Start networking and exchanging professional insights

Register now or log in to join your professional community.

Follow

Is HYDROPONICS FARMING faster than Soil? OR Why do plants grow faster in HYDROPONICS?

user-image
Question added by UMAIR Saeed , Agriculture Engineer , Development Consulting Services (DCS)
Date Posted: 2019/01/09
UMAIR Saeed
by UMAIR Saeed , Agriculture Engineer , Development Consulting Services (DCS)

In hydroponics farming everything is given to the plant in required quantities and under perfect conditions. There is no dependence on irrigation facilities, no drought periods, no nutrient deficiencies, etc. Therefore, when there is a continuous supply of required elements, the growth is regular during different plant stages and maturity is attained faster. An extra feature with hydroponic systems is that plants grow bigger than normal due to an abundance of nutrients. Traditional soil farming method is a long process of soil preparation, planting, irrigating the plants, supplying manure and fertilizers, etc. that too under unpredictable availability of proper atmospheric conditions. Soil farming is comparatively slower than hydroponic farming and it is estimated that plants grow 30-50% faster with hydroponics.

Quite interesting information, thank you! 

Vesna  Karapetkovska - Hristova
by Vesna Karapetkovska - Hristova , Associate Professor , Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences

Dear,

it will be dominate sector of agriculture in near future...this method includes:

1. hydroponic crops use around 90% less water than the same crops grown in soil farming;

2.you can plot 3-4 times the amount of crops plants in the same space as soil farming;

3.growing in perfectly balanced pH, nutrient solution and highly oxigenated water direct to roots;

4. growing time x 2 

5. no herbicide and pesticide

Best regards

d-r Vesna from Macedonia

Hassan Abu Nejim
by Hassan Abu Nejim , Master Grower Hydroponics ( Special Crops Indoor Cultivation ) , ARJWANI CONTRACTING GROUP

Yes Hydroponics Plants Grow Faster because the Hydroponics cultivation give the plant all they needs from fertigation and minerals with very specific doze of PH & EC level which will be soluble for the plant through micro roots , that is why there is no stress for the plant to enjoy there food with no suffering that is why it will grow fast and give leaves or fruit very fast from soil cultivation plus no miss use of water irrigation and no loose for fertilizer which mean less cost for cultivation

 

Azhar Pathan
by Azhar Pathan , Marketing Consultant , ITC India Ltd.

Hydroponics ,as said everything is under contorlled condition. Plants are not exposed to the sun and roots are not stressed for the nutirients as well as no soil borne disease or pest to fignt against. Everything given to the plants is well calculated, optimized. Plants grow faster,compared to soil stress grown, also due to more crop per cubic feet and sq feet area the cost of productoin is also reduced. Whereas in soil you plant limited no of plants per sq feet not in Cubic feet.  

Khaled Alwani
by Khaled Alwani , Landscaping supervisor , Qatar Petroleum

The Reason why growth in Hydroponic farming technique is faster because it allows the roots to be exposed directly to a rich nutrition sulution which reduces the plant energy and time wasting in looking for new sources. Also in the hydroponic farming all environmental conditions are under control such as temperature, meneral. Spacin which reduce competition between plants, as well all nigative factors that may effect the growth such as weeds , deseases are eleminated. Above that Hydrophobic farming increases productivity per area unit due to ability to grow vertically like multistorey farms...

Yasser rabie
by Yasser rabie , NATIONALITY

yes hydroponics farming is faster because it is well controlled sutible conditions for plats growing cotrolled humidity controlled temperature cotrolled  watering 

 

Varadharaju Alawandar
by Varadharaju Alawandar , Senior Agronomist , Raj Agro industries Plc

Yes plants grow faster in hydroponics because they get nutrients in readily available forms

Abdullah Asri
by Abdullah Asri , Manager , Salic

Because hydroponics farming is always done under IDEAL conditions and with appropriate fertilizer and nutrient quantities. This is the reason that plant grow more faster in hydroponics than conventional one.

More Questions Like This

Do you need help in adding the right keywords to your CV? Let our CV writing experts help you.