Question

What would happen if the solutions were poorly aerated in hydroponics?

Answer 1

Hint: Hydroponics is a process employed, in the absence of soil, for growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water. If the cells in the roots do not have access to oxygen, they will die.

Complete Answer:
- The mechanism by which air is circulated, combined with or dissolved in a liquid is aeration. When a solution is continuously aerated using an air pump, the oxygen solubility restriction makes it extremely difficult to use such systems to grow large plants.
- Larger plants have much larger needs for nutrients and energy and thus need schemes in which there is no limit to the supply of oxygen. Systems where roots are regularly damp and exposed to air have very good results in this situation.
- However they can die when the cells in the roots do not have access to oxygen, and this will cause the whole plant to die as well. This is why ensuring that the nutrient solution is properly aerated to retain adequate oxygen for the plant cells contained in the root mass is so important.

Components of the aeration system are important for proper hydroponic setup oxygenation and nutrient circulation as:
- Supports quicker production and better plants.
- To ensure that nutrients do not settle, it provides a constant supply of oxygen as well as a steady current in nutrient reservoirs.
- Ideal for all NFT, float, ebb and flow, drip and aeroponic hydroponic systems.

Note: We need to check the frequency and quantity of aerators in static systems and testing cultivation media drainage on dynamic setups is crucial to obtaining the best possible results.