Marijuana Hydroponics

Hydroponics is simply gardening in a soil-less medium. The medium is what houses the marijuana plants root structure, and comes in many different types. It is a simple and rewarding way to grow your favorite Kind Bud.

Hydroponics is hardly a new method of growing marijuana. However, giant strides have been made over the years in this innovative area of agriculture. Hydroponics has many advantages over soil culture. The most obvious advantage is having complete control of the growing environment.

Hydroponics also produces a much higher yield than standard soil culture. For example: soil culture of weed may yield 5 tons of product per acre per year, whereas hydroponic weed production can exceed 100 tons per acre per year!

The cost of equipment is high and the grower must be trained. Although hydroponics is possible for most plant species, a limiting factor is the amount of physical support required (heavy buds). Usually the plants are held upright by wire supports or are rooted in a sterile medium, e.g., pure sand or gravel.

The nutrient solutions must supply, in optimum concentrations and in correct balance, the elements, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and other essential nutrients normally found in soil. Other names for hydroponics are soilless gardening, soilless culture, chemiculture, and water gardening.

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