Hydroponic Yields Per Acre

Many may wonder how much yield hydroponics produce. Most hydroponic system owners have already discovered that grow boxes produce larger and faster yields compared to indoor gardening. I have set up some samples of yields a hydroponic system can produce vs traditional agrigulture gardening.

These figures are set at a per acre sample.

Wheat
With hydroponics: 8000 lb
Traditional gardening: 5600 lb.

Rice
With hydroponics: 12,000 lb.
Traditional gardening: 750-900 lb.

Corn
With hydroponics: 8,000 lb.
Traditional gardening: 1,500 lb.

Oats
With hydroponics: 3,000 lb.
Traditional gardening: 1,850 lb.

Peas
With hydroponics: 140,000 lb.
Traditional gardening: 25,000 lb.

Tomatoes
With hydroponics: 180 tons
Traditional gardening: 5-10 tons

Cucumber
With hydroponics: 28,000 lb.
Traditional gardening: 7,000 lb.

As you can see, the technology of hydroponics makes a pretty big difference compared to traditional growing. If only we can figure out low cost methods of creating an entire acre (or acres) of hydroponic equipment to grow healthy yields and maybe use all the excess food for good causes. For now, it seems the biggest hydroponic system out there is the Super Jumbo Stealth. Until we can figure out more cost effective ways to mass produce hydroponic systems, the most one can grow with one single system appears to be 80 plants. On a final thought, it is important to note that the 80 plants in the Super Jumbo Stealth would produce much higher yields at faster rates than traditional growing.