For home use I recommend an ebb-and-flow system like this one. There's little maintenance and fewer opportunities to kill your crops. The system is also relatively inexpensive and easy to build.

Building a cheap hydroponic system is an excellent way to grow plants without soil while minimizing costs. Hydroponics allows for efficient nutrient delivery and faster growth rates. Here is a ...

Seventh grader Elliot Moize, left, and eighth grader Sabra Lorrimer discuss an ebb and flow hydroponics project with their teacher, Kara Getty, at Tripp Middle School in Turner. Students in Getty ...

This step- by- step manual helps you to build a continuous drip or ebb and flow system along with all the details for making the nutrient solution. For those that prefer organic nutrient solutions, ...