Many growers feel that the usage of natural mediums, such as coconut coir, is a sustainable way to grow considering that the coir is from the earth. Although it is widespread and highly effective medium for hydroponic gardeners, many people don’t consider the extensive transportation costs that it takes to ship a bag of coir across the continent to its final destination. Most people start their own hydroponic garden because they want to become self-sufficient or so the can produce their own foods and know what is going into their body. It is important to do this in the most sustainable manner possible.
Water will be the medium of the future allowing growers to use fewer resources and reduce their carbon footprint. Hydroponic systems use mineral salts to provide plants with the nutrition they require to grow and bloom. Hyper-oxygenated water culture methods typically increase the efficiency of nutrient uptake in the plants root zone. You can typically use a much lower concentrations, around 40%-70%, of the recommended dosage for a given nutrient.
The ocean is a circulating, well-aerated solution of H20 and dissolved salts. It is also the birthplace of all plants and life forms. So with that said plants have coded with in their ancient DNA to be able and willing to adapt back to living in water. Water is the growing medium of the future hydroponic gardening.
Article by, Brett McCormick, co-founder of Good Green Builders. Good Green Builders is a grow room contractors in Oakland, Ca. For more information or a free consultation call today, 415-246-8055.
Source: urbangardenmagazine.com