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Hydroponics: Lesson #1

This document introduces hydroponics, which is growing plants in a nutrient solution rather than soil. It describes the major parts of a typical hydroponic system, including the growing tank, nutrient tank, and catch basin. It distinguishes between active and passive hydroponic systems, and between open and closed systems. The main advantages of hydroponics over traditional soil-based agriculture are that it requires no cultivating, weeding, or digging; it is less susceptible to pests and diseases; and it uses less water and fertilizer while allowing for closer plant spacing and higher yields.

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395 views13 pages

Hydroponics: Lesson #1

This document introduces hydroponics, which is growing plants in a nutrient solution rather than soil. It describes the major parts of a typical hydroponic system, including the growing tank, nutrient tank, and catch basin. It distinguishes between active and passive hydroponic systems, and between open and closed systems. The main advantages of hydroponics over traditional soil-based agriculture are that it requires no cultivating, weeding, or digging; it is less susceptible to pests and diseases; and it uses less water and fertilizer while allowing for closer plant spacing and higher yields.

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Hydroponics

Lesson #1
Introduction
to
Hydroponics
Objectives
1. To describe how hydroponics differs
from traditional agriculture.

2. To identify the advantages of


hydroponics over soil based
agriculture.
1. What is hydroponics?
Growing plants in a solution
of the nutrients necessary for
plant growth rather than
directly in the soil (growing
w/o soil)
2. What are the major parts of a
typical hydroponic system?

Growing tank – the tank that


contains the plants growing media
2. What are the major parts of a
typical hydroponic system?

Nutrient tank – the tank that contains


the water and nutrient solution

Catch basin – the tank that catches


the nutrient solution after it has
drained through the growing tank
 3. What is the difference between
passive and active hydroponics systems?

An ACTIVE system does


recirculate the nutrient solution
with a pump.
A PASSIVE system does not
recirculate the nutrient solution
with a pump.
Active Systems…

Nutrient Film Technique (NFT )


Active Systems…
Passive Systems…

Wick/Air Gap
an “open” and a “closed”
system?

In an open system the nutrient


solution is distributed from the
reservoir to the plants and is
then “drained to waste.”
In a closed system, the water is
collected and reused.
5. What are the advantages of hydroponics
over traditional soil based growing systems?

No cultivating
No digging
No weeding
No soil born pest and diseases
Less water and fertilizer is needed
Closer plant spacing is possible
Fact – 10 to 13 tons of tomatoes per acre/yr vs.
350 tons per acre/yr with hydro (Eurofresh)
Objectives
1. To describe how hydroponics differs
from traditional agriculture.

2. To identify the advantages of


hydroponics over soil based
agriculture.

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