Hydroponics

Hydroponics was the growing of plants in a medium other than soil, such as a nutrient-rich liquid. Hydroponics bays were used aboard starships and space stations to feed people. The study of this field in space could be performed in a hydroponics laboratory.
Louis, a childhood friend of Jean-Luc Picard had originally taken an interest in hydroponics but changed careers as he found that "hydroponics turned out to be so dull." Regarding that revelation, Picard later told him that "You should have listened to me at the beginning." ()
Rigel IV hosted a conference on hydroponics in 2370 that was attended by Deep Space 9 civilian botanist Keiko O'Brien. ()
== See also ==
* Airponics
== External link ==
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Category:Academic disciplines
Category:Botany
Category:Agriculture