Philippe Van Den Bossche & Talking About Aquaponics

By Robbie Sutter


Crop growth is going to come about through a number of different processes and the tools used may be very common. For example, everyone knows just how much of an impact sunlight and water can have when it comes to standard growth. However, are there other processes which can come into play for greater agricultural progress? It's a field that Philippe van den Bossche has experience in, which is why I'd like to speak about a method that has been given the name of aquaponics.

Mashable posted an article about aquaponics, which is a method that will be able to help plants grow. It involves not only plant growth but the growth of fish as well in the same body of water. The way that this relationship works is that when the fish create waste, the water is able to circulate it before allowing it to be converted into feed that that plants can use in order to grow. Parcs Holman gave it the name of "replicating nature," which is accurate.

Keep in mind that the growth of plants and aquatic life in the same body of water is not exactly new, as it has gone on since ancient times. That being said, the one difference that Philippe van den Bossche, as well as other authorities, can pinpoint is the more concentrated focus on science. The system that has been put into place is a sensitive one and the attention to detail has to be strong. Names like Philippe can tell you that one misplaced creature can cause chemical imbalance.

One of the details that stood out the most to me was just how much water was able to reach the plants through this method. For example, if a standard watering method was utilized in order to let plants grow, only about 2 to 5 percent will make it onto them. With a detailed aquaponics scenario, though, water flows at such a continuous rate that instances like evaporation do not matter nearly as much. With several gallons of water being pumped, it's apparent that plants will have more than their needed amount of nourishment.

It's not plausible to believe that everyone will be able to run their own structure for the sake of aquaponics. That being said, I have to believe that this can result in much greater crop growth than what standard methods have entailed. I can only imagine just how much easier farming, in general, will be made. Aquaponics, in my view, is a process that was able to seamlessly blend methods in nature with the processes developed in the field of science, which is more than worth praising.




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