Petrus Langenhoven Hydroponic crop production can complement traditional farming methods.
Kayla Sweatland | Dec 30, 2020
After losing all their vegetable crops to a 100-year-flood during the summer of 2008 in Indiana, traditional farm couple Darin and Deb Kelly decided to try a soil-less farming system known as hydroponics. Their first system was made from a plastic bin and a 400-watt lightbulb in their basement and could only hold six lettuce plants.
When the Kelly family first made their transition to hydroponic farming, they were still growing a small number of crops with traditional farming, proving that having a hydroponic system while still farming traditionally is manageable. The small system they developed in their basement made them fall in love with hydroponics, and their farm only grew from there.