Soil

Soil is a natural body of layers of mineral constituents of variable thicknesses [...]

Hydroponics

Hydroponics (from the Greek words hydro water and ponoslabor) is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Terrestrial plants may begrown with their roots in the mineral nutrientsolution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, or mineralwool. [...]