Will Any Growing Media Suffice To Grow The Best Plants Possible?
In the growing of plants there are fundamental aspects which need to be fulfilled to allow the plants to grow and develop to their optimal genetic potential:
• light (typically sunlight as a source of energy for photosynthesis)
• temperature (suitable range for plant type)
• space (density to allow air, light and growth and development of the plant)
• Carbon dioxide (for photosynthesis)
• water (for essential plant processes)
• oxygen (supplied to root zone for optimal root function)
• nutrients (growth and development), and
• the provision of a growing environment devoid of plant pests, pathogens and weeds.