3.2 Hydroponics CASE ASP

What is hydroponics?

• Art of growing plants in air?

• Art of growing plants in soil?

• Art of legalizing use of plants....

• Art of soil-less growing?

What is needed for plants to survive?

• Chips, pop, windex

• A grandmother

• Water, sunlight, air, nutrients, anchorage

• Dirt

What is an example(s) of growing media?

• packing pnuts,

• green squishy stuff, white floating boards

• rockwool, lava rocks, styrofoam, sand, gravel

• ashes, leaves, decaying matter

What are the 5 advantages of using Hydroponics?

• Growth and Quality

• No weeds/pests, smaller growing area, and grow any condition

• Easier to maintain

• Cost and maintenance

Disadvantages of using Hydroponics

• Grow in any condition

• It's legal

• Cost, expertise, daily attention

• Diseases spread, specially formulated nutrients, production

On a pH scale, acidic range is?

• 1-14

• 8-14

• 7.0

• 1-6

pH scale; Basic range is considered?

• 1-6

• 1-14

• 8-14

• 6.5

Ideal pH range for Lettuce?

• Lettuce doesn't have a range

• pH 14

• pH 7.0

• pH 4.0

Hydro means

• water

• soil

• labor

• cool lights

Aquaponics is the...

• divorce of sunlight and fish

• marriage of plants and fish

• marriage of soil and water with fish

• divorce of rocks and gravel