Question

Explain hydroponics (soil-less culture) with diagram. Write its two advantages.

Answer 1

Cultivation of plants by placing the roots in the nutrient solution without any soil is called hydroponics. It is also known as soilless culture/ water culture/ solution culture. The solution is aerated at regular intervals by means of an inlet tube.

Advantages-

1) It is used to determine which elements are essential for plant growth.

2) The symptoms produced by the absence or deficiency of essential elements.