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Why Michigan Should Get Excited About Hydroponic Gardening

by Ted Cantu on Jan 22, 2011

A few years back hydroponics was something that was mentioned on the SciFi channel. In fact, I had a Star Wars video game that gave a reference to hydroponic vegetables. I knew that it was something to do with growing plants without soil and it involved lights. Beyond that I had no idea of what it was all about. There was a hydroponic store that opened up in Livonia, Michigan and it went out of business and for the next few years that storefront stayed empty and I lost interest.

Then like out of the blue the field of hydroponics was red hot again. In fact, it was all you ever heard about and it had everyone talking. The next thing I knew I was finding tons of ads from medicinal plants in the Michigan market. But beyond all of that hydroponics was also red hot for growing fruits and vegetables. The idea here was that people wanted to see going into their produce. Now, thanks to hydroponic gardening technology - they can!

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