Hydroponics: The Complete Guide To Hydroponics For Beginners

Chapter 1: What is Hydroponics?

Before we can get too far into this process, we first need to understand what hydroponics is even about. First off, it is a type of gardening that you can use. While most people will start out with a nice plat in the yard or using pots to make their plants grow, with a lot of soil and other things that will help make it easier, hydroponics is going to take this in a different manner. It recognizes that things don’t always work as well with the traditional methods and that soil isn’t necessary to help your plants grow big and strong.

So, hydroponics is basically a process where water is distributed, making sure to preserve the quality, and still providing the nutrients that the plant needs to reach their full potential. This basically would include adding in some nutrients that the plants will need in the water that you provide, so the soil is not important.

When you plant your produce in your garden, you are relying on the rain to help out with the process. The dirt is going to have a lot of the nutrients that your plants need in order to be strong and healthy. But the plants are not able to get it all out on their own. Rather, it waits for the rain to come which then releases the nutrients and gives these to the plants. But when rain doesn’t come, or you don’t water your plants on your own, you are not only dehydrating the plants, but you are keeping the nutrients away from the plants.

While this may seem like an easy process for the plants to get their nutrients, it is not perfect. There are times when there isn’t enough rain. The soil may not have enough of the nutrients inside of it at all and the plants can‘t take any more. Or perhaps the nutrients are too far down for the water to help out with. No matter the reason, this can make it really hard to provide the plant with the nutrients that it