Advice re Hydroponics please?

Can anyone recommend any good websites that explain hydroponics in beginner language!
I have been trying to research it this morning and am so confused by all the different terms and systems!

 

Cannabis forums will be the best place, they have it down to a fine art. However, they will be experienced, so it may not be an easy read, but I would expect (like any forum) that they will patiently answer Newbie questions - you can be sure of good advice, although they may think the crops you are growing "strange"

Or ask some questions here - we have some hydroponic growers members, and worked on a project building a commercial hydroponics greenhouse back in the 70's ...

 

Thanks for your advice Kristen, ill put some questions together and post them here later.
It is commercial scale that I'm researching, growing salt water crops hydroponically, so that experience will be useful

 

Are we talking Seaweed or Samphire here?

 

Not sure which plant to focus on yet Zigs but samphire, sea kale, sea purslane, sea rocket etc
It's for a uni project, just looking around the subject in general atm and am getting a bit confused!

 

Ahh, i've got you.

Sea Kale & Rocket will grow away from the sea, not sure about Purslane, but Samphire would be a challenge, think @JWK has had a go at Samphire.

 

Thanks for that, I might pick your brains at some point if I go down the samphire route if that's ok?
My friend brought me a big bag back from her Norfolk hols and I never got round to planting it up but from what I've seen on the web so far that seems to be the way to go.
If love to know how they manage to harvest the seed from such teeny tiny flowers!
Will let you know if I find anything that might help you.

 

I'd wondered about that too, need a magnifying glass just to see them.

You might find info on a salt water aquarium site too.

 

Good thinking batman!

 

If you think about the limited habit Samphire grows in, I reckon it needs the twice a day flooding to thrive. Price of the stuff in Fishmongers, think if it was easy to grow someone would have cashed in on it by now.

 

It's a Biennial. Although i've not seen much sign of it in the estuary over winter so maybe it dies right back to the roots?

 

From what I've read I think your right @Zigs , it seems the flooding will be the key. That's what people aren't doing.
I'm going to go with samphire for my project as there's lots of people tried it so lots of experience to bear in mind and methods to be tweaked.
@JWK -does it have to be rainwater? I'm thinking of trying growing some from roots, and some from seed both in sand and hydroponically. Going to have a run up to Norfolk and do some research as well. Maybe I should fill the boot with bottles of sea water!