All plants have the same basic needs of light, food (nutrients), carbon dioxide (Co2), water, heat and fresh are. If any of these are lacking the plant will have problems growing. Different plants require these factors in differing rations but they are all needed whether the plant is in the soil or grown hydroponically.

With Soilless hydroponic gardening we can control and enhance all of a plant's basic needs, we even have the advantage to ensure adequate oxygen is available to the roots.

General Hydroponics Basics

General hydroponics can supply the basic needs of plants but different plants require varying degrees of these basic needs, namely…

• Sufficient light


• Food or nutrients


• Carbon dioxide (C02)


• Water


• Heat


• Fresh air

Cultivating plants without soil using general hydroponics means that none of these basic plant needs can be lacking or the plants will suffer.

Plants being grown within general hydroponics do not require a large root system in order to feed and unlike soil-based plants, they do not have to divide their energy between growing upward for the plant and growing downward for the root system. The readily available nutrients provided by the hydroponics setup allow plants to focus their energy into growing mostly upward, promoting quicker growth and higher yields.

Under the right conditions using the proper general hydroponics cultivating system, plants have been known to grow between 2 and 4 times faster than those in soil.

Let us help you choose the right general hydroponics system for your needs.

General Hydroponics

General Hydroponics is a hobby many people are picking up today. every farmer to everyday people growing food are now all ready switching to the new and more efficiency of the general hydroponics.

General Hydroponics: getting started

Getting started with your general hydroponics is easy, you will need to first of all read up on the tips and how to's on the column to your right. Also browse through the site a bit more to find all the handy tips you will ever need to know about general hydroponics.

General Hydroponics

Welcome to the general hydroponics page

Choose a general hydroponics system that is right for your needs. Understanding what your cultivating objectives are and how large an area you want to cultivate in will help you choose the hydroponics systems that is right for you.

Worldwide herb, food and marijuana general hydroponics have gained immensely in popularity mainly because it is a low maintenance, efficient way to cultivate and general hydroponoiccs is very easy for beginners to learn.

Hydroponic Gardening

Hydroponic gardening - Cultivation of plants in nutrient solution rather than in soil.

Hydroponic gardening is basically a method of growing plants without soil. Instead of having to compete with other plants for nutrients in the soil, hydroponic plants thrive on a nutrient solution that is administered directly and which contains all the necessary minerals. Hydroponic gardening also cuts down on the amount of weeding and digging that is compulsory with soil gardening. Overall, hydroponic gardening gives you more control over the temperature, the light , the water, the nutrient intake and the pests which effect your non-hydroponic gardening techniques.

Hydroponic gardening is an easy, environmentally-friendly way to grow a wide variety of healthy plants in a relatively small space. The benefits of hydroponic gardening include:

• With hydroponic gardening, plants grow more rapidly then plants in soil because it has direct access to essential plant nutrients and water and other plants don't have to compete for nutrients as plants in soil do.


• Indoor hydroponic gardening is possible year-round.


• With hydroponic gardening, plants are grown in a relatively disease-free, pest-free medium.


• With hydroponic gardening, plants can be grown in small spaces - in closets, on apartment balconies, on kitchen counters and in classrooms.


• With hydroponic gardening, plant roots are fixed to the grow medium, or grow tray, by its roots giving them unlimited access to nutrients. This results in plants that yield superior vegetables and flowers with smaller roots, compared to plants grown in soil.


• Hydroponic gardening makes gardening possible in low soiled areas, rocky terrains and small spaces like apartment balconies.


• Hydroponic gardening makes gardening possible indoors with artificial lighting.


• Hydroponic gardening demands less labor - no digging, soil maintenance or weeding is required.