Hydroponics

What is hydroponics?

• Art of growing plants in air?

• Art of growing plants in soil?

• Art of legalizing use of plants....

• Art of soil-less growing?

What is needed for plants to survive?

• Chips, pop, windex

• A grandmother

• Water, sunlight, air, nutrients, anchorage

• Dirt

Tags

NGSS.5-LS1-1

What is an example(s) of growing media?

• packing pnuts,

• green squishy stuff, white floating boards

• rockwool, lava rocks, styrofoam, sand, gravel

• ashes, leaves, decaying matter

When was the earliest documentation of Hydroponics?

• Chinese-rice

• Egyptians-floating gardens

• Americans-cannibis

• Dinosaurs-algae

What are the 5 advantages of using Hydroponics?

• Growth and Quality

• No weeds/pests, smaller growing area, and grow any condition

• Easier to maintain

• Cost and maintenance

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Disadvantages of using Hydroponics

• Grow in any condition

• It's legal

• Cost, expertise, daily attention

• Diseases spread, specially formulated nutrients, production

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What is a Passive System?

• Moving parts, bells, and whistles

• No moving parts, portable

• Easy going laid back system

• Uptight, defensive, angry system

Example of Passive system?

• Channel system

• Wick system

• Fish tank with real fish

• Bucket system

What is an Active System?

• Moving parts, pumps, moving nutrients

• No moving parts, lazy, non complicated

• Energetic, loud

• Runs on batteries

Example of Active System could be?

• All answers are probable

• Tilapia tank, pond, ocean

• TNF system, Bucket system, spill and drain

• Dutch Bucket System, NFT-Channel System, Flood and Drain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3