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Table of Contents

1. What is hydroponics?
2. When was hydroponics technology first used?
3. What are the methods used to grow hydroponics?
4. Where is hydroponics being used?

What is hydroponics?

Hydroponics is the term applied to cultivation of plants in nutrient solutions without use of soil.

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When was hydroponics technology first used?

Soilless growing of cultivated plants began in the 1930s as an outgrowth of the culture techniques used by plant physiologists in plant nutrition experiments.

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What are the methods used to grow hydroponics?

There are two common features used for growing hydroponics: (1) nutrients are supplied in liquid solutions; and (2) plants are supported by porous material, such as peat, sand, gravel, or glass wool, that acts as a "wick" in relaying the nutrient solution from its source to the roots.

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Where is hydroponics being used?

Hydroponic culture methods are being used successfully to produce plants out of season in greenhouses and to produce plants in areas where either the soil or the climate is not suitable for the crop grown.

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