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hydroponics
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hydroponics
a method of cultivating plant growth without soil. Based on use of a solution containing all essential plant nutrients. The plant material is harvested at about 2 weeks of age. The herbivore's equivalent of sprouts or shoots in the human diet. Called also sprouted grain.


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A hydroponic vegetable operation within the walls of the Thessalon First Nation's Bio Centre is gaining momentum as the community examines ways of diversifying.
Harms described the setup as hydroponic, as each plant was rooted in a square of growing medium soaking in a soup of water and nutrients.
Waste from the fishes' tanks is fed into hydroponic beds of spinach, basil, chard and kale, where the fish waste provides abundant nutrients for the growing plants.
 
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