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Hydroponics

Published: March 7, 2016, 5:10 p.m.

Hydroponics have long been used to grow plants without soil, and there is even documented evidence from the 1600s which show experiments on spearmint.  However, there is a perception that they are messy and difficult meaning they have largely been resisted by the public.  Hester Macdonald spoke to a couple who hope to change all that.