One Stop Grow Shop, Staffordshire’s most popular seller of plant nutrients and growing equipment, explains why hydroponics provide the greatest and most frequent harvests

Hydropronics are too often overlooked despite the fact they help plants grow in a soil-free environment, enabling professional and amateur gardeners to better control water feed and nutrient levels, according to One Stop Grow Shop.

The company believes that too many have an antiquated view of the technology, wrongly believing it to be overly complicated, timely and, most of all, expensive. They say that not only are such systems a sound financial investment but that they’re particularly practical for people living in urban areas, where garden space and allotments are hard to come by.

A spokesman for the company explained: “There are many out there who’ve always been interested in nature, gardening in particular, whether it is growing tomatoes and lettuces or something more exotic like chilis or pineapples. The first problem is that Britain doesn’t have a great climate for a lot of fruits and vegetables and the second is that few have the garden space to grow their own food.

“Hydroponic gardens are a revolution in this sense because they can be set up just about anywhere, whether in a spare room, an attic or a cellar. With the right tools and a little bit of knowledge you can grow really impressive crops on a regular basis.”

They’re not only practical from a space perspective. One Stop Grow Shop was eager to stress just how fast vegetables can be planted and grown with such a system.

“For some leafy herbs and vegetables, you’re looking at several weeks from planting to being ready to consume. The reason for this is simple: You need less intense light, and with HID lighting or LEDs your plants will get plenty of it!”

But one of the key attractions of hydroponic systems at the moment, One Stop Grow Shop says, is the affordability of such systems at the moment.

“There was once a time when such systems were really expensive, much more expensive than most ordinary people could afford. But today that’s definitely not the case. It’s absolutely feasible to get a simple yet really good system for a couple hundred pounds,” their spokesman explained. “It’s no surprise then that more people are turning to growing fruits and vegetables in their home with hydroponics as opposed to paying for an allotment or trying to battle through the weather conditions in their exterior garden.”

One Stop Grow Shop is based in Staffordshire and sells throughout the United Kingdom and Europe. They stock complete grow kits; lights; tents & sheeting; fans & filters; pots; nutrients; pest control products and more. Visit their website today at www.onestopgrowshop.co.uk to find out more about the benefits of hydroponics.