With hydroponic gardening systems, plants receive a direct and regular delivery of nutrient-rich water and oxygen to their roots – a more efficient way to give plants all they need than planting in soil. The result is stronger, healthier plants and bigger yields – one reason why much of the fresh produce we buy today is grown hydroponically.
Just like a garden grown in soil the plants in a garden that is grown using homemade hydroponics must have light, oxygen and nutrients.
So if all these factors are equal why do hydroponics gardens grow faster than traditional gardens? The answer really comes down to where your plants are expending their energy.
If you are looking for an easy homemade kitchen hydroponics system rest assured that a hydroponics system does not have to be complex, difficult to build or require an array of pipes and pumps. It can also be small enough to fit easily into a kitchen.
Here is a free plan for a simple but effective and easy-to-build ebb and flow, or flood and drain, kitchen hydroponics system. It requires no electricity except for lights if you don’t have enough natural light in your kitchen.
If you have been put off starting your own system of hydroponics at home because you think it’s too complicated you can stop worrying.
A homemade hydroponics system can be very simple indeed. Here’s an easy way to start off with hydroponics vegetable gardening. It’s called a water culture raft system.
For this simple homemade hydroponics system you need just a few inexpensive items:
A homemade hydroponics system does not have to be complicated or expensive. You can create your own system in a regular glass jar. Here’s how.
Use a large jar like a quart sealer. Cut a piece of fairly thick Styrofoam, about one inch thick, into a circle that will fit the mouth of the jar tightly.
Next cut holes in the Styrofoam disk you just made to fit your plants. You’ll probably be able to fit two or three plants into this system depending on the width of the jar mouth. Make sure the holes are large enough to allow for plant growth.
Your plants need root aeration so cut one more small hole in the disk to fit an aquarium air tube.
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