Hydroponics: New Life To An Old Way Of Growing
Hydroponics is a growing technique which has been around for a long time, but in recent years it's a growing trend that has been increasingly adopted by modern gardeners. People are using this growing method to produce a number of crops: cannabis, tomatoes, lettuce, beans, carrots, onions, beets, and much more.
This is a type of gardening method that can provide the grower with a year-round supply of produce, which makes it great for areas that are at the behest of restrictions from the weather and environment etc, around them for growing. It also allows you to be able to grow much more with a smaller amount of space, by using the vertical growing method. It's a growing practice that's being employed from Cambodia to Yemen, throughout the U.S. and many other areas.
There are a number of hydroponics programs at various universities around the U.S. and also many more people around the world who over the last few years are turning to this growing method, because they see it as an arguably better choice economically for growing, and they seem to yields better crops. There are millions of people who are still food insecure around the world, and hydroponics is an innovative way for them to try and meet their needs more efficiently than traditional growing methods would allow.
I previously wrote a few months ago about one coal mining community in the US who was turning to hydroponics in order to help them feed their struggling community (see link below). And there are many more like it not only in the U.S. but around the world too.
Currently, hundreds of millions are being invested into this space and hydroponic kit options in the market continue to improve and lower in price. There are a wide variety of options available to you now if you want to start your own hydroponic growing at home, people can choose individual growing or a much more wider commercial scale of growing; hydroponic can satisfy the needs for both. Now you can find your own do-it-at-home hydroponic kit for around $100-200 or less. Some folks even venture to make their own homemade systems.
This is a growing method for people who might not have any land at all, but the hydroponics method allows them to conveniently grow inside and vertical etc, giving them the tools that can enable them to produce for themselves in a way they couldn't before.
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Sources:
https://www.greenprophet.com/2017/02/could-hydroponics-save-yemen-from-starving/
http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/01/31/scotts-miracle-gro-marijuana-hydroponics/72676/
https://steemit.com/food/@doitvoluntarily/debate-over-whether-or-not-to-extend-the-organic-label-to-hydroponic-crops
https://steemit.com/food/@doitvoluntarily/hydroponics-and-the-wonders-of-vertical-farming
https://steemit.com/hydroponics/@doitvoluntarily/struggling-coal-mining-communities-turn-to-hydroponics-for-help
http://wwmt.com/news/local/hydroponics-blooming-into-an-attractive-business
https://steemit.com/hydroponics/@doitvoluntarily/hydroponics-revolutionizing-how-we-grow
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or bamboo!
Bamboo is the building material that has no equal. I remember researching it a few years back and it left my jaw on the floor with each amazing thing that it could do better than steel and concrete and could replace timber/wood because of its sustainability. I am so happy to see someone using it to do aeroponics/hydroponics (you could do aeroponics if you stacked smaller diameter bamboo that would fit inside those holes vertically and use a low pressure pump to spray the roots at the top as they grow down, which will give the roots much more room to grow and in turn you could inspect the roots of the plant and not ever worry about root rot, which is very serious in any kind of humid and hot environment)
Ever heard of aquaponics?
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/rooftop-farm-has-crop-of-new-ideas
yup! wrote about that one too several months ago :) love it
https://steemit.com/life/@doitvoluntarily/aquaponics-continues-to-grow-in-popularity
Oh.. now, I remember yours too.
This system is wonderful.
Thank you very much dear friend @doitvoluntarily for the information
UPVOTED. A little heritage seed and clean water can go a loooong way.
Wait, this means we don't need Monsanto anymore? Oh no! ;)
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I have some experience growing cannabis in a low pressure aeroponic system (10x less water use than hydro) but I came to the realization that there is no system that can match growing with the environment. I wonder if you looked into permaculture (bill mollsion) and biodynamics (rudolf steiner), I watched a youtube video of them growing in the desert in israel and this has been done before in arid places. I agree that there are some places you cannot grow (cold/frozen places) but for the most of the world you can work with your natural environment in a far less work/energy intensive way.