Methods
Compare common system styles, understand their tradeoffs, and see which crops and setups they suit best.
Hydroponics growing library
Hydroponics guides and data sheets for beginner to professional
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21 Crop guides
14 Pest guides
19 Practical resources
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Featured content
Cultivars worth surfacing first
These plant profiles give readers a quick way into growing information, edible uses, and related pest guidance.
Ocimum basilicum
Basil is one of the easiest and most rewarding herbs to grow hydroponically, producing fast, aromatic leaf growth in NFT, deep water culture, drip, or aeroponic.
Phaseolus vulgaris
Beans can be grown hydroponically as compact bush plants or trellised pole plants, producing tender green pods when given warm temperatures, strong light.
Capsicum annuum
Bell peppers are productive hydroponic fruiting crops for drip-fed substrate, Dutch bucket, or slab systems, needing warm stable conditions, high light.
Pest knowledge
Problems readers need to solve quickly
These pages surface symptoms, conditions, prevention, and linked host plants in a format that works well on phones and desktops.
Aphidoidea
Small soft-bodied sap-sucking insects that cluster on tender growth, leaf undersides, flower buds, and stems. In hydroponic systems they can reproduce quickly.
Psila rosae
A small fly whose larvae tunnel into carrot and related root crops. In hydroponic or soilless systems it is most relevant to deep media beds, container-grown.
Noctuidae
Cutworms are moth larvae that hide in growing media or debris by day and feed at night, often chewing through young seedling stems at or just below the media.