Conventional Hydroponics
Hydroponics is simply a method of growing plants without soil. The same mineral elements that are found in the soil are dissolved in water and fed directly to plant roots in a hydroponic system.
This technology is established, and by using it, we develop plants in much shorter periods, obtaining better crops, with superior quality to those produced though traditional agricultural systems.
Such an affirmation is not one that most of us would like to hear as flattery, but a simple fact and scientific truth.
In order to prepare the nutrient solution for conventional hydroponic systems, we use industrially produced mineral salts with extremely high levels of purity and solubility. We also use water with a high purity level.
What is Organic Hydroponics?
In terms of their mechanical operation, Organic Hydroponics systems present no difference in relation to common inorganic systems, following exactly the same principals at every stage of production, the huge difference is that the nutrient solutions are obtained exclusively organically, instead of industrially produced minerals and salts, chemically produced fertilizers or pesticides are also not used in an organic environment.
Organic Hydroponics differs radically from Organic Agriculture as we know it.
First, because it is a hydroponic system, and thus, uses no soil and is enclosed, creating its own micro-ecological environment and second, because we can produce high quality plants, much faster and with a high degree of sanitation.
One of the most important characteristics of organic hydroponics, is that it provides us the opportunity to build closed ecological systems, where all used elements are recycled, and so, causing no degradation to the surrounding environment.