Hydroponics

HYDROPONICS -Is it for you? $674.9 4.4% INDUSTRY REPORT MILLION REVENUE FORECAST 2011-2016 GROWTH ANNUAL RATE "Hydroponics may soon be our only solution." TYPES OF HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS What you should know АCTIVE PASSIVE An active hydroponic system actively moves the nutrient solution, Usually using a pump. Passive hydroponic system passed the nutrients to the roots via wick. The system does not supply enough oxygen and plant growth may suffer. RECOVERY NON-RECOVERY Recovery systems capture and re-use the nutrient solution. Non-recovery systems apply the nutrient solution once and not recovered. THE HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS L The following are only What's best for you illuserarions cn how each em works . The actual set-up might be different to whar is shown THE WICK SYSTEM NUTRIENT No pumps. No aerators. No timers. It has been called the cheapest hydroponic setup for a lazy gardener. The nutrients are stored in the reservoir and moved into the root system by capillary action often using a candle or lantern wick. Wick systems often uses sand or perlite, vermiculite mix and a growing medium. Wick system is non-recovery type. RESERVOIR THE EBB & FLOW SYSTEM OVERFLOW PIPE . Nutrient solution go back to reservior when it reaches above the water level The Ebb and Flow hydroponic system is an active recovery type system. The Ebb and Flow uses a submersible pump in the reservoir and the plants are in the upper tray. They work on a simple flood and drain theory. The reservoir holds the nutrient solution and the pump. NUTRIENT RESERVOIR SUPPLY PIPE nutrient solubion are being supplied to the growing container • SUBMERSIBLE PUMP THE NUTRIENT FILM TECHNIQUE GROW TUBE is slightly bilted downward so that the solution goes back into reservair • SUPPLY PIPE nutrient solution The Nutrient Film Technique or NFT system is an active recovery type hydroponic system. Again, using submersible pumps and reusing nutrient solutions. The NFT uses a reservoir with a submersible pump are being supplied to the grow-tube on growing container that pumps the nutrient solution into a grow-tube where the roots suspended. The grow-tube is at a slight downward angle so the nutrient solution runs NUTRIENT RESERVOIR • NUTRIENT SOLUTION SUBMERSIBLE • PUMP over the roots and back into the reservoir. THE CONTINUOUS DRIP • DRIP EMITTER Controls the amount of nutrient supplied to individual plant The Continuous Drip a.k.a. Top Drip system is an active recovery or non-recovery type system. This system uses a submersible pump in a reservoir with supply lines going to each plant. With drip emitter for each plant the gardener can adjust the amount of solution per plant. A drip tray under each row of plants, sending the solution back to the reservoir, can easily make this system an active recovery type. OVERFLOW PIPE . NUTRIENT RESERVOIR Can be installed so that nutrients are recovered • AIR PUMP • SUBMERSIBLE PUMP ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING Is it needed? While there is not an artificial light that could equal sunlight, there is a necessity to use artificial lighting especially as more and more are growing plant indoors. What kind of lighting you need depends on your hydroponic set-up and the kind of plants you want to grow. High Pressure Sodium Bulbs (HPS) High pressure sodium bulbs are much higher in the yellow and red ends of the spectrum. This is the type of light that fruiting and flowering plants like best. Sodium bulbs are best used in conjunction with metal halide, either in addition to, or Metal Halide Bulbs (MH) Metal Halide bulbs are probably the most widely used type of artificial lighting, and are recommend most by many gardeners. Metal Halide is considered as the best bulb technology that's available for achieving the highest level of plant and flower growth. cycled together. Compact Fluorescent lights (CFL's) CFL's are a lot like the high output florescent, but work best in small spaces as they do not produce much heat or use much electricity. For fruiting or flowering plants, the 2700K warm bulbs are best. Use the actual wattage when calculating how many watts you need for your plants. High Output Fluorescent High Output Fluorescent tubes produce very little heat which lets you position them closer to your plants in order to raise light intensity to the foliage. They are great for seedlings and cloning but not the best choice for tall plants because they lose light intensity quickly the farther away the foliage is LED Grow Lights Plants seem respond well to LED lights similar to fluorescent' lights. They generally result in a tight inter-nodal growth, and short stocky, strong plants. Vegetative growth, fruiting and flowering tends to be a little slower however compared to MH and HPS lights, but seem to be healthy and progress normally. REFERENCES http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/heml_pubs/hydro/require.hrml http://12.000.scripts.mit.edu/mission 2014/solutions/hydroponics http://growinghealthyhydroponicvegetables.blogspot.com/ http://www.hydroponics-simplified.com/hydroponic-solution.html herp://www.hydroponics.net/learn/hydroponic_gardening_for_beginners.asp http://www.hydroponics.com/howtoinfo/hydroponics%20articles/plant_nutrition.html http://www.lhydroponicsonline.com/blog/basics-of-artificial-light-for-hydroponics Iconography: The Noun Project CX Hydroponics www.cxhydroponics.net HYDROPONICS -Is it for you? $674.9 4.4% INDUSTRY REPORT MILLION REVENUE FORECAST 2011-2016 GROWTH ANNUAL RATE "Hydroponics may soon be our only solution." TYPES OF HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS What you should know АCTIVE PASSIVE An active hydroponic system actively moves the nutrient solution, Usually using a pump. Passive hydroponic system passed the nutrients to the roots via wick. The system does not supply enough oxygen and plant growth may suffer. RECOVERY NON-RECOVERY Recovery systems capture and re-use the nutrient solution. Non-recovery systems apply the nutrient solution once and not recovered. THE HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS L The following are only What's best for you illuserarions cn how each em works . The actual set-up might be different to whar is shown THE WICK SYSTEM NUTRIENT No pumps. No aerators. No timers. It has been called the cheapest hydroponic setup for a lazy gardener. The nutrients are stored in the reservoir and moved into the root system by capillary action often using a candle or lantern wick. Wick systems often uses sand or perlite, vermiculite mix and a growing medium. Wick system is non-recovery type. RESERVOIR THE EBB & FLOW SYSTEM OVERFLOW PIPE . Nutrient solution go back to reservior when it reaches above the water level The Ebb and Flow hydroponic system is an active recovery type system. The Ebb and Flow uses a submersible pump in the reservoir and the plants are in the upper tray. They work on a simple flood and drain theory. The reservoir holds the nutrient solution and the pump. NUTRIENT RESERVOIR SUPPLY PIPE nutrient solubion are being supplied to the growing container • SUBMERSIBLE PUMP THE NUTRIENT FILM TECHNIQUE GROW TUBE is slightly bilted downward so that the solution goes back into reservair • SUPPLY PIPE nutrient solution The Nutrient Film Technique or NFT system is an active recovery type hydroponic system. Again, using submersible pumps and reusing nutrient solutions. The NFT uses a reservoir with a submersible pump are being supplied to the grow-tube on growing container that pumps the nutrient solution into a grow-tube where the roots suspended. The grow-tube is at a slight downward angle so the nutrient solution runs NUTRIENT RESERVOIR • NUTRIENT SOLUTION SUBMERSIBLE • PUMP over the roots and back into the reservoir. THE CONTINUOUS DRIP • DRIP EMITTER Controls the amount of nutrient supplied to individual plant The Continuous Drip a.k.a. Top Drip system is an active recovery or non-recovery type system. This system uses a submersible pump in a reservoir with supply lines going to each plant. With drip emitter for each plant the gardener can adjust the amount of solution per plant. A drip tray under each row of plants, sending the solution back to the reservoir, can easily make this system an active recovery type. OVERFLOW PIPE . NUTRIENT RESERVOIR Can be installed so that nutrients are recovered • AIR PUMP • SUBMERSIBLE PUMP ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING Is it needed? While there is not an artificial light that could equal sunlight, there is a necessity to use artificial lighting especially as more and more are growing plant indoors. What kind of lighting you need depends on your hydroponic set-up and the kind of plants you want to grow. High Pressure Sodium Bulbs (HPS) High pressure sodium bulbs are much higher in the yellow and red ends of the spectrum. This is the type of light that fruiting and flowering plants like best. Sodium bulbs are best used in conjunction with metal halide, either in addition to, or Metal Halide Bulbs (MH) Metal Halide bulbs are probably the most widely used type of artificial lighting, and are recommend most by many gardeners. Metal Halide is considered as the best bulb technology that's available for achieving the highest level of plant and flower growth. cycled together. Compact Fluorescent lights (CFL's) CFL's are a lot like the high output florescent, but work best in small spaces as they do not produce much heat or use much electricity. For fruiting or flowering plants, the 2700K warm bulbs are best. Use the actual wattage when calculating how many watts you need for your plants. High Output Fluorescent High Output Fluorescent tubes produce very little heat which lets you position them closer to your plants in order to raise light intensity to the foliage. They are great for seedlings and cloning but not the best choice for tall plants because they lose light intensity quickly the farther away the foliage is LED Grow Lights Plants seem respond well to LED lights similar to fluorescent' lights. They generally result in a tight inter-nodal growth, and short stocky, strong plants. Vegetative growth, fruiting and flowering tends to be a little slower however compared to MH and HPS lights, but seem to be healthy and progress normally. REFERENCES http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/heml_pubs/hydro/require.hrml http://12.000.scripts.mit.edu/mission 2014/solutions/hydroponics http://growinghealthyhydroponicvegetables.blogspot.com/ http://www.hydroponics-simplified.com/hydroponic-solution.html herp://www.hydroponics.net/learn/hydroponic_gardening_for_beginners.asp http://www.hydroponics.com/howtoinfo/hydroponics%20articles/plant_nutrition.html http://www.lhydroponicsonline.com/blog/basics-of-artificial-light-for-hydroponics Iconography: The Noun Project CX Hydroponics www.cxhydroponics.net