Posted by Dr. Science on 03/29/2013 in
Question |
Can you tell me the history and importance of hydroponics?
———- from Estelle Assad of Fairfield, IA
Hydroponics has a lurid and shameful past, one I would be delighted to sharewith you. As anyone who lived through the seventies will remember, manypeople sought to escape the harsh reality of the workplace by hiding intheir basements and growing certain plants under “grow lights”, those longfluorescent tubes which DEA agents can easily identify through drawn shades.These plants stewed in a concoction of nutrients and hormones which were amuch guarded trade secret of their growers. Most of those self-employedtypes are now incarcerated, or working in the fast food industry.
