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When it comes to growing plants indoors, many people usually think of their experiences with common houseplants growing in the potting soil that the local supermarket always have sitting out front all summer long. But that's old school. These days, it's quite possible to grow almost any plant indoors, at any time of the year, with modern no-soil-required growing technology. One of the most advanced forms of indoor no-soil-required gardening is called Aeroponics.The term "aeroponic" refers to the technique of growing plants in air instead of soil. At first this concept seems almost unbelievable. How could it be possible to grow plants in nothing but air? Here's how many aeroponic plant growing systems work:Seeds are placed in some sort of water-permeable material, like a sponge. The sponge is then suspended above a reservoir containing clean water and a nutrient solution. At periodic times throughout the day, an electric pump turns on and floods the sponge material with the nutrient-rich water from reservoir. The excess water drips back into the reservoir, ready to be recirculated and maybe be absorbed by the growing plant.To simulate the sunlight plants need to photosynthesize, most aeroponic gardeners use florescent growing lights. These growing lights are .. more »