Checking the pH of your Hydroponic System, The Easy Way !
Growers often think that they need to buy pH meters in order to accurately control the pH level of their hydroponic nutrient solution. Actually, there are a couple of ways…
Read MoreBuilding a Cheap System to Grow Hydroponic Lettuce
In an earlier post, I talked about a static hydroponic lettuce system that needed no aeration or recirculation and worked by providing an air space between the nutrient solution and…
Read MoreMy pH Balancing System for Hydroponic Growing
In the past few days, several people have asked me how to use my carbonate/citrate buffering system as a means to control the pH of their nutrient solutions. For this…
Read MoreOne Plant Hydroponic System, Wick Growing
Most hydroponic systems today are a fairly complicated combination of holding materials, irrigation systems, aeration pumps, etc. For most people wanting to grow a single plant in hydroponics it has…
Read MoreOutdoor Hydroponics, Growing Without a Greenhouse
Most hydroponic gardening techniques demand strict control over the growing media and ambient variables in order to have a crop in optimum conditions. However, most small hobby and commercial hydroponic…
Read MoreIon Selective Electrodes in Hydroponic Culture
Currently, hydroponic growers rely on a combination of electrical conductivity and pH measurements in order to assess the quality and durability of their hydroponic nutrient solutions. However, many are unaware…
Read MoreGrowing Citrus Trees in a Hydroponic Garden
While hydroponic gardening is most often done with plants like tomatoes, lettuce and bell pepper, it is well known that the hydroponic growing technique can be applied to a large…
Read MoreBeneficial Fungi in Hydroponic Gardening
In common hydroponic culture, the growing media and the hydroponic nutrient solution are kept sterile in order to guarantee the absence of malicious plant pathogens. This however, changes the root…
Read MoreThe NFT Hydroponic Growing System
In the last 50 years, many hydroponic systems have been developed in order to make crop cultivation easier, cheaper, faster and denser. Amongst the systems that have been developed, one…
Read MoreDisinfecting your Hydroponic Solution with Hypochlorite
As I talked about in a previous post, the disinfection problem in hydroponics is very important as many pathogenic microorganisms as well as algae develop through the course of any…
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