Research
And Artifactshttp://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Homemade-Hydroponics-System
This website showed me an outline of how to easily develop your own system of hydroponics and featured multiple designs to consider.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsuQ2sm-xZM
This video led me to properly understand how to setup a deep water hydroponics as well as maintain one. I got the better understand that it requires very tedious maintenance and precise calculations of nutrients and ph and temperature in order for it to operate efficiently
http://www.homehydrosystems.com/nutrients/nutrients_page.html
The link above specifically outline how a hydroponics system is supported using nutrients that are soluble in water. That is how the plans roots are able to feed. It included a list of elements present in the solution that help the plant grow.
http://www.epicgardening.com/starting-seeds-for-hydroponics/
The link above was sufficient enough to guide me through the process of understanding how goes about the germination process hydroponically. Also it had some good discriptions and videos which will assist me in PH testing
I learned from that most of the advantages and disadvantages to growing your own food using hydroponics. Some things they outlined were not true to my project, such as the claim to there being high costs associated with using hydro. My system was fairly inexpensive yet highly is high efficient.
http://www.holganix.com/blog/bid/59536/the-science-behind-holganix-the-6-essential-nutrients-for-healthy-plants
That source was really helpful because it outline the necessary nutrients required to fulfill all of the plants supplemental needs. Treating the water with these are important and keeping the pH between 6-8 promotes prime nutrient absorption conditions.