Elements of the hydroculture system

5. Vase carrier (or outside vase or planter)

The vase carrier (or the outside vase) has to be a vase made of lifeless materials (usually in plastic), and kept stagnet, and it is used as a container of the hydrovase (or the inside vase), and the related water level indicator and for the fertilized water.
The vase carriers come in standard sizes, therefore fit nicely with the related inside vase that already has the water level indicator attached.
The vase carriers can have different sizes and shapes, and can be coated with several material varieties and can be, depending on its size, quickly substituted one with the other by simply inserting the inside vase that contains the plant and the indicator.
Usually each vase carrier has a matching inside vase and, therefore, a plant, but nothing can stop you from inserting more plants with the same characteristics into the same hydrovase and in the same vase carrier too.

You can also create larger compositions by using more plants, also different kinds, in this case you will have to use a medium sized or large sized vase carrier that has the planter of hydroculture name.
The planters for hydroculture can have quite large sizes but with a standard height ,therefore allowing it to keep the inside vases (hydrovases) perfectly. The water level indicators can be inserted separately, (this means separated from the hydrovase). Usually the standard heights of the planters for hydroculture are the following two (h.24 and h.35 cm. -outside measurements-) therefore it can contain hydrovases that are 19 and 28 cm tall.
Gli idrovasi vengono posizionati all'interno della fioriera per idrocoltura assieme all' indicatore di livello.
The hydrovases are positioned to the inside of the planter for hydroculture together with the water level indicator. The planter is then filled with the same even coating of clay pebbles substrate of large diameter until it makes the hydrovases disappear from sight. Only the graduating water level indicator can be seen, this gives the vases an enjoyable look with a strong effect.

planters for hydroculture in large sizes coated with valuable materials

They represent a nutritional resource for the plants in hydroculture.
They come in different types, but the best and most used are made of resins with ionic auto-dosage exchange, therefore allowing the plant to receive the right amount of nutrients without the risk of overdosing.
Providing the right amount necessary, guarantees the right dosage of nutrients for the plant for a period of 4/5 months, in a harmonious and gradual way, as the plant itself demands, without having to worry about other interventions during this period except the need of supplying water.
The resin with ionic exchange look like small micro-granuals, and have been studied to dissolve nutritive substances gradually in water (under the form of ions), second guessing the nutritional requirements of the plant and absorbed through its roots.
The resins also have the job of absorbing some released substances that have been rejected from the roots of the plant,and, indirectly, the job of having a certain control on the ph level of the water, thanks to the combinations of the dissolved salts it contains.
NOTE: The resins do not dissolve or eat way, they only release their own contents. Those used up remain on the bottom of the vase without causing any damage to the plant.