| You don't need to be an agriculture engineer | | | | mixture of miracle grow (TM), epsom salts and |
| anymore to take advantage of hydroponic | | | | water. To give your plants in a hydroponic |
| technology and set up your own hydroponic grow | | | | system oxygen, just add a fish tank air pump |
| room. Hydroponic systems today are put | | | | with some tubing and a airs tone on the end and |
| together with plug and play capabilities which | | | | drop it in your nutrient solution. This will ensure |
| make it easy for the beginner to put together his | | | | that the roots of your plants get plenty of |
| first hydroponic system by himself with little or no | | | | oxygen. |
| help. | | | | Lighting |
| Many companies offer kit systems built specifically | | | | If you will be growing your plants indoors in a |
| for beginners. There are also hydroponic plans | | | | hydroponic grow room, you will need to recreate |
| that are easy to follow and build your own | | | | the suns rays by using special lights that mimic |
| system from supplies that are easily found at | | | | the full spectrum of the sun. |
| your local home supply store or hardware store. | | | | Temperature |
| To ensure that your plants get all of the things | | | | Growing plants in a hydroponic grow room keeps |
| they need to grow and stay healthy lets look at | | | | the plants in a closed environment, and we must |
| the general requirements of plants that are | | | | make sure that we simulate everything inside that |
| contained in a hydroponic grow room. | | | | the plants would normally get outside. |
| Nutrients and Oxygen | | | | Temperature can get very hot in a hydroponic |
| Plants must have oxygen and nutrients to stay | | | | grow room especially with grow lights. It is |
| healthy and become bigger. There are many | | | | important to set up fans to keep the |
| hydroponic solutions on the market today that | | | | temperatures in the grow room at a steady |
| make it as easy as measuring off a solution and | | | | temperature. Setting up fans to come on |
| adding it to water. | | | | connected to a thermometer or thermostat will |
| You can also go the homebrew route and use a | | | | create a hands off system. |