Educate your children with hydroponics

Plants grown via hydroponics grow substantially faster than
those grown in soil.  Plus it’s difficult for children to see how the
roots of the plants grow in soil, but the can easily be seen by using a
hydroponics bubbler system.  There is more detail about bubbler systems
here, but I’ll give a very quick overview.  In a bubbler system, plants
are grown on a medium such as rock wool with baskets.  The roots of
plants which fill the baskets are submerged in a hydroponic nutrient
solution which is aerated by a air pump and often a air stone which
sits at the bottom of the nutrient solution.  The aerated solution not
only delivers water and nutrients
to the plants roots but oxygen as well, prevent root rot.  Because the
plans don’t need to use their energy locating nutrients and water they
can place all their effort into growing upwards.

We know that children have very short attention spans; by growing
plants hydroponically a child can see clear growth in the plant most
days once it is established.  They will also have a better
understanding of the plants requirements as they will be adding
nutrients, water and light to their plants and will be able to watch
the effect this has on the plant.  While traditionally this is the sort
of basic science lesson a child would learn a primary school, place a
seed into soil and watch it grow.  Using hydroponic methods
enables a child to see quick results.  By growing plants hydroponically
in the classroom children can experiment with the effect each necessary
elements, light, water and nutrients have on the health of the plant
and its root system, turning the simple action of growing plants into
an exciting science lesson.

As we attempt to teach our children a better way to look
after our planet and its population, hydroponics can have a starring
role.  Hydroponics can increase the amount of food grown within a
specific area, there is no need to strip soil of its natural nutrients
and fewer pesticides are necessary resulting in less damage to our
environment.

Hydroponics is the next generation of farming,
hydroponic methods could decrease the amount of the worlds population
that die from starvation while helping to convert excess carbon dioxide
we have created into oxygen.  It’s our children who will be the
generation who make the greatest leap in fixing the planet so why not
teach them from an early age the hydroponic information they need to
make a difference.