An Introduction to Permaculture and Hydroponics

There is a new term in the hydroponics community that’s more than just a buzzword. Within the community of growers who successfully cultivate plant foods and other crops with indoor or greenhouse hydroponic systems, the word permaculture often has a particular meaning and a lot of applications to the most advanced farming methods of the 21^st century.

The idea of Permaculture

In its most basic form, the idea of permaculture is essentially the idea that humans can create agricultural systems that mimic natural ecosystems and have some key sustainability techniques in place that will help them to work more naturally or in accordance with biological processes. One of the most basic ways to understand this is that some traditional farming practices seem to work against nature: for example, the broad application of herbicides and pesticides to control natural predators for some kinds of plants. Permaculture innovates traditional farming methods to make them more environmentally friendly and to promote a kind of synergy between humans and their natural world.

The Role of Hydroponics in Permaculture

Permaculture can apply to hydroponics gardening in a number of ways. One of the big ones is that by allowing different techniques for cultivation, hydroponics gardening can help growers to avoid the large-scale application of herbicides and pesticides that are now causing consumers to check their produce purchases very carefully. In the golden age of these chemical applications, they were seen as the norm, and shoppers did not question some of the chemical levels involved. Now, the highest quality produce is grown without these additions, often in hydroponics or greenhouse gardens that rely on closed systems or other strategies instead of a lot of chemical operations.

The idea of are placing a pesticide and herbicide approach with a hydroponics gardening technique is just one example of how today’s farm scientists are working toward better ecology and more effective permaculture solutions. For more, keep an eye on our site where you can find the most advanced hydroponics gardening equipment along with other resources on how to use new technology to grow better produce.