Korb Hall

Step into the greenhouse on the Kent State Salem Campus and you will see plants growing in traditional and non-traditional ways: some with soil and others without soil; some in pots and others in high-tech growing systems. Welcome to the world of hydroponics: a method of growing plants without soil, in which the roots are submerged in a nutrient-rich water solution. According to Dr. Sheren Farag, academic program director for the horticulture program at Kent State Salem, hydroponic systems involve growing plants in containers filled with inert materials (such as perlite, vermiculite ...