Approximately 90% of all cut fresh flowers purchased in
the UK are hydroponically grown, and an estimated 65%
of all fruit and vegetables purchased from your supermarket,
again are grown in hydroponics systems. So like it or
not, we have all bought and eaten hydroponic produce.
In many countries, hydroponics is big business, but in
the UK we were a bit slow to catch on. Ironically, a British
professor invented, or should we say re-invented, hydroponics
in the Sixties. Then, hydroponics like a lot of very good
British inventions was adopted by the rest of the world
who developed and exploited it. However, the UK hydroponics
industry has now established itself and is leading the
way once again.
