The NPK Mystery – What Do These Numbers Mean and How are they Calculated ?
When you go into a forum about hobby hydroponic or soil growing one of the first things you will notice is that there is a big confusion regarding the meaning…
Read MoreTruly Cleaning Your Hydroponic System : The Fenton Process and Chemistry
When most people clean their hydroponic systems they use a hypochloride or hydrogen peroxide wash that they think kills all the bacteria and potentially hazardous substances within their setup. However…
Read MoreIron Sources in Hydroponics : Which One is the Best ?
Definitely one of the most important problems dealing with the stability of hydroponic solutions is the availability of the iron (Fe+2 or Fe+3) ions. Since iron easily forms hydroxides and…
Read MoreChemical Buffers in Hydroponics : What is the Best, Cheapest Buffer
One of the biggest questions people ask when starting to grow hydroponic crops deals with the stabilization of pH and the use of chemical buffers to keep pH levels at…
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Preparing Your Own Hydroponic Nutrients : A Complete Guide for Beginners
Chances are that if you are into hydroponic gardening and you live in Europe or in the US you have been buying your nutrient solutions from one of the many…
Read MorePreparing A, B and C (three part) Concentrated Nutrient Solutions, a Tutorial for my Hydroponic Nutrient Calculator
On the last tutorial dealing with my hydroponic nutrient calculator we learned how to prepare A and B concentrated nutrient solutions for any given formulation we would like. We learned…
Read MorePreparing A and B Solutions Using My Hydroponics Nutrient Calculator
The default way in which solutions are prepared using my hydroponic nutrient calculator involves the direct addition of some component in your nutrient reservoir plus the preparation of some micro…
Read MoreUsing my Nutrient Calculator with Commercial Fertilizers : Part No.2
On the last part of this tutorial series I talked about how you could use my hydroponic nutrient calculator to figure out the ppm values of a commercial fertilizer. Today…
Read MoreUsing my Nutrient Calculator with Commercial Fertilizers : Part No.1
One of the main reasons why I wanted to develop a nutrient calculator for hydroponics was to allow people to understand the amount of nutrients they are adding to their…
Read MorePossible New Features for my Hydroponics Calculator
A few days after the release of my hydroponic calculator free software implementation I can tell you that I am absolutely happy with the results. The calculator had some resolution…
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