There is no need to spend a lot of money to grow healthy, nutritious food in your home, meaning you can raise it even on a budget. One sure and affordable way to achieve this is hydroponic gardening, which is soilless.
While it’s more cost-effective, many ways are available to help you set up a hydroponic garden. One of these ways is to go for a ready-made Gardyn’s hydroponic tower garden.
What this means is that you’ll not have to create your own garden. The other option you’ve got is to create one. The most important part of setting up a hydroponic garden is gathering the right material and creating the correct nutrient-rich solution.
The nutrient-rich solution allows plants to obtain the water and nutrients they need to grow healthy. It is easier to take care of your plants. You only need to formulate the right nutrient solution as long as you’ve completed your hydroponic system. You can easily grow a range of crops across the year. These plants include:
- Vegetables
- Fruits
- Flowers
- Herbs
It doesn’t matter whether you are a beginner or looking for an affordable way to scale up your hydroponic gardening operation; this article has got you covered. Let’s find out more.
Drip Hydroponic System
Are you after a hydroponic garden that is a little more automated? A drip hydroponics system might be a perfect match for you. This hydroponics system involves raising plants in containers with an automated system that helps supply water and nutrients.
The automated watering system gently drips the nutrient-rich solution onto the plant roots regularly. If you’re a gardener who doesn’t have enough time to supply plants with water and nutrients, this system can be a perfect match for you. To set up a DIY hydroponic drip system, you need to have:
- Container: You’ll need a container to hold a reservoir and your plants. The size will depend on the number of plants you want to cultivate.
- A pump: Helps supply the nutrient-rich solution via the drip system.
- Growing medium: Pick the best-growing medium, such as coco coir, grow stones, perlite, or rockwool. This is where your plants will get much-needed support.
- An air stone: It helps aerate the nutrient solution and stop it from becoming stagnant.
- A nutrient-rich solution: Your plants need to get food, and this is where a nutrient-rich solution comes in. You’ve got two options. You can make your own or purchase a commercial organic nutrient.
Vertical Hydroponic System
Are you after a hydroponics gardening system that is space-efficient? You might need to try a vertical hydroponic garden. It’s sometimes known as a wall garden. It allows gardeners to grow plants in vertically oriented containers.
A hydroponic tower system is a perfect option for smaller spaces such as living rooms, offices, and apartments. To create a DIY vertical hydroponic garden, you need.
- Support frame: This can be a PVC pipe.
- Towers/return: You can use PVC downspouts.
- Water supply/return: A 14-gallon soft plastic container.
- Water pump and water tubing: They help supply the nutrient-rich solution to plant roots.
Ebb and Flow Hydroponic Garden
The ebb and flow hydroponic garden is a little more hands-on. This system allows gardeners to grow plants in trays with a nutrient-rich solution. A water pump periodically floods the trays with the nutrient solution, either once or twice a day.
The excess nutrient solution is drained away. Are you after plants that need plenty of water, such as cucumbers and tomatoes? An ebb and flow system can be ideal for you, and some of the materials you need to create your garden include:
- A storage bin with a lid
- Timer
- Aquarium air pump
- Irrigation tubing
- Small submarine pond water pump
- Brick of coco coir
Wick Hydroponic System
Many gardeners are always looking for the simplest way to set up and manage hydroponic gardening systems. One of these systems is wick hydroponics. It’s a type of hydroponic system that allows growers to grow plants in containers that use wicking materials. These wicking materials absorb the nutrient-rich solution from the reservoir.
They transport water and nutrients to the plant roots regularly. If you’re a beginner, you’ll find this system ideal for you. Also, it can be a perfect match if you don’t have enough time to take care of complex gardening systems. The materials you’ll need to create your wick hydroponic system are:
- A wicking material like jute, wool, hemp, or cotton
- Plant pots
- A hydroponic medium like gravel or vermiculite
- A nutrient-rich solution
Deep Water Culture Hydroponic Gardening
A deep water culture hydroponic garden is inexpensive and a little more sophisticated. Most beginners prefer a deep water culture hydroponic system since it doesn’t demand more in terms of fancy equipment or moving parts.
In a deep water culture garden, the plant roots are usually submerged in the nutrient-rich solution. Plants that grow faster do well in a deep water culture hydroponic garden, which is easy to set up and take care of.
To set up your deep culture hydroponic garden successfully, you’ll need:
- A tank or container that can hold enough nutrient solution
- Net pots
- A rubber or air stone
- An air pump
- Growing mediums such as Rockwool
- Timer
- Clones or seeds
- Nutrients
How Can Gardyn Help You Grow Your Favorite Plants Hydroponically?
Gardyn’s hydroponic technology takes over where traditional farming falls short. With Gardyn’s pioneering garden tower project, anyone can grow fresh, nutritious, and delicious vegetables, fruits, and herbs. The climate, your yard size, or your resources don’t matter.
Gardyn’s hydroponic tower garden enables you to enjoy first-class pick-your-own home produce without stepping outside your door. The good news is that Gardyn’s vertical home garden series offers a perfect balance between contemporary décor and high-performance hydroponics.
Each tower garden makes for an attractive showpiece within any modern home, bringing light and life to those dormant, empty corners of your living room or kitchen. Also, each vertical garden comes with high-quality, sustainable materials, including recyclable food-grade plastics, compostable y-cubes, and brushed aluminum.
