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| Introduction in Hydroponics – I
The Success or Failure of Your Plants Depends On Their Environment
One of the most important factors affecting your end results is the “environment or climate”, in which your plants are grown. Many other factors have to be considered before hoping a healthy and productive crop to grow. The temperature and humidity have to be right for the type of crop you are raising and duration, or the stage, your crop has reached. In addition the lighting has to be of sufficient intensity.
Let’s look briefly at the various factors involved. Growing plants indoors means that you have to create similar conditions to those outside. This may seem obvious at first glance, but is it true? Ask yourself what are the advantages of Hydroponics gardening. One of the major advantages of hydroponics gardening is that you can control the climate within the grow room.
The outside climate is very varied and does not always work to the plant's advantage. For example a bad storm or a late frost can damage or kill tender young plants. This means that while growing hydroponically you can supply your plants with the ideal conditions for their healthy growth, throughout their lives. This ensures a good healthy yield and of course a bigger profit margin.
So what do you need?
Having decided upon which type of hydroponics system to use, you now need to promote the right growing conditions. Like outdoor plants they also need the temperature to be within a certain range. Too hot and they may well dry out, then their leaves will wither and the plants die. Too cold and your plants will not thrive, but remain poor with stunted growth. All healthy plants require balanced nutrients and a good supply of water. They need the right kind of light, for the right period of time, each day. As plants mature and grow heavy with harvestable produce they will need some kind of support for their structure.
Like you, your plants need Oxygen for life. They breathe it in through their tissues and like you, can become sick if it is dirty or contaminated. So some form of clean fresh air circulation is needed to ensure that your crop can breathe. The addition of Carbon Dioxide gas (CO2) may be advisable to promote Photosynthesis within the green leaves of your plants. So, taking these factors one at a time, how can we create the optimum conditions for our plants?
Firstly appropriate supply of water and balanced nutrients are essential. A major question to some people can be that which nutrient to buy and how to use it? Our advice to you would be to go with a nutrient that you can understand and are comfortable using. As you gain experience and confidence you can experiment with other methods and suppliers at will.
Lighting is another key area that seems to cause newcomers a problem. When looking at lighting you need to take into account the area to be covered and whether the lights/bulbs are to be static or moving. Depending upon the species of plants you are cultivating and their stage of development the type of light and the number of daylight hours are to be decided
For example, Young seedlings and cuttings need much softer light than do plants about to flower. Equatorial plants will generally need a higher light intensity for a longer period as compared to the plants from the regions where days and growing seasons are short.
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