An astute reader will notice that
the four STEM categories are, by definition, not mutually exclusive. We
will ignore this ambiguity in this
column and focus instead on accomplishing our primary goals: to
bring readers updates on cuttingedge progress in these fields, propose innovative
suggestions for tinkering with your set-ups and
do a little abstract mind walking as we ponder the
future of the hydroponics industry.
Now don’t roll your eyes and think that Maximum
Yield has gone off the proverbial deep end, adding
a ridiculously boring column that will be filled
with unreadable blather and messy equations that
look like hieroglyphics. No, the aim of this column
is to communicate STEM research in a popular
science format, easily readable so you can increase
your knowledge and hydroponics skills.
As with most things in life,
hydroponics is both an art
and a science. In addition
to reporting on current
research that can be
translated into applicable techniques, I will
Engineering
use this column to offer
novel designs and principles for creating growing
systems that can get you
closer to the ultimate goal of
getting maximum yields with the
greatest efficiency of effort, money and
time. In future columns, we’ll analyze the efficiency of hybrid systems like this and compare grow
results against simpler systems. Perhaps we will
even design the ul ѥ