The Basic Hydroponic System

A hydroponic farming system, the latest trend in agriculture, basically involves a growing tray, growing medium, a reservoir and a pump. These components put together to create a hydroponics system where plants can grow without soil. The basic working is as follows:

• Plants are potted in a growing tray (without soil) which is usually a tube or an open tray with small caskets with abundant holes for roots.
• A growing medium is provided in the growing tray. It can be provided continuously in a flow, or can be flooded at once and then drained, or any other way depending on the user and plant requirement.
• A reservoir supplies the growing tray with the medium at regular intervals determined manually or using a time and the pump. The excess of growing medium is drained out of the tray to the reservoir.