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- Hydroponics is a way of planting crops without using the media from the soil
as a place to grow. Hydroponically
literally means planting in water containing a mixture of nutrients.
In current
practice, hydroponics can not be separated from the use of other growing media
that are not soil as a support for plant growth.
Hydroponically
planted plants are healthier because they receive balanced nutrition. The
plants are healthier because they spend less energy in finding water and
nutrients.
As
a result, hydroponic crop production is generally wider, crisper and more
nutritious than land-use crops.
Therefore,
for the physical replacement of the soil is generally used sterile media such
as sand, gravel, pumice, cocofiber (coco fiber), or rockwool (or any
combination of media)
By
maintaining the growth of planted crops, it is expected to get more abundant
crops, faster growth, and most importantly better quality of production.
If the moisture
is too high, the plant will be exposed to mold or rot. With hydroponics in a
closed area there will be a very low level of humidity.
Therefore, the
temperature and intensity of light must be lowered so that the plant does not
become dehydrated.
6 How to Plant Hydroponics at Home easily
How
to plant hydroponics alone is not just 1 method, but there are 6 hydroponic
methods, namely:
- How to Plant
Hydroponics Aeroponics System (Aeroponics)
Aeroponic
system is a hydroponic system that uses high technology. As in the NFT
system above, media plant air.
The roots hanging
in the air are fed by nutrient solution. This
cancellation is generally done every few minutes.
Because the roots
are exposed in the air as in the NFT system, the roots can quickly dry out when
the smoothing setting is interrupted. For more details, please see the picture.
- Hydroponics
Fertigation System (Fertilizer and Drip Irrigation)
Fertilizer
and Drip Irrigation System, In principle, only provide water and nutrients in
the form of droplets that drip continuously all the time.
The droplets are
directed right at the root area of the plant so the plants can directly
absorb water and nutrients provided.
Drops
of nutrients can be set so that will not inundate the plant. This
tool in principle is tantamount to watering the plant but is done
automatically, continuously and accordingly dose. For more
details, please see the picture.
- Plant Hydroponics
Axis System (Wick)
The
Wick System (Wick) is the simplest hydroponic type. This
system is a passive system, which means no moving system. The
nutrient solution mixture is absorbed by the planting medium from the tank
through the axis (utilizing the capillary power of the axis).
This
system can be applied in a variety of growing media, including: Perlite,
Vermiculite, ProMix, and Coconut Fiber. For more details,
please see the picture.
- How to Plant
Hydroponics Tidal System (Ebb and Flow / Flood and Drain)
Tidal
System (Flood and Drain or Ebb and Flow), Tidal system how it works is the
plants get water, oxygen and nutrients through the pump from the container.
Water, oxygen and
nutrients are pumped through the planting medium and then wetting the roots of
the plants (called "pairs"), then a few moments of water with the
nutrients going down (called "receding") back through the media to
the reservoir.
Tidal
and low tide times can be set using a timer according to the needs of the
plant, so the plants will not be stagnant or not enough water. For more details, please
see the picture.
- Hydroponics Water
Culture System (Water Culture)
Water
Culture System (water culture) or many mengistilahkannya Floating / Floating
Raft is the simplest system of all active hydroponics system.
Crop support is
generally made from styrofoam and floats directly over the surface of the
nutrient solution mixture.
A
pump works to provide air through a hose to a rock of angina, this pump which
will make many air bubbles in the nutrient solution mixture and provide oxygen
for the hydroponic plant roots. For more
details, please see the picture.
- How to Hydroponic
NFT System (Nutrient Film Technique)
NFT
(Nutrient Film Technique) system, this is a technique where the flow of
nutrient solution is provided through a very shallow pipeline. Water
containing all the dissolved nutrients is given continuously for 24 hours.
In
this system ideally the depth of the compulsory circulation flow is very
shallow, or thin which means thin layer, or less water.
This ensures that
rooting will often get water and also nutrients, this system provides plenty of
oxygen to the plant roots.
The NFT system is
designed on the basis of the right channel slope, the right flow rate, and the
proper channel length.
The
main advantage of NFT systems from other systems is that affected plant roots
will adequately supply water, oxygen and nutrients.
But many of the
actors in this system have a concern that when the power grid dies (PLN) the
plant does not get water and nutrient solution.
So
much in the modification so long as the flow of electricity stops the plants
still get nutritional water by making a leaf or embankment. For more details,
please see the picture.
Advantages and Disadvantages Hydroponic Ways
Not
enough of the hydroponic method is the high initial capital cost, the rapid
spread of disease (such as Fusarium and Verticullum) through tissues, and the
complexity of plant nutrients.
However,
all these problems can be overcome. The
cost of capital and a complex operating system can be replaced by a simpler new
hydroponic plant, such as the Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) method.
As well as the
above disease problems have been overcome with varieties that are resistant to
the disease. But overall, from not enough hydroponics there are advantages.
The main
advantages of this hydroponic method are the efficient regulation of nutrients,
can be planted even in a barren land, more efficient use of water and
fertilizer, easy and cheap sterilization of media, densely planted crops that
increase the yield per hectare.
So little discussion of the 6 System Ways Hydroponic Plants Growing at Home hopefully with this restriction can add insight and knowledge to all of us, thank you very much for visiting.
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