A simple cheatsheet for macro nutrient additions in hydroponics
In hydroponic growing, we are often faced with the need to adjust the nutrient concentrations of a fertilizer reservoir or ...
How to make your own stabilized mono-silicic acid for use in hydroponics
Please follow this link, for an updated an easier process for the synthesis of mono/ortho-silicic acid. During the past several ...
HydroBuddy coming to Android, free and open source!
The Hydrobuddy open source hydroponic nutrient calculator - which has been used extensively by both professional and amateur growers for ...
Calibrating a capacitive moisture/water content sensor for hydroponics
As I've mentioned multiple times in my blog, moisture sensing is one of the most important measurements in a hydroponic ...
Properly positioning temperature and humidity sensors in a hydroponic growing environment
Temperature and humidity are two key variables you need to measure. They are important because they determine how your plants ...
Making the most out of your hydroponic setup’s logged sensor and control data
If you have a hydroponic crop with a data logging and automated control solution, you probably have a lot of ...
Commercial sensor and data logging solutions for hydroponics
On a previous post, I discussed a very interesting open-source sensor/data logging alternative for Hydroponics called MyCodo, which offers a ...
MyCodo: an open-source solution for control, data logging and visualization
There are sadly not a lot of open source solutions for data logging, visualization, and control that have all the ...
Pros and cons of building your own sensor and data logging system in hydroponics
If you've read my blog before, you know how important data logging is to having a successful hydroponic crop. Data ...
Standard hydroponic formulations from the scientific literature
When researchers started looking into growing plants without soil, they started to look for mixtures of nutrients that could grow ...
The stability of metal chelates
When you get introduced to hydroponics and nutrient solution chemistry, one of the first concepts that you learn is chelation ...
Six things to look for in a Hydroponic sensor data logging system
Data is key. It will help you obtain high yields and improve with each additional crop cycle. Having sensor measurements ...