Main Types Of Hydroponic Systems A few centuries ago, the only way you could grow a plant without a soilless base was to suspend it over a pool of water mixed with nutrients, that would act as the feeding grounds replacing the earth’s diet. Nowadays, we have wick systems, ebb and flows, drips, aeroponics, the nutrient film technique and many more, which only shows how far in this field we have gone. And because the offer is often...... Similar Editorial : by Rashmi Saxena. | Source : Birmingham Botanical Garden