Growing plants with their roots in nutrient solution instead of soil. Built on 19th century plant nutrition chemistry descending from Liebig's work, hydroponics trades land for control: water use drops, yields climb, and the growing season never ends, which is why greenhouse vegetables and vertical farms run on it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Practice ClassControlled environment agriculture 1 OriginSolution culture developed in 19th century plant nutrition research; the word hydroponics coined by William Gericke in 1937 1 Connections
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