Walking Towards v.1.0 : Why Development of HydroBuddy is Taking Its Time
If you had been following my development of the free HydroBuddy nutrient calculator your probably have wondered why development seems to have “stopped” during the past few months. The truth…
Read MoreInstrument Precision : Its Importance in the Preparation of Hydroponic Nutrient Solutions
One of the most overlooked aspects when preparing hydroponic nutrient solutions is the actual precision of the instruments used to measure the salt or liquid reagent additions. People who are…
Read MoreUnderstanding Reagent Purity and Its Importance in Hydroponics
When making hydroponic nutrient solutions one of the most important concepts we need to understand is “reagent purity” and how this affects the overall quality and composition of our hydroponic…
Read MoreHydroBuddy’s Online Hydroponic Formulation Database
There are certainly thousands of different ways in which a hydroponic nutrient solution can be prepared. You can make a solution schedule to closely follow the environmental and growing conditions…
Read MoreHydroponic Nutrient Availability : What “Pushing Out an Element” Really Means
Plants need a very large variety of elements in order to grow successfully. In hydroponic crops we intend to provide all these elements in their different forms dissolved within our…
Read MorePreserving Fertilizers and Additives – How to Keep them from Going Bad
When you prepare your own hydroponic nutrient solutions and you are finally happy with the way in which you have been mixing your nutrients and additives you start to notice…
Read MoreA Step Forward : Moving from AllHydroponics to ScienceinHydroponics.com
Through the past few weeks I have been meditating about the current limitations of the blogger platform and how it makes my writing and customization options smaller and the look…
Read MoreMaking Isotonic Solutions For Draining : Preparing Your Own – and better – Clearex
When growing hydroponic products it is common in the industry to do a final treatment before picking up the crop in which nutrients are removed from the hydroponic solutions. While…
Read MoreImitating Commercial Nutrients : A Tutorial Using HydroBuddy (my free Hydroponic Nutrient Calculator)
A few months after the first official release of my free hydroponic nutrient calculator it seems that many people are using it to imitate commercial hydroponic fertilizer formulations. Although the…
Read MoreBulding a World Without Hunger : The Massive and Passive Hydroponic System Project
If you have visited my blog within the past few days you have probably realized that I am interested in the further development and use of non-recirculating, totally passive hydroponic…
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