Hydro Gel as a substitute for Soil for Plants

Nowadays many people and run against some of the plants that have its characteristics and also has a species of flowers and leaves that are unique and exciting.

For some people living a city a dense population, it 's hard to find land that is quite extensive and fertile ground for expression and developed his hobby.

One invention that can be: "Hydro Gel" can answer this challenge.

Specifically for plants (indoor), the hydro gel is arguably a new alternative for lovers of plants with land limited. Money that should be from plant lovers bag-not too much different from when we use media land.

We know hydroponics use only stones which can store water or crop irrigation system that is set up in such a way. But now, you can grow a hydroponic manner that uses media hydrogel.

Hydrogel polymer is good, namely:
-synthetic (e.g. Polyacrylamide and Polyvinyl alcohol),
-natural (e.g., alginate and Gelatin), or
-The biology (e.g., Collagen and Amnion) reply contains/can absorb water.
Can Biodegradable Hydrogel, could not. Because these qualities are very useful for Hydrogel absorbant/water reservoir, immobilisation and release of specific substances (e.g. drugs, fertilizers, perfumes, and vitamins) and have prospects for tissue engineering. In some places, a mixture of hydrogel and the ground to slow drought water on crops or for the purpose of fostering arrangements already developed.
Hydrogel we discussed now is a result of the developments in the fields of plantations which purportedly capable of storing 400 times the weight of the water. Due to the nature of this is the hydrogel capable of replacing the medium soil, rock, or water, though. Also, the planting look more beautiful by using hydrogel has easier treatments. If the plants can adapt well, we just simply menyemprotnya of one to two months just once. Also, the hydrogel is also used for arranging cut flowers fresh longer to survive.
Treatment Of Hydrogel

1. when it has been about a month seen hydrogel shrink,  hydrogel in water using a hand sprayer. The water given do not too much up may cause the inundation on the glasses which would result in corruption at the root,

2. Or, for the addition of a more perfect water, separate Your hydrogel from the plant, and then soak it in the warm water for approximately 30 minutes, until fluffy again. While plants soaked in clean water in a separate place. When Your hydrogel consisting of a mixture of more than one color, separate them into a container of a different marinade. Then, drain the hydrogel and ready to be placed back into the glass,

3. the Hydrogel never too often held or soaked in water, just one time within 1 to 2 months only, in order not to damage the flower power shrink hydrogel. Unless Your Hydrogel mossy, then you can do the step no. 4 without having to wait one month,

4. If the glass and hydrogel mossy look and smell, immediately remove Your hydrogel and rinse with warm water until the Lumina is lost, then the hydrogel can be reused,

5. Fertilization can be given 3 to 6 months or if the plant nutrient deficiencies look when in sunlight. Fertilizing is done by spraying fertilizer leaves using a handsprayer. Fertilizer that can be used such as Gardasil, hype ex, forest, and the like, with an appropriate dose of the label on the packaging. Can be found in stores for agriculture,
6. So that the plants stay fresh, preferably placed in a room with a cool temperature (not stuffy).
Removal Of Plants
1. Siramlah first potted plant so easily repealed,
2. Lift up the plant from the pot carefully so as not many roots are broken,
3. Soak the plants in water for CA. 1 hour so that the soil is easy to clean from the root,
4. Wash all parts of the plant with clean water until the entire leaf, stem, and perakarannya clean. Rooting too long can be cut,
5. save the plants in a container of water overnight so that it can adapt, crops.
6. once adopted, putting away the damaged roots, broken, or rot. The plant then washed again,
7. Plants must be completely clean off the ground because the ground can make damaged hydrogel hydrogel and making easy the overgrown Moss,
8. Plants ready to put in the media of hydrogel. First of all insert the hydrogel part, roughly a quarter of the volume of the glass), then enter the plant, and then enter the rest until all the roots of hydrogel enclosed.
Some of the main causes of the failure of the plant with the hydrogel, which resulted in crop withering/died:
1. less cool, Room (stuffy/hot & too humid). There is no reflection of the rays. Terhambatnya air flow,
2. Pentosan hydrogel in less than 30 minutes, causing puddles of excess that makes root so rotten,
3. The roots were too much cut. Should root adapted to the conditions of the vase, not too dense.

The plants are to be planted in a hydrogel must have the following characteristics: resistant puddle (excess moisture), resistant to high humidity, indoor plants (which can live with reflected light or indirect light), as well as generally not Woody and not flowering. If you've got fun planting in this way you will certainly keep trying with different types of other plants.
Flowering takes a great light, while the light that will make hydrogel mossy. Plants like cacti, Rose, Orchid, jasmine, ylang-ylang, Banyan, Palm, cannot be grown in the hydrogel. Plants such as lilies, water hyacinth, and similar, is also not suitable planted with hydrogel because it requires a very high water supply and need direct sunlight.
The types of crops that can be planted up to this point in a hydrogel are Aglaonema sp, Anthurium SP. (various types of elephant ear), Diffenbachia sp, Philodendron sp, Dracaena sp (Chinese bamboo, Japanese bamboo), Scindapsus sp (betel), Spathiphyllum, Syngonium sp-sp, Cyperus sp (grass), Cordyline sp (various types of Cordyline), (Philodendron leafy side), ornamental grasses (green with a white stripe on the side of the leaf and tuber conditioned) Fortune, sansevieria, bamboo, ornamental betel, as well as plants vegetables such as lettuce and Cress, crisis.

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Create media for planting vegetables in polybag

The planting medium is one of the important factors that determine in farming activities. Planting media will determine both the poor plant growth, which in turn affects the results of production. Planting media types are very numerous and diverse. Moreover, with the development of various methods of farming, such as hydroponics and aeroponics.
Each type of plant takes the nature and characteristics of different planting media. For example, fruit crops need planting media characters with different vegetable crops. Fruit plant requires a solid growing medium to sustain plant growth is relatively larger, while vegetable plant needs more leaves the planting medium conducive and quickly penetrated the root.
Well, this time, we will be discussing the planting medium used for cultivation of organic vegetables in a polybag or pots. Materials used is a material widely available in nature and can be done yourself. How shall we describe suitable for organic cultivation because it does not use additional chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and other drugs?
Good planting media terms
The planting medium has the functionality to support the plant, providing nutrients and provide a venue for plant roots to grow and develop. Through the planting of vegetation, media get most of his nutritional. For cultivation in pots or containers polybag planting media, created as a replacement for the land. Therefore, it should be able to replace the function of the land for the plant.
A good growing medium must have the properties of the physical, chemical and biological needs of plants. In General, a good growing medium must have termed as follows:
Able to provide space for growing root crops, and also able to sustain plants. That is, the media should be conducive to plant so that plant roots can grow good and perfect, but still pretty solid hold of hearts and shore up the road in order not to fall. If the media is too loose, the growth of the root will flow freely however the plants will be too easily disconnected. Otherwise, once is too dense, the sources will be difficult to grow.
Has good porosity, meaning that it could keep the water at the same time also have drainage (ability drain water) and aeration (oxygen flow capabilities). The planting medium should be able to retain soil moisture but should be able to throw away the excess water. The porous planting media has an empty cavity between its material. The media is the is penetrated water, so water is not inundated in a polybag or pots. But on the other hand, the cavity air spaces should be able to absorb water (hygroscopic) to be kept as a reserve and retain moisture.
Provides a pretty good nutrient elements macro as well as micro. Paramount nutrient for plant growth. This nutrient can be supplied from the fertilizer or the activity of the microorganisms contained within a planting media.
Does not contain the germ of the disease, the planting medium should be clean from pests and diseases. Pests and diseases are included within a planting media can attack crops and lead to the deaths at the plant. The planting medium should not be sterile because much of the land microorganism is very beneficial for plants, but it should be hygienic from the seeds of disease.

Ingredients for organic planting media
There is a lot of variety of materials that can be used to make the planting media ranging from natural to synthetic. But in this occasion, we will only limit on some organic material widely available in natural, cheap and easy to make.
a. land (the main ingredient)
Good soil for planting medium should be taken from the inner layer (top soil). In general, there are two types of land that is to be aware of IE land of sand and clay soils. The sandy soil that has excellent drainage capability, quickly drain the water but the disadvantage the poor soil in storing water as a backup. While the ground clays are harder to penetrated by water so that will make the water inundated in planting media. Good soil to plant a medium not too gritty and not too loose; clays.
b. Compost or humus
Compost is organic matter that serves as a provider of nutrient for the plant. Compost used for compost is dense planting media; please read the type and characteristics of the fertilizer. Almost all types of solid fertilizer can be utilized as raw material for planting media.
The addition of organic materials such as compost or humus on planting media can improve the physical structure of the soil and enhance cation exchange capacity. The compost should be added to the compost that has matured. Immature compost could potentially bring in pests and disease. Besides the element is difficult because not decompose plant absorbed in full.
In addition to the compost, humus can also make use of the forest. Humus soils have a high nutrient content. When your location is close to the woods, soil humus can be found easily. The best places are the fern plants followed.
Elements of other organic material can also be used as a substitute for compost or humus-like manure or green manure. It just needs to be underscored, we recommend using green manure or have matured properly and moreover already shaped granule like soil. The use of manure that immature risky carry pests in plants.
c. Charcoal husk or coir
Husk Charcoal burning was a result not of rice husk. Charcoal husk is useful to increase the porosity of the soil. Adding charcoal shell on medium for planting will improve the structure of the planting medium because the particles have an effect on the movement of water, air and maintain moisture.
Benefits of charcoal to neutralize the acidity of the husk can land, neutralize toxins, increase your connective power of soil to water, stimulates the growth of beneficial microbes to plants, making loose soil which improves drainage and aeration of the ground. Charcoal better than husk rice husk, shell charcoal because already experiencing burning that could eliminate the seeds of disease or pests that might have been shipped.
Also, shell charcoal may also use leftover coir (coco peat). Coir has properties such as charcoal chaff. The choir was growing medium suitable in dry areas with little rainfall. Coco coconut skin part is taken from an old one.
How to make organic planting media
Here's how to embed media how to make poly bag or pot with the use of raw materials that have been explained above. To make a good cropping required media element in soil, water or Binder storage materials and provider of nutrient elements. Raw materials to be used in the following tutorial is the land of top soil, compost, and charcoal chaff. The following the steps:
Prepare the soil looks fertile, loose soil and better taken from the very top. Then sift the ground up to be fine-grain grains. Try to land in a dry state so it's not lumpy. Ground rotate will cause the ingredients not mixed with snow showers.
Prepare the compost that has been cooked; it can be of type regular compost, bokashi compost or Taka Kura. Sift the compost or humus to the beautiful grain.
Prepare charcoal chaff; please read how to make charcoal the chaff.
Mix soil, compost, and husk charcoal in a container. The composition of the mixture is two parts 1 part compost, soil and 1 part charcoal shell (2:1: 1). Mix until evenly distributed.
Prepare a pot or polybag, enter the mix into it. The planting medium is ready to use.
Just a note, all three of these raw materials can also be mixed with the composition of the 1:1: 1 or 2:1: 1. Which one is best for you, of course depending on the plant type and availability of resources. Regarding the results, some studies show different things. Better try it for try and error.
The planting medium is very useful when we want to grow vegetables in a polybag or pots. Methods such as this match are applied in a limited or narrow land. The following is an example of the application of cultivating vegetables in a poly bag.

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Hydroponic plants to beautify your home

We all know that Hydroponic Crop planting is done with the use of media in addition to the land and water that have been given nutrients or fertilizers for its growth. Of course, the nutrients water must have the required content of plants either macro or micro. To choose hydroponics nutrients, generally, the hobbyists using hydroponics nutrients AB MIX.

On this occasion, we will be learning to plant by applying small-scale hydroponic system on our home page, along with the left and right of the House that is still empty or may be done on a hanging terrace House or home page.

Virtually all plants can be grown in hydroponics. But the thing we have to look at the type and nature of the plants when done in hydroponics. Can we apply the system of growing plants such as mango which takes a long time and have strong roots and stalks and large? Who are the media, nutrition care and others? Of course, we cannot do.

May ask, then what are the plants that can be grown with hydroponics system?

If we look from a variety of hydroponic systems that has been there and has been done by farmers or home classroom hydroponics, below we will describe a variety of plants that can be grown in hydroponics.

The range of Hydroponic Plants is done in hydroponics.

Types of Hydroponic vegetables include Pokey, mustard greens, spinach, kale, lettuce, Kai-, Slade, and others.

Janis fruits include cucumber, melon, pepper, tomatoes, eggplants and others.

Types of plants and herbs such as mint, basil, cilantro, and others

This kind of plant flowers such as orchids, roses can also be done in hydroponics.

All kinds of plants can be grown using hydroponics system.

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The Cultivation Of Plants Without Soil (Hydroponic Make Money)

There may be some of you who are still confused with the hydroponic way planting system. Hydroponics (Hydroponic) comes from the word Greece referring to Hydro (water) and Panos (power) or also called "soilless culture" of planting without soil media. The hydroponic system was first discovered by Dr. w. f. Geri Che from the University of California in 1936. Usually, hydroponics used in land or land used for growing hydroponic narrow, so be one of the solutions to farming land without media. Press used the assortment include Charcoal Husk, sand, gravel, sponge, Sawdust, water and much more.

Some of the reasons why should be using hydroponic systems: 1. Because of the lack or limited land to be used for farming. When the usual farm must use the spacious grounds with hydroponics, you have limited land can do agricultural activities. It's because of the media used can occupy minimal space is possible. 2. quality and fast-growing plants better than using media area. The plant will grow faster because the water absorption process is constantly done by the root makes the plants can quickly grow and develop. This is because the minerals from the water line can be directly absorbed by the roots and directly used to produce food. 3. No need to wear a fertilizer to his planting media. If the soil media should be  and given fertilizer in advance for the land to become fertile, then hydroponics does not require fertilizer to make a fertile medium. 4. Provide supplemental oxygen in a densely populated urban area population. When a growing number of population growth and the loss of green land that is used as the settlement of citizens then automatically phasic oxygen in the area will be reduced. Hydroponic plants become oxygen sources of household scale can be placed dieters the small house and could even be put in the home. 5. Environmentally friendly with affordability. Material or container that is used can use plastic waste pipes or plastic bottles according to media and types of plants that will be planted.

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How to plant Chilli Hydroponics in Polybag

Who have never been fed chili? It is certain that everyone in the world to ever eat the Earth on this one. Obstacles often faced by consumers is the price of chilies are not necessarily even tend to experience increased resulting inventory on the market that chilies are insufficient, making it difficult to get the chili. As a solution, the reader can try to cultivate your chillies on the home page. For readers who don't have home pages that are full and careful to use land, can try planting chilies using the hydroponic medium poly bag.

How to plant a chili in hydroponics begins with the first step, i.e. nursery. Select the chilies are cooked and perfectly shaped. Irish the chilies lengthwise to remove the chili seed will serve as a seed. After the seeds are collected, wash clean and soak in water to get the chili seeds are appropriate for the nursery. Chilli seeds that float in water should be immediately discarded due to the poor quality and later can not grow with optimum. After the selection process is finished beans, quickly prepare the seedbed.

The chili seeds are sown will be soaked in water beforehand to trigger the growth of sprouts. While waiting for the process of soaking, readers can prepare the containers for planting and the media to be used. Can be utilized as a container for plastic containers used his condition is still good. How to plant chili hydroponics does not use soil as a growing medium, but rather can use fuel and coco peat husks with a 1:1 comparison. How to plant chili seeds sowed next hydroponics that has soaked into the container for evenly and covered with a thin plastic to prevent the seeds of disruption. Place the container in a location that is moist and avoid exposure to direct sunlight.
Chilli seeds that have been sown for a week, in General, has germinated and is ready for the start directly exposed to sunlight to strengthen the growth of the seedlings. So later plants chilies can bear fruit more quickly, we recommend that readers cut the ends of the branches leaf if the true leaves have grown. After the seedling has been successful, it's time the reader learn how to plant chili seeds of hydroponic pepper next move into a more permanent media namely polybag. Before starting the removal process, users need to prepare a poly bag with a size 40 × 40 cm which has a water drain and certainly has been filled with chaff burn and cocopeat with a rate of 1:1.

How cropping hydroponic pepper the removal process by selecting seed chili that has true leaves have some 4 to 5 strands of healthy and good shape. Then immediately move the seeds that have been selected into the poly bag carefully. Should any one fruit seedling planted poly bag so that the growth of each seed is not mutually interfering with growth. After completion of the planted, immediately flush with enough water to make the growth process of seed is getting a good deal. Readers who are familiar with how to plant chili hydroponics is time knowing how to plant care chili.
How the cultivation of hydroponic pepper need proper care, such as flushing the water regularly to maintain freshness and plant growth. Also, readers need to keep the plants in particular parts of the leaves of disruption of pests which can be bad for plant growth. So the author's explanations about how to plant chili hydroponics, hopefully, can be an essential reference in the culture plant chilies.

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How To Plant Mustard Greens With Wick Hydroponic System

How to plant mustard greens hydroponics hydroponic cultivation techniques are quite popular among the public, because these methods are not only able to maximize results faster plant growth but also does not require a lot of land availability in the home.

One type of vegetable grown in hydroponics is a suitable Chinese cabbage. How to plant mustard greens hydroponics system you can do by an axis which is also known as the method of hydroponics wick system. These methods take advantage of the axis as a central plant to obtain nutrients from nutrient solution.

How To Plant Mustard Greens With Wick Hydroponic System (System Of Axes)
Plant Mustard Greens have a lot of them are chicory and mustard greens. Mustard greens are also very beneficial to the health of the body, one of which is suitable for diabetics.

Mustard greens are grown using hydroponic methods surely will be much healthier because you can plant it on its while also ensuring the absence of pesticide use.

How to plant mustard greens in a hydroponic system with axis does not need a lot of costs. The following steps regarding exposure to growing mustard greens are the simple wick system.

You need materials and tools in the form of bottles, nails, cutter, the seed of mustard greens, rock wool, hydroponic nutrient solution, and axes that can be obtained from the axis of the stove as well as flannel.

First of all, use rock wool that has been cut and the moistened seed planting medium as mustard seeds begin to grow hydroponics that usually takes one to two days.

Saw Hydroponics With Bottles
Bottles that have been prepared are cut into two parts, i.e. the top and the bottom. On a piece of the bottle top, let the hole in the neck area as a place to air circulation. Then on the lid also give some small holes and a hole in the middle part of the bottle caps.


Insert the wick from the candle burner or flannel through the central hole in the lid. After that, enter the top bottle pieces into chunks the bottle down in reverse position so that the bottom part of the bottle section is filled with the nutrient solution can be touched by the intermediate axis of nutrients to the plant.

Furthermore, the mustard seed has already started to grow on rock wool plant media is inserted into the top of the bottle. Make sure the wick is not only touching the nutrient solution but also reaches the lower end or the plant's roots mustard greens.

By implementing planting, mustard hydroponic system fuse will earn his nutritional well through the axis.

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The simple technique of Planting Lettuce in Hydroponics Home

How to plant a hydroponic lettuce this time, modern technology in agriculture is being developed a plant in hydroponics. Hydroponic methods just are described as planting without soil media. Because the press of his planting instead of soil, farmers must pay more attention to the nutrients are absorbed by the plant. Usually, the plant is often grown by this technique is vegetables. How to plant a hydroponic lettuce is quite simple.

How to plant the lettuce is pretty easy you only prepare some items including the tray or tray former used for sowing, husk charcoal as a substitute for soil, lettuce seeds, and black plastic.
How to plant a Hydroponic Lettuce in the House
Hydroponic lettuce plant is almost equal to planting lettuce in General. The difference is in the media wrote and nutrients or nutritient. First of all, start entering the charcoal can also chaff cocopeat into tray or trays that have previously been perforated small at the bottom.

Sprinkle the seeds evenly, then cover the coal with the husk, and flush with water. After that, cover the bowl with black plastic for two days. After that, open the back basin which contains the seed. Usually, within two days, the lettuce seed has already grown into a seedling.

Put this seed into the morning sunlight not too. Did watering continuously for up to two weeks so that the seeds are ready to move. How to plant a hydroponic lettuce until this stage is still almost the same with lettuce plants in General.
The second is the phase displacement of seeds into hydroponic media. The tools required are nett (can be replaced with other media), a sponge that's been cut, a basin of water. Move the plant seed into a bowl containing water.

When running, never pulled it out one by one, but all with the medium. Goyangkan footbath so that seeds and separate media. If there are seeds that packs separate them carefully.

Select the right Hydroponic Nutrients
After different seeds, pepitas seeds with the spots are already provided. Enter sponge which already contains the seeds to the nett container. Lastly, insert the nett into the container paralog, drains or it could be using a tub already filled a nutrient solution ABmix.

At the next stage, you should keep an eye on the growth of lettuce. Make sure the plant is exposed to light sufficient math are. And the major media because of his planting only water nutrients, so you have to pay attention frequently-often to nutrient solution hydroponic.
How to plant a simple hydroponic lettuce is easy, but to get maximum results it is recommended to use the proper nutrition. For easy you only buy a hydroponics nutrients A mix first vegetable leaves and notice how its use.

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