Sustainable hydroponics
Mineral hydroponics is efficient with water and space but depends on manufactured fertiliser, pumps and electricity. These pages describe the alternatives PonicLabs works on: systems that run without power, and systems fed by fish waste, human urine, compost and plant residues. Start with what hydroponics is and why sustainability matters, then read the methods in order.
What is Hydroponics
Welcome to PonicLabs! PonicLabs is a joint effort where we explore and experiment with novel, alternative, and sustainable cultivating methods without the use …
Read more →Why Sustainability?
The field of hydroponics has been evolving in recent years as growers and researchers seek to make these soilless growing systems more sustainable and less …
Read more →Passive Hydroponics
Early hydroponic systems relied on inorganic/mineral nutrient solutions that had to be extracted from mines, transported, refined, packaged, and transported …
Read more →Aquaponics
Aquaponics is an innovative and sustainable food production system that combines aquaculture (raising aquatic animals) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in …
Read more →Anthroponics
The concept of using human waste streams, such as urine and municipal wastewater, as nutrient sources for soilless agriculture has gained increasing attention …
Read more →Bioponics
Bioponics is an innovative approach to organic hydroponics that focuses on creating sustainable and eco-friendly nutrient solutions for plant growth [1]. By …
Read more →Combined systems: bioanthroponics
Combining urine (anthroponics) with compost leachates, bokashi leachate and wood ash (bioponics) into one recipe that covers what each source lacks.
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Read more →MUNCH: Method of Up-cycled Non-Circulating Hydroponics
A passive, organic hydroponic method: an inert wicking substrate, bottom-fed irrigation, and a liquid fertiliser fermented from plant waste. No pump, no air …
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