Hydroponics, quite simply, is growing plants without soil. Plants are grown in water systems. You just add to the water the nutrients
the plants need to develop and mature.Hydroponics was developed from experimenting and determining what substances make plants grow and the composition of plants. Such research dates back as early as the 1600s. However, plants were being grown in a soil less culture earlier than that. Hydroponics is at least as ancient as the pyramids. A primitive form had been used in Kashmir for centuries.
The process of hydroponic growing in our oceans goes back to about the time the earth was created. Hydroponics growing preceded soil growing. But as a farming tool, many believe it started in the ancient city of Babylon with it's famous hanging gardens, which are listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and was probably one of the first successful attempts growing plants hydroponically.
