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Is Hydroponics Aquaponics Aeroponics Planting Safe?

Hello everyone, i was doing some research about latest ways of planting and i stumbled on Hydroponics Aquaponics Aeroponics one of the newest way of planting. This trend is however making significant  headway in Nigeria and other part of the world, thou i might have some reservations about this latest concepts, i what to know what your opinion  about Hydroponics Aquaponics Aeroponics.

Active Member Asked on February 21, 2018 in Agriculture.
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    Few years back, I went to Synagogue Church owned by Pastor TB Joshua at Ikotun in Lagos. That was the first time I would see a live flower growing without soil. That was Hydroponics system of planting.

    Here I how I understand the terms:

    Hydroponics:
    Is a method used to grow plant without soil. They use mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent.

    Aquaponics:
    uses a symbiotic combination in which plants are fed by the aquatic animals’ discharge or waste.

    Or let me just say it’s a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic creatures supplies the nutrients for plants growth, which in turn purify the water.

    Aeroponics:
    is an indoor gardening practice in which plants are grown and nourished by suspending their root structures in air and regularly spraying them with a nutrient.

    I have not really seen this systems used for planting anything other than flowers in Nigeria.

    It’s trending and becoming a viral thing. I just would see why a Nigerian would want to use any of these system for a serious farming. We have good lands around us and to manage them could be a bit expensive.

    To my own opinion, I think Hydroponics, Aquaponics and Aeroponics, are very interesting and sound civilised but using it as a Nigerian would just be cool. Especially for a rice farming or maybe a watermelon farming.

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    Expert Consultant Answered on February 21, 2018.
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    Couldn’t help but agree with you and i do think from the analysis i gathered it is even  less expensive to maintain compare to soil farming.

    Nigerian as a whole we are always afraid to try new innovations but on more sincere note farmers should try it out as an alternative to soil farming.

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    Active Member Answered on February 22, 2018.
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    Am sure if a seminar or a training on how to use these systems are organised, people would attend.

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    Expert Consultant Answered on February 22, 2018.
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