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Hydroponic Books and History

Plants have grown in our lakes and oceans from the beginning of time but, as a farming practice, many believe it started in the ancient city of Babylon. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are believed to be the first successful attempts to grow plants hydroponically.

Along the Nile, hieroglyphic records dating back several hundred years BC describe the growing of plants in water, without soil. Before the time of Aristotle, Theophrastus (327-287 BC) undertook various experiments in crop nutrition. Botanical studies by Dioscorides date back to the first century A.D.

In the 11th century, The Aztecs of Central America, a nomadic tribe that was driven onto the marshy shore of Lake Tenochtitlan in the central valley of what is now Mexico, practiced hydroponic growing methods out of necessity. Without land to grow plants, they were forced to learn other ways of producing crops. Being a very ingenuous people, they built rafts out of rushes and reeds, lashing the stalks together with roots. They dredged up soil from the shallow bottom of the lake and piled it onto the rafts.

Below are some helpful books on hydroponic growing along with some more history of hydrponics.


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Hydroponics for Home Gardener: Completely Revised and Updated (Gardening) - GOOD picture

Hydroponics for Home Gardener: Completely Revised and Updated (Gardening) - GOOD

$4.48



Hydroponic Basics by George F. Van Patten - Paperback - GOOD picture

Hydroponic Basics by George F. Van Patten - Paperback - GOOD

$3.98



Hydroponics Aquaponics CD Aquaculture Soilless Growth Raising Plants Fish 80 bks picture

Hydroponics Aquaponics CD Aquaculture Soilless Growth Raising Plants Fish 80 bks

$8.99



Marijuana Grow Books Pot Cannabis Cultivation Hydroponic Farm Garden Drug Guides picture

Marijuana Grow Books Pot Cannabis Cultivation Hydroponic Farm Garden Drug Guides

$149.99



Hydroponics: All-Inclusive Guide For Beginners To Grow Fruits, Vegetables &... picture

Hydroponics: All-Inclusive Guide For Beginners To Grow Fruits, Vegetables &...

$11.07



General Hydroponics Flora Series Original 3-Part Nutrient System: Grow, Micro & picture

General Hydroponics Flora Series Original 3-Part Nutrient System: Grow, Micro &

$38.99



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Hydroponics

$7.74



Hydroponics For Beginners: Essential Hydroponic Gardening Guide picture

Hydroponics For Beginners: Essential Hydroponic Gardening Guide

$12.69



Hydroponics for Home Gardener  Completely Revised and Updated  Garden picture

Hydroponics for Home Gardener Completely Revised and Updated Garden

$4.49



Hydroponics Fertilizing: The Ultimate Guide On How To Fertilize Your Hydrop... picture

Hydroponics Fertilizing: The Ultimate Guide On How To Fertilize Your Hydrop...

$12.91



Aquaponics, Hydroponics and Aquaponics for Beginners, Paperback, Like New Use... picture

Aquaponics, Hydroponics and Aquaponics for Beginners, Paperback, Like New Use...

$12.57



How-To Hydroponics, Fourth Edition picture

How-To Hydroponics, Fourth Edition

$4.52



Home Hydroponics: Small-space DIY growing systems for...  (paperback) picture

Home Hydroponics: Small-space DIY growing systems for... (paperback)

$3.24



Hydroponic Food Production : A Definitive Guid for the Advanced Home Gardener... picture

Hydroponic Food Production : A Definitive Guid for the Advanced Home Gardener...

$67.89



Hydroponics: Practical Guide for the Soilless Grower by J. Benton Jones 2005 picture

Hydroponics: Practical Guide for the Soilless Grower by J. Benton Jones 2005

$65.00



Gardening Indoors With Soil & Hydroponics picture

Gardening Indoors With Soil & Hydroponics

$24.95



Hydroponics: Hydroponic Gardening: Growing Vegetables Without Soil picture

Hydroponics: Hydroponic Gardening: Growing Vegetables Without Soil

$11.98



Hydroponics for Beginners The  - GOOD picture

Hydroponics for Beginners The - GOOD

$12.03



Hydroponic Crop Production picture

Hydroponic Crop Production

$75.00



Hydroponic System By Thomas Green picture

Hydroponic System By Thomas Green

$24.00