Agriculture Reference
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Figure 9.3 - This is the underside of a hydroponics system. Notice the
root masses hanging down like fine clear strands. Root masses can
really grow long in hydroponics systems. This image is by Shipperke.
The method is called hydroponics and is a very successful
way of growing marijuana if you are looking for large bud quantities,
or bud all year long.
Hydroponics is the technique of growing plants without
soil, but rather in beds of sand, gravel, or artificial mediums that
are flooded with a nutrient solution.
Basically a simple hydroponics system consists of a pot, a
reservoir, a grow medium, a pump and a set of growth nutrients. The
system itself has a top layer and a lower layer. The top layer holds the
grow medium and the bottom layer holds the water with added
