The Ideal Hydroponics System By Ann Marier At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Any hydroponics system is based on the same primary principle: you replace the soil with something else to support plant roots, in an effort to give a chance in areas of the world where nothing grows because of poor soil quality, such as sand and ice deserts, high mountain platforms and many more. If we look at the word's meaning : “hydroponics system”, 'hydro' means water and 'ponos' refers to labor, so a hydroponics system is defined as the “working water”.

How hydroponics systems evolved and who used them

A hydroponics system was attested to have been created and used for the first time by the Babylonians, and we also know that the Aztecs possessed similar knowledge about building it too. When referring to a hydroponics system as we know it today, we must take into consideration that the actual concept appeared at the beginning of the 19th century.

Over the last several hundred years, horticulturists and many scientists have tried to develop various hydroponics system models attempting to grow crops in regions of the globe where the soil makes traditional agriculture impracticable. A version of a hydroponics system was included in the NASA spacial program bringing fresh vegetables in space and helping astronauts clean the air.

Before the late 1970s very few people were interested in hydroponics system models and those pioneers were scientists or horticulturists. In the years that followed more and more people were attracted by this idea, and many hydroponics system models were bought to be used as a hobby.

Agriculture using hydroponics system models needs very few or no pesticides at all, since almost all the problems plants have are generated by soil, so practically you will have ecological crops at a decent price. If you are a professional horticulturist buying a hydroponics system isn't an expensive and risky investment, because the need for ecological food has increased all over the world. Thus it is sure fact that there will be buyers for your crops. But not only horticulturists benefit from the advantages of hydroponics system models, teachers also find them very useful especially when teaching children about plants and crops.

What is the potential of hydroponics system models?

As I said before hydroponics system models bring something new, they are an innovation based primarily on technology and electrical power supply. I also have some doubts about those who say that hydroponics system models can bring food in poor countries, in such cases a hydroponic system needs an electric infrastructure first in order to serve community interests.

The potential of this new agricultural opportunity attracted many investors especially after the 80s, when all the hydroponics system components were made out of plastic, which is cheap and easy to replace when needed. Maybe this is the agriculture of the future.

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