I. What is hydroponics Hydroponics is the science of growing plants without the use of soil. It is also known as “soil-less culture”. The term hydroponics comes from the greek for growing plants in water, hydros means water and ponos means work. In traditional agriculture where plants are grown in soil, nutrients and water exist randomly, and often plants need to expend a great deal of energy to grow long roots to search for water and nutrients. By expending this energy, plants do not grow as fast as they could. However, because the nutrients are all around the roots in a hydroponic system, a plant doesn’t have to expand any energy growing long roots in search of it. This enables plants to grow much faster. In addition, growing plants in hydroponics requires less water, less space, and pests and diseases are more easily controlled and prevented. Standard export packing