Growing hydroponic vegetables carries the following advantages over traditional soil based gardening. Remember that as soon as you have your hydroponic set up in place, you’ll be able to take advantages, of these advantages so to speak!
1. The big problem of knowing exactly how much to water your vegetables is eliminated! Your hydroponic vegetables will never have too much water which will cause the roots to rot or have too little causing them to die of thirst! This is the main problem with traditional gardening!
2. Your plants will grow much faster as the roots do not need to spread out and look for nutrients in the soil. Instead, plant nutrients applied directly to the roots via nutrient solutions which are ph balanced! Research has suggested grow lengths have been cut by as much as 50% when using hydroponic methods! Clearly, this will enable you to collect far more produce from your plants.
3. No soil is required! This is ideal if you live in the city and have no garden or you live somewhere where the soil is of terrible quality. You won’t have to pay to have soil brought in! If you live in the desert or Antarctica…problem solved! This is how they grow their food up in space! This is also how we’ll grow our food when we colonize the stars!
4. Due to no soil being needed for hydroponic gardening, there are no soil borne diseases being passed on to the plants! Your hydroponic vegetables will be far healthier as a consequence!
5. As you’re not using soil, the use of pesticides is greatly reduced if not eliminated! Hydroponic gardening is also, by default, organic gardening!
6. The cost of growing hydroponic vegetables is estimated to be 20% less than traditional growing methods! Once it’s set up, the cost is minuscule! In fact the longer you stick with this fantastic hobby the more money you will save and therefore make as a result.
7. Hydroponic vegetables take up less space as the root size is reduced. This is because the roots don’t need to spread out in order to find water and nutrients. When planting in the soil, you often have to leave large gaps between seedlings in order to allow for the roots to spread out. With hydroponic gardening, due to the very small size of the roots, you can place your seedlings much closer, even almost touching and there will be no problems.
8. Maintenance is practically non existent! Once set up there is nothing for you to do other than to pick the vegetables once they are ready! Weeding doesn’t exist when growing hydroponically and there’s no need to water them as it’s readily available. Well i do tell a slight lie! You will still need to monitor the pH of your nutrient solution every few days to ensure it stays within suitable pH boundaries.
9. Growing hydroponic vegetables, your yield is year round so you’ll never run out of fresh vegetables for your family. You should take advantage of this fact like many hydroponic gardeners do! Sell your excess to local farm shops! This is a goldmine! If you plant off-season then you really can make a lot of money. This article on the best hydroponic fruit and vegetables to grow is interesting. I should really have titled it The Most Lucrative Hydroponic Fruit and Vegetables to Grow!
10. You can grow your plants anywhere; in the garden, greenhouse, conservatory or bedroom. Which ever is the most convenient for you. You’ll have a few things to take into account such as space, smell, ventilation and also noise if you’re using fans. I myself grow things in many different rooms in my house!
