Indoor Gardening - Why Not Try Aeroponics?

This is a great system for urban gardeners that lack space or even a garden! This type of indoor gardening can be used in any closed or partially enclosed space. What are necessary are merely water, air and nutrients. He plants or vegetables are suspended in the air, so the roots are completely uncovered. Aeroponic kits come with a support structure that acts like a trellis and holds them in the air, without damaging them. Water, mixed with the nutrients, is sprayed directly onto the roots as a mist. It makes indoor gardening so easy!

Aeroponics Are Environmentally Friendly.

With this system of indoor gardening no soil is used and so no damage to the earth is incurred. Cultivating plants can be done in a closet, storage room or even an attic. The hanging plants don’t need soil to flourish. The nutrients that are mixed with the water are sprayed onto the roots. The spray nozzle atomizes the mixture to mist-like dimensions. In this way it also helps water conservation. Most of these kits come with a water retrieval system that recycles the solution. That in turn means less waste of both water and nutrients.

Don’t Get Mixed Up Between Aeroponics And Hydroponics.

These are two easily confused words as they are both indoor gardening systems that sound the same. The majority of people more or less understand the difference, but most will admit to some degree of confusion. It is the word ‘ponics’ that trips them up. Aero is a well-known word that almost everyone understands to mean ‘air’. The same with the word ‘Hydro’, but when added to ‘ponics’, it seems to confuse the issue. Anyway, the hydroponic system depends on the plant roots being either covered by water or floating on top of it. Of course, that depends on what you are growing.

No Room to Swing a Cat?

For keen gardeners that don’t have much space, aeroponics is the answer. If you live in a city, the chances that you have access to areas for gardening are pretty slim. If you still yearn to grow something, then indoor gardening is a must for you. The kits are relatively cheap and can be set up easily in a corner or cupboard or balcony. Space is probably the most limiting factor for an urban gardener. One advantage of this system is they can be stacked one on top of another.