| The use of organic plant nutrients instead of the | | | | with any organic particles. |
| man-made chemicals in the hydroponic garden eases | | | | Using a standard plastic hydroponic grow container |
| the work of a gardener. The matter is that the | | | | one should place a plastic screen lining inside the grow |
| absence of synthetic chemicals eliminates the problem | | | | bed, fitting it well at the bottom and on the walls of the |
| of ppm amount and pH balance of the water. If there | | | | container up to their top, also with the aim to protect |
| is no need to calibrate nutrients, to check pH level of | | | | the water from the small particles in the medium |
| the water, and calculate fertilizer’s amount, a | | | | mixture. It is also possible to use a hydroponic |
| beginner of the hydroponic gardening will definitely | | | | container with tiny holes. |
| make no mistakes, which means many problems may | | | | One more good choice for the use of organic |
| never occur. | | | | gardening methods in hydroponics system is coir fiber |
| A dual root growing system is made by special | | | | containers. The filling is the same as described above |
| composition of the medium in the container: the upper | | | | with the thin layer of loose or strand coir fiber |
| part of the medium is soil or soil substitute, and organic | | | | between the two types of medium. |
| nutrients can be supplied directly to this upper part; the | | | | Such box is then set in the grow bed. Note that the |
| lower half of the medium is some porous material, | | | | level of the pumped water should be a bit lower than |
| which retains water, but to which no nutrients are | | | | the soil mixture. The secondary root system will be |
| supplied. | | | | submerged into the water along with lava rock and |
| Creating an organic hydroponics system, a gardener | | | | promote the capillary water flow up into the soil. The |
| may use a standard hydroponic grow container, | | | | lower half of the medium may be watered on a |
| though a coir fiber container will suit too. The preferred | | | | regular hydroponic basis, while the upper one can be |
| material to put at the bottom of the box is lava rock, | | | | moistened just once a day. |
| which perfectly keeps water. Lava rock is then | | | | This system allows a gardener to supply nutrients right |
| covered with a thin layer of loose rockwool or coir | | | | to the upper part of the medium, where they are vitally |
| fiber to divide both medium layers and prevent them | | | | important. At the same time, the whole medium |
| from mixing together. The upper half of the container | | | | structure will be perfectly moistened by the pumped |
| should be filled with a mixture of 1/3 potting soil, 1/3 | | | | water and the plants will also have constant supply of |
| coarse grade horticulture perlite, and 1/3 large-sized | | | | oxygen and CO2, drawn into their root systems. Finally, |
| horticulture vermiculite. Such arrangement ensures the | | | | proper amount of CO2 will improve the absorption of |
| upper capillary action of water and protects the | | | | nutrients by the upper parts of the roots. |
| bottom of the grow bed from the occasional mixing | | | | |