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Commercial Hydroponics

Welcome to the American Hydroponics Commercial site. This information was designed specifically for those of you who are interested in either supplementing your income or produce a livelihood growing healthy vegetables hydroponically (without soil) and conserving resources in the process. Whether you are looking for a lifestyle shift, a new crop to grow in your greenhouse, or ways to become a more efficient local grower without using pesticides, hydroponics is an excellent solution.

NFT Edible Flowers
Edible flowers, Nutrient Film Technique

Hydroponics is simply a method of growing plants without soil. The same mineral elements that are found in soil are dissolved in water and fed directly to plant roots in a hydroponic system. The grower knows exactly what's in the water and what elements the plants are getting. The result is produce that is nutritious, tasty and abundant.
This is especially important to today's consumers, who are more concerned about food safety and quality than ever before.

Consumers are educated more and more about conserving our natural resources - especially water. Today, 70-80% of all available fresh water in the world is used for agriculture. In addition, uncontrolled population growth demands increasing amounts of fresh water. These factors will force a shift in the way we use this valuable resource. Recirculating hydroponics can satisfy this, as well as other environmental concerns.

Compared to traditional agricultural methods, recirculating hydroponics requires:

no soil or arable land
1/10 the water
a fraction of the minerals
1/3 to 1/10 of the space
a fraction of the labor

Yet, recirculating hydroponics generates:

30% to 100% more production per acre than the best traditional soil methods (depending on crop)
clean, mineral-rich produce
minimum downstream waste

Yellow Bells

Trust tomatoes growing in perlite bags

Hydroponics is well established around the world, and is now beginning to take hold in the United States. At American Hydroponics, our training in Australia and New Zealand has prepared us to lead the industry here in the U.S. Not only do we understand the mechanics of recirculating hydroponic systems, we also understand the kind of support you need. We can help you achieve success in growing a variety of high-value crops.

Many of the pictures on this site are of systems we designed and manufactured. Others are of farms in Australia and New Zealand on which we were trained. Many of them use equipment we manufacture or distribute. As you can see, recirculating hydroponics is not complicated.

All of American Hydroponics' systems are manufactured in modular packages so you can make them fit just about any space. You may want to start small, and then add more modules as your markets increase. If one of our standardized packages is not right for you, we can help you design a system that fits your needs.

You'll find more details about how to get started as a commercial grower, how to market your produce, and how to use recirculating hydroponics in a greenhouse or outdoors in the commercial section of this site. Please download our commercial brochure (2.5 megs) for more specific information on our systems.