Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium (known as geoponics).
Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium (known as geoponics). Aeroponic culture diļ¬ers from both conventional hydroponics, aquaponics, and in-vitro (plant tissue culture) growing medium hydroponics, which uses a liquid nutrient solution as a growing medium and essential minerals to sustain plant growth ; or aquaponics which uses water and fish waste, aeroponics is conducted without a growing medium. Some advantages to using an aeroponic systems are they typically use little to no growing media. The roots get maximum oxygen, and the plant grow more rapidly as a result. Aeroponic systems also generally use less water then any other type of hydroponic system (especially true aeroponic systems). Also harvesting is usually easier, especially for root crop. One of the primarily benefits of using aeroponics is that the plants receive more oxygen.
The exposed roots quickly absorb oxygen from the air, much faster than roots that are embedded in soil. Aeroponic plants and crops also tend to grow faster than those planted in soil resulting in quicker harvests. One reason for the quicker growth is that more oxygen allows for the faster absorption of essential nutrients. plants and crops, like humans, need certain nutrients to grow, especially nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium
