A Guide to Hydroponics
Hydroponics is the method of plants cultivation in the solution of nutrients rather than growing them in the soil. Hydroponics is an old concept and growing plants in water also finds its mention in Egyptian writings that date back to many years before Christ. A general convention is to grow the plants in soil so that soil can anchor the roots of plants. But, as per the experiments conducted by scientists in 1930, they realized that they could grow plants in water without soil by dissolving the nutrients in water.
Holland has been using this method for production of commercial foods and it is also quite popular in Western Europe. Hydroponic production of food is also quite common is Canada and is the second largest producer of such food items after Holland.
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