Editing Hydroponics (section)

===Rotary===
[[File:Expo 2015 - Coltura idroponica al padiglione del Belgio.jpg|thumb|upright|A rotary hydroponic cultivation demonstration at the Belgian Pavilion Expo in 2015]]
A rotary hydroponic garden is a style of commercial hydroponics created within a circular frame which rotates continuously during the entire growth cycle of whatever plant is being grown.{{fact|date=March 2025}}

While system specifics vary, systems typically rotate once per hour, giving a plant 24 full turns within the circle each 24-hour period. Within the center of each rotary hydroponic garden can be a high intensity grow light, designed to simulate sunlight, often with the assistance of a mechanized timer.{{fact|date=March 2025}}

Each day, as the plants rotate, they are periodically watered with a hydroponic growth solution to provide all nutrients necessary for robust growth. Due to the plants continuous fight against gravity, plants typically mature much more quickly than when grown in soil or other traditional hydroponic growing systems.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Al-Kodmany, K. |title=The vertical farm: a review of developments and implications for the vertical city |journal=Buildings |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=1–24|doi=10.3390/buildings8020024|year=2018|doi-access=free}}</ref> Because rotary hydroponic systems have a small size, they allow for more plant material to be grown per area of floor space than other traditional hydroponic systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mvonederland.nl/sites/default/files/media/MVO_factsheet_Skygreens.pdf|title=Commercial Vertical Farming Initiatives|last=Sky Green|date=Jun 17, 2016|website=MVO Netherland|access-date=Nov 22, 2018|author-mask=Sky Green|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509013713/https://mvonederland.nl/sites/default/files/media/MVO_factsheet_Skygreens.pdf|archive-date=May 9, 2018}}</ref>

Rotary hydroponic systems should be avoided in most circumstances, mainly because of their experimental nature and their high costs for finding, buying, operating, and maintaining them.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Manos |first1=Dimitrios-Panagiotis |last2=Xydis |first2=George |title=Hydroponics: are we moving towards that direction only because of the environment? A discussion on forecasting and a systems review |journal=Environmental Science and Pollution Research |date=May 2019 |volume=26 |issue=13 |pages=12662–12672 |doi=10.1007/s11356-019-04933-5 |pmid=30915697 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2019ESPR...2612662M }}</ref>