A What Are the Benefits of Hydroponics? Enhanced plant yields: Hydroponic plants produce a greater yield of fruits and vegetables because in a hydroponic system plants are more densely spaced together compared to the size of land that would be needed to grow the same number of plants.

A All hydroponic systems allow you to control exactly what you feed your plants, but drip irrigation systems allow you to control everything else—from the flow of each dripper to how often you feed each plant. Pressure-compensating drip emitters enable you to change how much water the system releases to the roots.

A Hydroponic irrigation systems generally utilize drip irrigation with soilless growing media such as sand, rock wool or coco-coir. The drip systems have online barbed drip emitters and deliver water through distribution tubing to the media.