Hydroponics and aeroponics are both methods of growing plants. The latter, aeroponics, is a method used to grow plants in the air – without the use of soil. Hydroponics is also a method that does not use soil, but instead, uses only a nutrient solution in a water solvent. Read on to explore more differences between the two.
Difference Between Aeroponics and Hydroponics |
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Hydroponics |
Aeroponics |
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Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in nutrient-enriched water, and without soil |
Aeroponics is a method of growing plants, also without soil, where the roots are exposed to the air |
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Roots of the plants are exposed to nutrient-rich water |
Roots of the plants are exposed to the nutrient-rich mist |
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Requires a comparatively larger supply of water than aeroponics |
Water requirements are very low |
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Chemically inert media is used to hold the plant (clay, sand or gravel) |
No such medium is used |
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Supports more variety of plants |
Most feasible for plants such as olives and citrus plants |
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Relatively low maintenance system |
Requires comparatively more maintenance |
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Relatively cheap |
Comparatively expensive (lighting cost) |
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Less subjected to outages |
More subjected to outages |
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