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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 ...
Mono-silicic acid 3D model

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 ...
Screenshots of HydroBuddy for Android

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 ...
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