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FAQs on Hydroponics

From last several weeks I was searching for this on web and now wanted to share it.. For those who do not know about "Hydroponics" , Let me tell you that this is an alternative to our conventional method of Farming.  Hydroponics in simple words is "the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients but without soil." Why we need it because the urbanization is growing rapidly and the agriculture land along with manpower & labour is going down and rarely available. We have now to focus on some alternatives for our food. Here are the FAQ List which will help. What is Hydroponics? Hydroponics is the method of growing plants using a soilless media which could include a wide variety of examples like: gravel, peat, vermiculite Perlite, old rubber tires, rockwool, and expanded clay aggregates. The minerals that the plant needs are dissolved into the water which is then watered directly to the plants. So, in short instead of the pl