Have you considered setting up your own hydroponic indoor garden? The advantages are numerous as compared to soil based gardening.
Here is a list of advantages and benefits of hydroponic indoor gardening: 1.
You don't need to purchase any expensive pesticides.
As the majority of pests tend to hang around soil, they have no access to your hydroponic plants.
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After your initial set up costs, indoor hydroponic gardens are around 20% lower than traditional gardening.
3.
You will be able to fit more plants in a smaller area.
Even though your plants will grow larger in most cases, this is true because the roots don't expand as much in hydroponic gardens.
This is because they already have all the nutrients they need.
4.
Maintenance time is greatly reduced! There is no watering as they already have all the water they need, weeding doesn't exist in indoor hydroponic gardens either.
In fact all you need to do is pick the fruit or vegetables as and when required.
5.
The yield is year round and permanent! This is because you have manipulated the growing conditions to be optimum all the time! When its off season, you can sell the crop for higher prices! 6.
You can grow them anywhere; greenhouse, garden, bedroom, attic, cellar, rooftop or window ledge.
7.
Hydroponic plants grow on average 40% larger.
This is because you have full control over growing conditions and they have constant access to all the nutrients they need.
8.
One of the main problems for novice gardeners is under or over watering! This can obviously cause problems for plants.
This problem is eliminated though in indoor hydroponic gardens.
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For the reasons already listed above, hydroponic plants grow up to 50% faster than other methods of gardening! This has obvious advantages if you're feeding a large family or are planning on making some money out of it!