Step by Step Aquaponics Gardening

A?u???n??? ?? an ???l?g???ll?-???l??d horticultural production technique that ?? b?th ancient, u??d b? the Azt??? in th??r ??n?tru?t??n ?f v?g?t?t?d ?h?n?m??? fl??t?ng islands, ?? well ?? r???dl? ?m?rg?ng ?n m?d?rn t?m?? as a biofiltration technique u??d ?n ??mb?n?t??n w?th ??mm?r???l r???r?ul?t?ng aquaculture systems. Aquaponics dr?w? ?t? n?m? fr?m two ?f ?t? subsystem ??m??n?nt? ??u??ultur? (fish farming) ?nd h?dr???n??? (soilless ?l?nt ?r?du?t??n). L?k? tr?d?t??n?l h?dr???n???, aquaponics ?nv?lv?? gr?w?ng plants ?n th? ?b??n?? ?f soils u??ng ?n?t??d dissolved nutr??nt? and w?t?r ??r?ul?t??n. However, ?n ??u???n???, th? nutr??nt? ?r? derived ?r?m?r?l? from fish waste byproducts, r?th?r th?n the ?n?rg?n?? ??lubl? nutrient salts u??d ?n tr?d?t??n?l h?dr???n???.