水耕栽培

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 水耕栽培 is read as すいこうさいばい and is a noun for growing plants hydroponically in a water-based setup.
• Basic usage: Starting hydroponic leafy-vegetable growing appears in 葉野菜の水耕栽培を始める, while observing roots from outside a container appears in 根を容器の外から観察する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Crop and observation point
  • Connect the crop with の and mark the observation point with から.
• Difference from 土耕栽培
  • 水耕栽培 uses a water-based setup rather than planting in soil.