Hydroponics is a great way to grow any greenery on your windowsill. On hydroponics, you can successfully grow salad, onions, dill and other greens . In principle, you can try to grow even radishes. In winter, such vitaminized plantations will get rid of hypovitaminosis. And for the enterprising people greens on hydroponics can become an additional source of earnings.
We create hydroponics with our own hands
The system assumes that the roots of the plants will always be in the nutrient solution. Accordingly, we need a deep reservoir. For domestic growers (home greenhouses), a plastic container with a tight lid is enough.
It is important that the container was necessarily dark, if you do not find a finished black container, you can paint it yourself. This condition must be observed in order to prevent the development of algae from sun rays in the nutrient solution, which cause considerable harm to plants. In addition, unwanted and unnecessary heating of the solution for hydroponics.
To fix pots with a salad or other greens, you can use a thin foam or a lid container. It is necessary to make a suitable hole size. Do not cut them too close, so that the plants do not interfere with each other. As for the diameter of the holes and the size of the pots for hydroponics, it depends on the type of plant.
Hydroponics for a salad with your hands - saturation with oxygen
The hydroponic system presupposes the saturation of the nutrient solution with oxygen - this condition is mandatory. Moreover, the amount of oxygen must be sufficient, so we need a good air compressor with nebulizers.
The air supply hose is mounted under the lid of the container, for which another hole is made in it. The stones themselves are placed on the bottom of the tank and are connected to the compressor by a flexible hose.
Depending on the size of the container with the solution, it is possible to mount one or two stone-sprayers. Between each other they are connected by a tee and connect all to the same flexible hose.
Actually, we can consider our hydroponic system ready. It remains to fill it with a solution. That the herbs on hydroponics grew well and received all the nutrients, you must first fill the container halfway, install the lid, then insert into the holes in the lid pots and add the solution to the bottom of the pots. Now we turn on the compressor and we can be sure that the plants planted soon will please us with an excellent harvest.