Discussion about hydroponic planting media will always always appeal to you who pursue the agricultural world.
How to cultivate without using this land more and more more demand, because it can not be denied that the slow sea existence of the soil is reduced. Luckily hydroponic farming methods can be done by anyone and do not take too much time.
Well, for you who want to start farming in a hydroponic way, it should first recognize the various types of hydroponic planting media is most easily applied and easy to get.
The following will be explained about some types of complete hydroponic planting medium with its advantages. Let's see.
1. Charcoal Chaff
This is one of the most popular and widely used hydroponic planting medium. There are so many advantages we can get from charcoal husk, among others:
The hydroponic planting medium is efficient, cheap and sterile
There are chemical components that will help grow plants, such as moisture content, crude protein, fat, ash, crude fiber, oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, silicate and carbohydrates
The price is relatively cheaper which is certainly very liked by the community
Getting it is also easy. Especially if you live in the village may be free
Making it tend to be easier, in terms of lighter weight and apply it is also not difficult
Because the process of making it by burning, all elements that can harm the plant is gone
For those of you who are in need of hydroponic planting media, chaff charcoal may be a helpful alternative.
2. Sponges
For people who have long cultivated ornamental plants are certainly very familiar with the sponge. This hydroponic planting medium when it is applied will be very easy to move or ditemptakan anywhere, because it is the lightest weight among all planting media.
Despite having a light weight, the sponge is no longer in need of ballast, because when sponge water is absorbed with the maximum so that the plant becomes erect.
The result of hydroponic planting media in the form of sponge is quite encouraging, in terms of sponge time is quite durable and can be used in a long time, the development of more prime plants, plants tend to be more fertile without the need for adaptation process, because the fiber is dense so as to be able to store water content up to two weeks and most pentin is relatively immune to fungi that contain the risk of damaging the crop.
Many people have already proved the advantages, so do not be afraid to prove it.
3.Cocopeat (Coconut Coir Powder)
Initially coconut husk was only known as a doormat, a pot washer and used as a broom. Slowly but surely, all that began to shift when in the 1980s Dutch Plantin's research found that the fine powder found in the coconut husk could be used as a hydroponic cultivation medium.
After the discovery, overseas people believe that cocopeat or coco fiber has a high capacity to store water. This is evidenced by its ability to hold water 6-9 times its volume or 73%.
So, if you want the most water-efficient hydroponic planting medium, one can use coconut coir powder.
