Definitions for hydroculture
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1. hydroculturenoun

   a type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action

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1. hydroculture

   Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydroculture which involves growing plants, usually crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions in aqueous solvents. Terrestrial or aquatic plants may grow with their roots exposed to the nutritious liquid or in addition, the roots may be mechanically supported by an inert medium such as perlite, gravel, or other substrates.Despite inert media, roots can cause changes of the rhizosphere pH and root exudates can affect rhizosphere biology and physiological balance of the nutrient solution by secondary metabolites. Transgenic plants grown hydroponically allow the release of pharmaceutical proteins as part of the root exudate into the hydroponic medium.The nutrients used in hydroponic systems can come from many different organic or inorganic sources, including fish excrement, duck manure, purchased chemical fertilizers, or artificial nutrient solutions.Plants are commonly grown hydroponically in a greenhouse or contained environment on inert media, adapted to the controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) process. Plants commonly grown hydroponically include tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, strawberries, lettuces, and cannabis, usually for commercial use, and Arabidopsis thaliana, which serves as a model organism in plant science and genetics.Hydroponics offers many advantages, notably a decrease in water usage in agriculture. To grow 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of tomatoes using intensive farming methods requires 214 liters (47 imp gal; 57 U.S. gal) of water; using hydroponics, 70 liters (15 imp gal; 18 U.S. gal); and only 20 liters (4.4 imp gal; 5.3 U.S. gal) using aeroponics.Hydroponic cultures lead to highest biomass and protein production compared to other growth substrates, of plants cultivated in the same environmental conditions and supplied with equal amounts of nutrients.Since hydroponics takes much less water and nutrients to grow produce and climate change threatens agricultural yields, it could be possible in the future for people in harsh environments with little accessible water to grow their own plant-based food.Hydroponics is not only used on earth, but has also proven itself in plant production experiments in space.

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1. Hydroculture

   Hydroculture is the growing of plants in a soilless medium, or an aquatic based environment. Plant nutrients are distributed via water. The word "hydro" derives its name from the Greek word "hudor" meaning water, hence hydroculture = water culture. Hydroculture is aquatic horticulture. In basic hydroculture or passive hydroponics, water and nutrients are distributed through capillary action. In hydroponics-like hydroculture, water and nutrients are distributed by some form of pumping mechanism. The roots might be anchored in clay aggregate such as the trademarks LECA and Hydroton. Advantages include ease of maintenance as watering and feeding involve just topping up the reservoir of growing solution. Certain types of hydroponic media are resistant to some types of soil-borne insects. ⁕ Water plant cultivated crocus ⁕ Expanded clay pellets

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hydroculture in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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   The numerical value of hydroculture in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

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