Hydroponics at home - how it works

Hydroponics is a style of gardening that uses no soil. Instead, plants grow in a nutrient-rich water-based solution that is easy to maintain. The benefits of adopting a hydroponics growing system over a soil garden for your home harvest is huge, particularly for small areas.

How do I monitor the Nutrients and pH ?

Once a week it is recommended to check the water level in your water reservoir as well as check and adjust the pH and the Nutrients. This can be done with and pH and EC measuring strips or pens, which give you an instant reading. Simply adjust and retest until you're in the right range. For a mixed crop, we recommend a pH of 5.5-6.5 and an EC (Nutrient reading) of 1.5-2.0. For a tower full of one type of crop, we have the common ranges listed here, and on the back of our packaging. Please click here to see our Bluelab pH and EC pens.

  • Pest efficient vegetable gardening NZ

    Water efficient garden

    Hydroponic plants use less water than plants grown in soil which is beneficial for the planet; and water restrictions.

  • Hassle free gardening

    No weeding, less pests, minimal bending and kneeling. Less work but for a more abundant harvest than soil grown methods.

  • Vertical Gardening NZ

    Space efficient gardening

    My Greens works for any gardener, novice or pro, who have lots of space or a small apartment balcany.

  • Quality components

    Our towers are designed to be outside in the sun, they are created to be rust-free, UV stable and food safe.

  • Lots of vegies

    Our towers hold 48 plants, meaning you can feed a lot of people, with minimal effort. Or a few people, for months on end!

  • 5-10 mins per week

    Once our tower is set up and ready to go, your time input is only 5-10mins per week. Unless you like to spend more time admiring your plants.

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