You may think it sounds funny but a bath tub is the perfect place to start a hydroponics garden. First of all, you have much more room to grow more plants, or larger plants, and you also have the benefit of a drain built into your container, which is great for flushing out the water to provide new and fresh nutrients for your plants to feed off of. It may look funny but it works great, and it's ideal if you have an additional bath tub in the house. If you're ready to take your garden to the next level, try bath tub hydroponics for the ultimate hydroponics garden.

To get started, you need to first hold your plants up. With soil based growing, you have the benefit of the medium, in this case soil, holding up your plants. If you're not using soil, and you're instead using bath tub hydroponics, you'll need something to hold your plants up. A good idea is to use Styrofoam or some other buoyant object that will keep your plants floating while the roots soak in the nutrient rich water. If you're going to have the roots soaking completely in the water, you're going to have to use a pump or a bubbler to make sure the roots get enough oxygen. A large fish tank pump should work. However, if you can suspend the plants while keeping the water level low, thus allowing the tops of the roots to get oxygen, you should do fine.

Once your plants are in place, you'll want to get some kind of lighting over them. One advantage of bath tub hydroponics is that you typically have a shower curtain spanning overhead. You can use this to hang a light with, or you can construct a base for your light. The light should be strong enough to support the growth of all your plants, but remember that the more lights you have the hotter it will get, so you might want to have a fan on the plants and the light to keep the temperature at more manageable levels.

Your Garden

When your plants finally begin to grow, it will be a great feeling knowing you did it all through bath tub hydroponics. It may look funny but it's a great way to garden, and you can grow all types of plants, from fruits and vegetables to house plants and more. If you want more information regarding bath tub hydroponics, ask your local hydroponics store or search the internet. If you have an extra bath tub in the house, or would like to use your only one, start growing your favorite plants with bath tub hydroponics today and form your green thumb, even if you thought you never would.