what exactly is hydroponics?

Hydroponics just means its grown in water. Usually you have a medium like rockwool or volcanic rocks that have no nutrients to feed the plant. It is just used to stablize the plant in a container. Basically you will have to get a hydroponic fertilizer that has all the nutrients a plant needs to live. There lots of different hydro systems. Some flood your plants a few minutes a day, some drip water on the medium. There are more but those are the most common systems. Airoponics is when you hold the plant ion top of a container by the stem and it has no medium. The roots just dangle in your container. You have a pump that mist the roots all the time. I would say this is advanced hydroponics. Both methods grow faster than soil. For me atleast.

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oh okay, i see. I have seen some ppl growing there plants in water, i just thought they were a clone or something...

Thanks!

well they probably were clones. but u can bud a clone and smoke them

i am new to growing, i am willing to spend the extra money for a hydroponic system or an aerogrower, is this a good idea considering im a beginner? if so is the aerogrower or a hydroponic system better?