilities in their ability to be located closer to the marketplace, provide vine-ripened produce, and omit produce transportation expenses or damage.

Hydroponic grow boxes are strategically placed within a controlled-environment greenhouse. Plants are exposed to the perfect amount of plant nutrients, never treated with pesticides or herbicides, and grow with both natural sunlight and grow lights. Through these methods, the resulting hydroponic produce is of the best premium quality, can be deemed organic, and meets the highest standards for safety and natural diets.

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