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1. Topic:-
Hydroponics and
its different types
with classification

2. INDEX
* INTRODUCTION
* DEFINATION
* ADVANTAGE
* DISADVANTAGE
* TYPES OF HYDROPONICS
* NUTRITION
* MAINTENANCE
* RESEARCH PAPER

3. Hydroponics Definition
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants
in water without soil.
The water must be enriched with nutrients and
the plants need some type of inert medium to
support the root system.

4. Soil-Less Growing?
T
he essential ingredient isan oxygenated mineral-nutrientwater
solutionthat’scirculated throughplants’roots.
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5. Advantages –WhyUse Hydroponics?
Faster Growth- Hydroponics worksby providing a consistent complete
nutrientmixtureand water to the roots. Plants
get everything they need all the time, so they do not waste time or
energy growing a lot of rootsor searching fornutrientsand can grow
faster.
www.vegetablegardener.com/

6. No Weeds/Reduced Pests-Gardening without soileliminates the weeds soyou do
not need weed sprays. Also,becausethere are no
weeds, therewillbe no backache froma hoe orrototiller.
Sincemostpestsliveand breed inthe soil,there’s usuallyno
need to use pesticidesorothertoxic pest controlchemicals.
Advantages

7. Advantages
Great Plant Quality and Taste- Since the plantsget everything itneeds, all
the time, itwillreward you with great taste, strongand fastgrowth,and
overall plant quality.

8. Disadvantages
 Large systemhigh energycostscan be prohibitive.
 Moisturefromsystemscan cause damage to buildings. Fish
tanksdo thisalso.Can be an advantage too.
 Speciallyformulated, soluble nutrientsare needed inmost systems.
 Pestsand diseasescan remain a big risk.Indoorplantscan get aphids
which transfereasily.
 Somewater born diseasescan spread rapidly in recirculation
systemifnot monitored correctly.

9. 6Typesof Hydroponic Systems
 PassiveWick System
 Deep WaterCultureSystem–Floating Platform
 NutrientFilmSystem–GutterSystem
 ContinuousDripSystem
 Ebb and Flow System
 Aeroponic System

10. Passive vs. Active
 Passive systems (no moving parts)are great forbeginning hydroponics
gardeners becausetheyare inexpensive, portable,and simple to setup.
 Active systems employ pumps to move water and deliver nutrient
solutionsto plant roots.
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11. PassiveWick System
 Simple System
 No Moving Parts
 Nutrient Solution
Delivered witha Wick
 Plantsmay usethe water
and nutrients fasterthan
the wick can supplyit.

12. Water CultureSystems
 Plantsgrow on platformwith roots
suspended intosolution
 Airbubbled intonutrientsolution to
provide oxygen forroots
 Does notworkwell withsome types
of plantsorlong-term growing
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13. Floating Platform System Ina
Plastic Storage Tub

14. NutrientFilmTechnique Systems-NFT
 Mostpopular.
 Alsoknown asgutter
hydroponics.
 Nutrientsolution washed onto plant
roots.
 Reservoircontainsnutrient solution
which ispumped through system
using a water pump.

15. ContinuousDripSystems
▶ Nutrientsolution dripped onto
plantfroma line either above the
plantorsitting on the grow
medium.
▶ Water and nutrientsin
separate tankpumped
through system.
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16. Ebb and Flowsystems
 Nutrientsolutionistemporarily and
regularlyflooded into the grow tray
usinga submergedpump
connected to a timer.
 When the timerisoff,the solution
flowsback into the reservoir.
 Plants can dryout during
cycles
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17. Aeroponic systems
 Nutrientsolution sprayed or misted
onto rootsingrowing chambers
where rootsare suspended inair.
 Used inmanygrow tower
commercialsystems.
 Nutrientsolution can be ina grow
chamber oroutside.
icangarden.com aerogarden.com

18. Aquaponics System

19. SimpleAquaponics System with
Floating Platform

20. SmallHydroponic Grow Tower

21. Plant Needs – What to Consider When Growing
What isneeded fora plantto
survive?
 Water
 Light
 Air
 Nutrients
 Container and Drainage
 Space

22. Nutrients
 N-Nitrogenforthe production of
leaves,stem growth,and building
plant cells.
 P–Phosphorusforthe development
of flowers,fruits, and healthyroot
growth.
 K–Potassiumfor
photosynthesis

23. Sunlight? –Not a good idea
unlessyou’re growing outside.
 You could place plants in direct sunin a window,
but unfortunatelythat often isn’t enough forproper
growthespeciallyinthe winter/earlyspring monthsin
Alaska.
 Itisn’ta good idea to relyjuston sunlight forany kind of
indoor gardening because it causesunusualplant
growth.Itcauses leggy plants that reach for the
sunlight to survive and waste energy.
 Window lightisinconsistent.

24. Maintenance
 MonitorWater LevelsDAILY!!!!Forthe tower,lookinthe hole forthe plug ortake the
bottom lid off.
 Check yourpH levelsat leastonce a month to maintainproper growing
environmentsforyourplant.
 Watch plantsforchanges. Ifleavesturnyellow,adjust/increase
fertilizer.
 Watch forpests.
 Keep lightsingood workingorder.Keep clean aspossible.
 Clean tank/bottombucket at leastonce every3-4weeks, to keep algae growthto a
minimum.
 Keep heat consistentas possible.Don’t put near a window ifpossible.

25. RESEARCH
PAPER
LINK
With the advent of civilization, open field/soil-based agriculture is facing some major challenges; most importantly decrease in
per capita land availability. In 1960 with 3 billion population over the World, per capita land was 0.5 ha but presently, with 6
billion people it is only 0.25 ha and by 2050, it will reach at 0.16 ha. Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization as well as
melting of icebergs (as an obvious impact of global warming), arable land under cultivation is further going to decrease. Again,
soil fertility status has attained a saturation level, and productivity is not increasing further with increased level of fertilizer
application. Besides, poor soil fertility in some of the cultivable areas, less chance of natural soil fertility build-up by microbes
due to continuous cultivation, frequent drought conditions and unpredictability of climate and weather patterns, rise in
temperature, river pollution, poor water management and wastage of huge amount of water, decline in ground water level, etc.
are threatening food production under conventional soil-based agriculture. Under such circumstances, in near future it will
become impossible to feed the entire population using open field system of agricultural production only. Naturally, soil-less
culture is becoming more relevant in the present scenario, to cope-up with these challenges. In soil-less culture, plants are raised
without soil. Improved space and water conserving methods of food production under soil-less culture have shown some
promising results all over the World.

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