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HereÕs the Dirt About the Water Gardening of Vegetables

As you may have guessed, there is no dirt! Water gardening is the cleanest way to grow vegetable gardens because everything grows without dirt. It’s all about water. There’s no more worries about giving these garden plants too much water; or too little water— because your plants are already growing in 100% water, without soil. And without soil-- there are no soil mixture problems. Or garden pests gnawing at the plant roots either.

So, alright then, just how much food do you have to give these growing vegetables? None, the treated water contains all the nutrients circulating right there. And while we’re at it, gardening in water does away with the cultivating and weeding that you’re used to having in your vegetable dirt gardens. All you really have to be concerned with is how much space to give each plant so they don’t compete for food and water.

With a Rate of Development Two Times Faster— That’s the Way to Grow!

In soil, vegetables grow a large root system to search for food and water. In vegetable water gardens, food and water are fed directly to the roots. This enables the plants to spend more energy growing the sprouting part above the surface, thus growing twice as fast. With these small roots, different types of vegetable plants may be grown very close together thus conserving growing space.

The other advantages of growing vegetables in water:

  • Water gardens require only about 20% of the overall space required of soil gardens for the same vegetable production.
  • Vegetables are of much higher quality and need little washing.
  • Pollution of soil with unused nutrients is greatly reduced.
  • Plants can also grow in inert growing media-- gravel, sand, even air.

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