The System
The System: how it works
No soil, no guesswork. Here's how we grow herbs and spices hydroponically — and the parts you'd need to build a system like ours.
From water to harvest
- Soil-free roots
Plants sit in net pots filled with an inert medium. Their roots hang into oxygenated, nutrient-rich water instead of soil.
- A balanced nutrient solution
We dial in the water's nutrient strength (EC) and pH so each plant gets exactly the minerals it needs — nothing wasted.
- Light on a schedule
LED grow lights deliver a consistent 10–16 hours of light a day, year-round, regardless of the weather outside.
- A circular water loop
Water recirculates instead of draining away. The same reservoir feeds the plants again and again, so very little is lost.
- Harvest at peak nutrition
Herbs are cut and eaten fresh — before their vitamins, antioxidants, and volatile compounds start to degrade in storage and transit.
The parts of a system
The building blocks behind every HomeFarmHydro grow.
- Reservoir & nutrient tankHolds the recirculating nutrient solution.
- Water & air pumpMoves and oxygenates the solution.
- Net potsCradle each plant above the water.
- Growing mediumClay pebbles or rockwool to anchor roots.
- pH & EC metersKeep the solution dialed in.
- Nutrient solutionBalanced NPK plus micronutrients.
- LED grow lightsFull-spectrum light on a timer.
- Timer / controllerAutomates light and pump cycles.
- Grow tower or ebb-&-flow trayThe frame the whole system is built around.
