Growing Plants without Soil

Non soil materials can add more attraction for your plants.

Growing plants without soils can be more benefits than you think. For small planters – indoor plants will find this is very important as finding and manage the soils can cause so many troubles. In fact it’s not the soil that make the plants grow but the nutrients inside it but they also give support for the plants to grow.

In many cases why you should consider the non-soil planting at home are because they’re easier, safer both for you and the plants that you’re trying to grow and they’re cheap. They’re many type of non-soil planting medium. You can find them easily on the internet. Then you can decide which medium suitable for your needs.

For indoor plants grower, what they need to concern more about their plants are;

·        Water – to help plants to transports all the nutrients in their body.
·         Lights – to allow plants to conduct photosynthesis.
·         Nutrients – there are the real foods for plants to help them stay healthy.

Perlite can easily use as soil substitute.

The usage of perlite in hydroponics.

Those basics essential to make sure your plants will grow healthy. There’s nothing to do with the soil and you can growing your plants and trees almost anywhere as long as these three elements provided accordingly.

As I mentioned before they’re many types of non-soil materials can be use and can be divided into two major groups;

-          Organic

-          Non- organic

Gel beads are safe for the environment but their making process still unsure.

Whichever you choose will not going to affect too much on the growing process of your plants – only if you’re concern more about the usage of chemicals in their producing process. While the materials itself mostly are environmental friendly. These are few types that usually use for non-soil planting;

• Fiber – fiber from organic material such as coconut coir, sphagnum peat moss been widely used and proven to be among the best materials to use beside soils.
•  Non-fiber – perlite, vermiculate, pebbles, LECA and sand also can be used to provide support to plants root. They can also use together with other materials such as peat moss and coir to increase the aeration.
• Gel – for small beautiful indoor ornamental plants, the usage of the gel materials can add extra showcase benefits. They’re easy to handle, colorful, clean, good for plants and cheap too. So suitable if you only have few plants to grow.
• Hydroponics – If you have medium to larger size for non-soil planting projects, the hydroponics can suit your need. Anyway, you’ll need the help to create the hydroponics system that will require lots of time and energy – costly at first.
• Aeroponics – pretty much like hydroponics, consider this only if you’re deadly serious about your projects.
• Combination – you also can combine few things above to make your non-soils planting works better for you.

The usage of coco peat in this hydroponics technique.

LECA also very useful in non soil technique.

They you are, the non-soil techniques are not so hard. As long as you keep aware on your plants growing you can easily tell whether you should add some fertilizer or not. This is very useful knowledge especially if you’re living in an apartment and you wish to have small plants inside your rooms. Soil can be hard to manage; they sometimes carry the diseases to your plants too. Well, give it a shot.