Soilless agriculture results in explosive growth rates and huge yields. Choosing the right hydroponic system will determine how much you'll eventually harvest.

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.

Oregano requires minimal effort to grow in a hydroponic garden as it doesn't require a lot of sunlight and grows well with ...

Plants and fruits grow in a hydroponic ebb-and-flow table at Marshall Grain in Grapevine. Hydroponics specialist Don LeTourneau has grown strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce and other produce.

I deduced that the water and nutrients were pumped in at the top of the terraces and was allowed to flow down by gravity, layer by layer, to the levels below in what is called an ebb and flow system.