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nutrients. The plant is grown in the medium where it will develop a
stem and a set of roots. The roots will grow through the medium and
down into the nutrient solution. Water and nutrients are pumped into
the lower portion of the tank through a reservoir at certain timed
intervals. The plants drink the solution down and thus expose their
roots to the air more. If this it timed correctly and the growing solution
is maintained the plants will flourish! This is because the plant can
devote more of its energy into upper-body growth rather than putting
that energy into roots searching for water and air. Now having said
this, hydroponics produce massive root clusters and I mean a big mass
of roots. One can easily pick up a 2-gallon bucket full of root growth
from a single plant! This is because roots thrive in hydroponics
systems.
Hydroponics has become a fast growing trend in cannabis
cultivation. It does require a certain degree of maintenance, but the
results are sometimes incredible. On the other hand if a hydroponics
system is not well maintained the whole unit may fail and kill your
plants very quickly. This is the biggest problem that the hydroponics
grower has to contend with.
Hydroponics, when done correctly, can produce a flowering
plant up to 3/4 the normal time that it would take with a soil grow.
That is right! Hydroponics can grow bigger and better buds in 3/4 the
time it takes to grow the same strain in soil.
