Hydroponics
In modern times, those who grow hydroponic crops span the full range of the tech- nological spectrum. In regions suffering from poverty, drought, famine, and depleted soil, farmers use hydroponics to summon abundant fruits, vegetables, and herbs from limited resources. Meanwhile, NASA scientists experiment with the most modern methods, in anticipation of an era when explorers will subsist on hydroponically grown crops coaxed from the media of other worlds.
For city living, indoor hydroponics garden and the magic of hydroponic growing allow you to reclaim dead space from the urban landscape and transform lifeless areas into nature’s domain with low impact and high yield. Hydro growing requires substantially less room than conventional gardening and uses between 70 and 90% less water. Pesticide use is drastically decreased and dangerous fertilizer runoff, which threatens life in our waterways and oceans, is eliminated
Hydroponics gardens offer a long list of advantages over dirt gardening. The systems are lightweight and easy to set up. There’s no backbreaking tilling or weeding, and no need to worry about the mineral content of your soil. Whether you choose a drip irrigation system or an ebb and flow (flood and drain) system, swapping your played- out solution for fresh nutrients is fast, neat, and easy. People have known how to grow hydroponic food for thousands of years, and new solutions are discovered every day.
Questions or problems? We have answers. Whether you’re comparing lights, nutrients, fans, timers, pumps, filtration systems, tubes, or fittings Bronx Hydro (with brick and mortar locations in the Bronx and Brooklyn) has solutions. Wondering what’s truly organic, how to maintain the pH of your system, or which medium or additive is right for you? Overwhelmed choosing amongst vermiculite and DE, Perlite and coconut husks, or just trying to figure out how to sterilize and reuse your Rockwool? Join our community of like-minded hydroponic growing enthusiasts and start putting down roots.
Aeoroponics
In Aeroponic gardens plants spend approximately 99.98% of their time exposed to air and .02% of their time in contact with a hydro-atomize nutrient solution. Typically, ultrasonic nebulizers or misters deliver your aeroponics watering, providing the ideal size water droplet. The EZ Clone, AeroFlo, Aerojet and are just a few systems utilizing aeroponic techniques. Vertical aeroponics allows you to cultivate crops in narrow areas and utilize corners and other wasted indoor urban space.
Indoor aeroponics gardening requires less water and less energy than hydro growing. If water conservation is a priority, consider: the typical aeroponic system uses 10% as much water as a conventional garden, and some systems only use 5% as much water!
How do plants feel about aeroponics? Pretty happy! Your plants respond to this kind of treatment with high density growth—more garden in less space. Aeroponic growing also reduces, and sometimes even eliminates, pathology. These systems prevent disease, and provide easy and quick removal should a plant appear sick. This sterile environment provides an ideal environment for cloning. No medium means no transplant shock!