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Hydroponics

A technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients.A science where plants are nurtured without being planted in soil. Plants roots are suspended in water where the chemical nutrients required by the plant are dissolved within this water, where the ability to alter concentrations of these substances allow.


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