The aim of this course is to teach to students the definition, advantages and methods of soilless farming, to have information about subject of plant nutrition in soilless farming and, to provide to be able to apply and plan to plant growing in soilless media as amateur, experimental and commercial and, to be able to find solution to encounter the problems.

The history of soilless farming, use of soilless farming in the World and Turkey, the reasons of become prevalent in greenhouse, definition and classification of soilless farming, techniques of soilless farming (water and substrate culture) using substrates, substrate culture in beds, bags, pots. To supply of mineral nutrition and water from plant requirements in substrate culture, stagnant water culture, running water culture, aeroponic, preparation of nutrition solution and application. Solution-media-plant analyses, advantages and