My Hydroponics Challenge💚

My Garden Challenge 

For my growing inquiry, I am learning how hydroponics work. My friend Caily is working with me so I can help her. We are doing hydroponics because we want to try something new. Hydroponics are plants that grow without soil. To make a cheap hydroponic system you need a 5-gallon bucket,
some growing media like coco coir or perlite-vermiculite, and some nutrient mix. Hydroponic systems work by allowing minute control over environmental conditions like temperature and pH balance. We made made it by getting a plastic bucket and putting three (3) holes in the side of the bucket. Then we put coconut husk in with 1 sunflower seed in the middle with 4 sugar snap pea seeds. After we poured water in into the bucket an put the bucket in the tray. We have finished making it so now we wait for it to grow. For the past weeks we have been watering it quite well. The only problem we have had was it being over watered and having people keep touching it which really annoyed us. Now we just have to wait for it to grow! We will have to water it everyday and make sure it gets sunlight. Some shoots have started to sprout and we are really happy because we didn't think it would grow. Some months have passed and it has been growing very well so we decided to plant it in the school garden. Some plants have died but some have lived so we will need to look after them more carefully.