BIOPONICS: A STRANGE HYBRID
BIOPONIC PLANTS ARE
SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN
TRADITIONAL HYDROPONIC
ONES, BUT THEY ARE
DEFINITELY STRONGER WHEN
IT COMES TO RESISTING
ROOT PATHOGENS.”
Quality vs. Quantity
In terms of quality, harvests from a bioponic system have
the same taste and nutritional value as the best organic,
soil-grown produce. It’s almost impossible to differentiate between the two crops, but I believe bioponic crops
have a slight edge since bioponics removes a few of the
barriers that limit plant growth. And in bioponics, plants
can express their full genetic potential. As with other
gardening methods, your choice of plant varieties will
have a major influence on your final results.
Roots in a bioponic solution.
In terms of quantity, the yields will be lower than when
growing using traditional hydroponics or soil, but your
turnover will be much faster than in soil, so you can turn
over more crops per year in a bioponic system than you
could in even the best organic soil.
Since 2005, many growers, both hobbyists and professionals, have been experimenting with bioponics with
continual success, and it’s rewarding for me to learn
through their feedback. In our research greenhouse,
we are still using minerals for a certain number of tests,
but we always have something growing in our bioponic
system, and we are shifting more and more towards it.
It is such pleasure to witness plants grow so healthy and
so fast. Give bioponics a try and I am sure you will not
think of hydro or soil in the same way again.
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Maximum Yield USA | October 2015