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Why plants do not need Soil to grow

No comments December 6th, 2009

It may surprise many of you to find out that plants do not need soil to grow. What plants primarily need to grow is air, water and nutrients. This means soil is not all what it is cracked up to be. Essentially the soil is just a medium for holding up the plants and allowing the roots to pull nutrients through the water.Hydroponics aka hydroculture (from the greek words hydro water and ponos labor) is a method of growing plants using mineral solutions in water without soil. Plant Read more