What is and what does ADVANTAGES AND What kind of plants can be

hydroponics consist of? DISADVANTAGES OF grown in hydroponics?

HYDROPONICS Among the most used in home
hydroponic gardens are
Hydroponics is the art of It does not need herbicides or vegetables such as: lettuce,
growing plants without using pesticides: they are safe from
agricultural land. * In crops tomato, cucumber, garlic,
weeds and insects, which onion, carrot, blueberries,
without soil, this is replaced by
an inert substrate where the makes the use of these raspberries, broccoli and melon
nutrients (food) that the plant products unnecessary. Less or aromatic plants such as:
needs to live and produce are water consumption: consumes ginger, lavender, basil, cilantro,
delivered through irrigation. 20 times less water than chamomile, thyme and
conventional agriculture, since rosemary
the water is recirculated and
reused.
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STRENGTHENING
How profitable is OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY”
hydroponics?
Cost effectiveness. It has been
shown that hydroponic production
is more efficient than the traditional
one in terms of use of resources and
production
00 capacity per surface
unit.

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