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Hydroponics is a subset of hydro culture, the method of growing plants without soil, using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. Terrestrial plants may be grown with only their roots exposed to the mineral solution, or the roots may be supported by an inert medium, such as perlite or gravel. The nutrients in hydroponics can come from an array of different sources; these can include but are not limited to waste from fish waste, duck manure, or normal nutrients. Hydroponic approach to growing plants has many benefits over conventional approach, such as: plants grow faster on smaller area and require less water. Hydroponic system usage in industry is quite well established, however, these systems are usually very specialized and complex. Home users can therefore mostly choose between oversimplified suboptimal or overly demanding hydroponic systems. As a solution to this problem a hydroponic system was designed which has all the capabilities of the complex systems but is simple for managing since it comes with integrated logic that takes over most of the managing tasks.