Organic nitrogen in hydroponics, the proven way
Nitrogen is a critical nutrient for plants. In hydroponics, we can choose to provide it in three ways, as nitrate, ...
Aquaponics vs hydroponics, which is best and why?
In hydroponic culture, plants are grown with the help of a nutrient solution that contains all the substances required for ...
A powerful organic fungicide for powdery mildew
Powdery mildew (PM) is a hard disease to fight. It affects plants of multiple different species and causes big crop ...
Making a nitrate rich compost tea for organic hydroponics
Organic hydroponic solutions - meaning solutions derived from organic inputs - contain a lot of nitrogen derived from organic sources ...
The ultimate EC to ppm chart and calculator
Electrical conductivity (EC) meters in hydroponics will generally give you different types of readings. All of these readings are conversions ...
Never fail with ebb and flow hydroponic systems
Ebb and flow or "flood and drain" systems, are some of the most popular systems built in hydroponics. These are ...
The value of Fulvic Acid in hydroponics
Fulvic and humic acids have been studied for decades and used extensively in the soil and hydroponic growing industries. I ...
New to organic hydroponics? Consider these six things
Although hydroponic crops cannot usually be labeled as "organic" by official certifying authorities, like the USDA, we can create a ...
Is hydroponics organic? Is it better or worse?
There has been a battle raging during the past decade between soil-based organic producers and hydroponic growers, to figure out ...
HydroBuddy v1.9, MacOS binary, new EC model, many bug fixes and more!
Today I am releasing a new version of HydroBuddy (v1.9) which contains many suggested and needed improvements from the previous ...
Improving on HydroBuddy’s theoretical conductivity model, the LMCv2
Hydrobuddy's theoretical conductivity estimates have never been good. As I discussed in a previous post, the program uses a very ...
Creating a pH/EC wireless sensing station for MyCodo using an Arduino MKR Wifi 1010
There are multiple open-source projects available online for the creation of pH/EC sensing stations for hydroponics. However, all of the ...