Hydroponics Books - hydroponic gardening made easy

Hydroponics. All you need is water, and a bit of patience.

Well, that's not strictly accurate. A book comes in handy too! Also, for successful hydroponic cultivation you need to ensure that you plants receive the right mix of water, nutrients, light, air and warmth. Not surprisingly - particularly given the ever-increasing popularity of growing marijuana (cannabis sativa) hydroponically - a wide range of suppliers has sprung up to supply the hydroponic gardener.

But hydroponics is not about growing your own pot. Hydroponic cultivation has been around since time immemmorial. Many historians think that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were hydroponically-grown; the Aztecs of Central Mexico produced crops to feed hundreds of thousands from floating islands on the waters of Lake Tenochlitlan (until it dried up and became the site of the world's largest city). In Asia, rice has been grown in flooded paddies for centuries, and Marco Polo described floating gardens on his famous voyages to the East. The ancient Egyptians are recorded as growing certain plants in the Nile with water but no soil.

All these are examples of hydroponic cultivation. Since then hydroponics has been subject to intense scientific scrutiny, as it offers such promise as a weapon in the world's fight against poverty. A spinoff from all this research is cheap, simple hydroponic equipment which you can use for your own hydroponic gardening.

With a little investment in equipment to regulate heating, lighting, aeration and nutrition, you can produce a never-ending stream of your own, wonderful, fresh vegetables and flowers.

Hydroponics - go on, you have nothing to lose but the use of your garage, and hours and hours of your time. But it's better than watching Eastenders, isn't it? Of course, what you'll need first is a book...

How-To Hydroponics By Keith Roberto Softcover - 100 pages Future Garden (2003) ISBN: 0967202612 Indicative price (confirm before purchase): $24.95

How-To Hydroponics is a hands-on tutorial and guide to gardening using hydroponic methods - in other words using only proper watering, feeding, and lighting, with no messy soil. Written in layman's terms this is the fourth edition of the popular American guide book. It offers a complete instructions for building and operating your own indoor and outdoor systems.
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Hydroponics: Soilless gardening explained Les Bridgewood Paperback - 144 pages Crowood Press (2003) ISBN:0751347183 Indicative price (confirm before purchase): £10.49

Hydroponics: plants need nutrients, air, water and light with a little warmth to survive. Traditionally these have been provided by soil, but hydroponic techniques allow plants not only to survive but also to thrive by gaining the perfect balance of nutrients from a regulated solution. This book tells you how, with clear explanations of the biology and the techniques. This is a pretty technical introduction to hydroponic gardening, with a great deal of descriptions of making equipment by cutting up bits of hardware. Excellent for the enthusiast, but definitely not a coffee table book (unless you've built your coffee table yourself). In short, soilless, but not entirely soulless.
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