Welcome to Home Hydroponic Vegetables! Our aim is to educate and inform about the benefits and best ways of growing vegetables and fruit hydroponically in the home, either indoor, outdoor or in a greenhouse.
Hydroponic gardening has been used as far back as in biblical times! I’m sure you’ve heard of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Well that was a form of hydroponic gardening which was used to create that magnificent wonder!
Now, hydroponic gardening can be used anywhere and yields are high thanks to advancements in research and technology! You can literally grow anything; fruits, vegetables, herbs or flowers and yields are year long!
Home Hydroponics has become more popular in recent years due to increases in city dwellers with limited space or no garden, increased popularity of organic farming and because of a lack of farmland and adequate rain water in many countries hydroponic gardening is and will continue to become more of a necessity!
To put it simply hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions without the use of soil. This is possible because soil is not a necessary component for plants to survive. As long as you add the required mineral nutrients into the plants water supply the plants will thrive!
There is a little more to it; having the correct mineral solution, lighting for your plants, temperature control as well as having enough carbon dioxide in the air all play their parts in people’s productive homemade hydroponic systems.
However once it’s set up, it can be left all year round producing for you an abundant supply of fresh fruit, vegetables or any other kind of plant you wish!
You can create large scale hydroponic systems in large greenhouses or warehouses, planting many different things and all using a vast array of expensive and modern hydroponic farming techniques. Or you can set up a simple all-in-one hydroponic unit that takes up little space, in fact you can fit it on your kitchen counter. We talk about it all here!
If you’re starting out then you can find advice on exactly what you need to begin! Likewise if you’re an advanced user of hydroponics then you can also find product reviews on the most up to date technology on this site. We have reviewed the latest in grow lights, nutrient solutions, grow tents, ventilation fans and pH testers. Likewise for the novice, you can see our recommendation on the best all-in-one units that you can slowly use to turn your fingers green.
