8 Ways To Make Your Own Hydroponic Plant Garden At Home

Have you ever planted with media other than the ground?
Planting with soil media should also need a wide field and water supply is quite a lot for irrigation.
Especially in the big cities currently, the availability of land is increasingly narrowed nowadays.
But if you still want to have a plantation area in a narrow yard, Cobain Deh farming with hydroponics method.

The plant's Media in the form of water and hydroponic gardens can be arranged in a vertical form. Want to know how to plant it? Below are eight steps or how to easily make your own hydroponic garden plants at home.

1. Prepare tools and materials

To create a hydroponic garden, the ingredients you need to prepare are:
• 3-inch diameter Pipe
• Pipe connecting and Pralon covers
• Chainsaw
• Plastic cups (use used mineral water packaging)
• Solder Tools
• Drill Tool
• Hose
• Aquarium Pump
• Sponge
• Crop seeds
After all the tools and materials are ready, let's see the next steps of making.

2. Create a Pralon hole with a plastic glass size

First, cut the Pralon with the length you want. Adjust it to the yard or garden area you want to create.
After dismembered, finish the glass-sized Pipe surface. Give a distance of 15-20 cm between holes so that the plant will not break each other.
Perform this hole process on all the pre-cut Pipe After the hole, attach the Pralon cap at both ends.

3. Select the Irrigation method

Hydroponic planting has two options for irrigation methods. First is the axis method, the bottom of the plastic cup is given a fuse or a used cloth with high absorbent power and then dipped in water.
Second, the method of a drip system is to drain the new water periodically so that the circulation of oxygen and metabolism in the plant goes well.

4. Install water Pump If you choose Drip System method

If you choose the Drip system method, you need to prepare an aquarium pump and a water container bucket. Create one of the covers on each Pralon, then attach the hose to the bucket.
Meanwhile, an aquarium pump is installed in a bucket to drain water into each Pipe using a hose. You do not need to turn on the pump at any time, just 1-2 times a day each morning or afternoon.

5. Arrange the plastic cups on the Pipe holes

After the Pipe and irrigation methods are ready, the plastic glassware in each hole. Leave one hole to enter the liquid fertilizer later.
Don't forget to hollow out the butt section of the plastic cups with the help of solder tools. Make a few small holes for the entry water path.

6. Put the crop seeds on the sponge

After the glass is neatly arranged, place the sponge in the base. Let it tidy, cut the sponge with the shape and size following the glass. Planting Media is ready! You can immediately put the seeds of the plants on the sponge.

7. Not all kinds of plants can be planted hydroponically 

Make the hydroponic garden easy and fun, right? But wait first, not all types of plants can be planted hydroponically.
Only certain plants can grow with this method of planting, mostly green vegetables. Examples of hydroponic plants are green mustard, watercress, poky and strawberries.

8. Give liquid fertilizer regularly to your plant

Hydroponic plants also need additional nutrients in the form of liquid fertilizer. You can buy them at specialty stores and farms, or make your own from natural ingredients.
Liquid fertilizer is inserted through one of the Pipe holes that are not filled with plastic cups and plants. Each brand of liquid fertilizer has its own rules of use, make sure you read carefully before using it.

Let's make your own hydroponic garden at home. Can harvest healthy vegetables yourself, you know!

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