Food shortage has remained one of the main challenge in the current world. Old soil crop production methods have become less productive with depletion of natural nutrients. With emerging trends, people must start to produce more food as population is increasing rapidly, arable land is decreasing, and traditional farming methods are soon coming to an end, giving hydroponics farming method a breakthrough.

Investing in hydroponics has proved to be economical and effective compared with other traditional farming method. Considering there is no space limit for this method of crop production and less water required, everybody should start thinking about investing on hydroponics. Hydroponics is has a quicker growth scale and more nutritious in comparison to traditional farming methods. If you are looking to investing in hydroponics, here are the main types of hydroponic techniques which have been tested.

Nutrient film technique.

This method work best with plants that have a long root system. With this circulatory system, it involves plants channel that allows the nutrients water to be continuously pumped in the channel. Plants are simply suspended above the solution with their long roots dangling into the solution. When you opt for this hydroponic technique you must constantly maintain the overgrown roots which can block and disrupt the whole process. You also have to make sure that there is constant flow of nutrients solution or else the plant will dry out so the pumps must be very effective to achieve good results.

Dynamic root floating hydroponics technique

It is a non-circulatory method for hydroponics investment. This method can be implemented using simple pumps thus advisable for developing countries. With dynamic root floating technique, the pump is not continuously in use but is only switched on and off when needed. At the bottom part, it is the roots dangle in the nutrient solution and specialized nutrient and the upper part is in oxygen place. The system is fitted with DRFT which keeps the temperature of the solution constant.

Water culture hydroponics technique.

In this technique, roots dangle freely in solution. Since there is a problem of root aeration often, a pump is used to supply oxygen. In this method, roots are exposed to light to give rise to nutrients consuming algae. This hydroponics technique is ideal for plants that grow fast.

With these hydroponic production techniques, you can choose a suitable method which is favor your needs. Though sometimes advanced hydroponic system can be intensive and expensive.