COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCIES OF HORIZONTAL VERSUS VERTICAL HYDROPONICS PLANT GROWTH SYSTEMS

 Topic: Comparative efficiencies of horizontal versus vertical hydroponics plant growth system. Type of project: Design, build and test.  Since this project is design, build and test, one standard horizontal system will be compared to by a selected designed vertical system. Thus, three conceptual designs must be analyzed and one design must be chosen.  Comparative- Both system must be designed to test the same number of growing slots, types of crops, tested under the same environmental conditions and same nutrient water so that they can be compared equally.  Efficiencies- Test the quality of the plants grown by both system.  Define horizontal and vertical systems.

 I have been assigned the project titled "Comparative Efficiencies of Horizontal versus Vertical Hydroponics Plant Growth Systems". This project was my first choice. I choose this project because of the unavailability of soil based area where I currently reside. For my family business (Indar's Fast Food), we require a lot of leafy green plants so initially I stated to plant in oil kegs on my roof. This became difficult to maintain due to heat, hydroponics was intriguing to me since it reduces the amount of work needed to caretake for these crops and the significant difference between soilless and soil grown planting. This being said hydroponics is a totally new hobby and very excited to study.  For this project, the goal is to have a better understanding of both systems and be able to obtain their efficiencies by testing under the same conditions.