What
is Hydroponics ?
Hydroponics is a
millennial technique, that was used for the cultivation of plants in
water, long before the Christian era. All kinds of crops may be grown, in a
totally and natural way, such as :
- Vegetables: lettuce, tomatoes,
carrots, celery, beans,
watercress, persil, radish, cucumbers, etc.
- Fruits: strawberries, melon,
watermelon, etc.
- Others: flowers, aromatic and
medicinal plants.
Advantages
of the Proposed Hydroponical Productio |
a) For Commercial Growth :
It can be used in greenhouses, under
straight technical rules.
Its independence from climate conditions,
allows a strict
control over the production system.
Almost complete automation, is possible
with this method.
Larger production per m2, than what is
normally get out in
soil cultivation.
Earlier crops growth.
No soil erosion, nor environmental
contamination.
Drinking Water with balanced
nutrients is used.
This method allows the more efficient
use of water, because
it is recycled and does not contaminate the
environment.
Total Hygiene and Cleaness,
because vegetables cultivated
with this system do not have contact with
the earth,
eliminating the risk of contamination with diseases and
impurities.
Natural Control of plant diseases, without
using
agro-toxics.
Excellent quality and High Nutritional
Value.
For all these advantages, has a higher
price in the market
b) For Social Developing :
It
is the best vegetable production system, that can be
adapted to inocuous
and Food Security Urban Agriculture: it
is ideal for
cultivation in urban and sub-urban (yards,
roofs,
balconies, walls, gardens), without the need of soil.
As crops in this
production, are grown without soil, there is
no microbiological
contamination and for the same reason
it may be asserted, its
nutritional quality, its high
biological value and inocuity for good
helath.
It allows the re-utilization
of worn out materials, that can be
used to build the containers (wood,
plastics, etc.).
There is a technical
package for Simplified Hydroponics, at a
low cost.
Easy to be learned, this
technique does not require
preliminary knowledge.
Hydroponics has a
stimulting effect on people, as it gives a
concrete result in the short
term, enabling them to consume
what they plant.
Income-Generation :
vegetable gardens bigger than 40 m2,
can grow surplus for its
commercialization.
