If you give a plant exactly what it needs, when it needs it, in the amount that it needs it in, the plant will be as healthy as is genetically possible. With hydroponics, this is an easy task, in the soil it can be a lot more unsuccessful.

With hydroponics the plants are grown in an inert growing medium, the plants do not get anything from the growing medium. The plants receive only what you give them, nothing more, you have complete control over pH, nutrients and the nutrient strength. In the soil you really have no idea what the plants are getting, so gardening becomes a big guessing game.

Growing medium is simply what the roots of the plants are growing in. This can be a vast variety of materials, including gravel, sand or any number of other materials, even air can be a growing medium! The growing medium is an inert substance that doesn't supply any nutrition to the plants, all the nutrition comes from the nutrient solution. You can therefore easily control everything the plants receive, the strength and pH of the nutrient solution is easy to adjust so that the plants receive just the right amount of nutrient and water. And these plants are just simple beans ones. Nothing big.

Both hydroponic fertilizer and fertilizer intended for use in soil contains the three major nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorus and potassium. The major difference between hydroponic fertilizer and "dirt" fertilizer is that hydroponic fertilizers contain the proper amounts of all the essential micro nutrients that "dirt" fertilizers do not include.

Problems can arise for the plants if any or all of the micro nutrients are not present in the soil or are depleted by successive plantings. Hydroponic fertilizers are usually in a purer form with fewer impurities than the "dirt" fertilizers so that they are stable and are more water-soluble.

Cuttings can be added to the water and will develop roots. Seeds can be added and will germinate into the plants, and plants can be transplanted from soil to water.

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