What is an ORP meter and why is it useful in hydroponics?
Hydroponic growers are used to using pH and EC meters to control their growing conditions but very few use ORP meters in order to learn more about their nutrient solution.…
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Nitrate, Ammonium and pH in hydroponics
The stability and variability of pH in hydroponic solutions has always been a complicated topic to discuss. There are many reasons why pH may change in a hydroponic system, ranging…
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HydroBuddy v1.100 : The First Free Open Source Hydroponic Nutrient Calculator Program Available Online
HydroBuddy is a completely free and open source program for the calculation of nutrient solutions for hydroponics and general agriculture built by me – Daniel Fernandez – based on my…
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Instrument Precision : Its Importance in the Preparation of Hydroponic Nutrient Solutions
One of the most overlooked aspects when preparing hydroponic nutrient solutions is the actual precision of the instruments used to measure the salt or liquid reagent additions. People who are…
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Understanding Reagent Purity and Its Importance in Hydroponics
When making hydroponic nutrient solutions one of the most important concepts we need to understand is “reagent purity” and how this affects the overall quality and composition of our hydroponic…
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HydroBuddy’s Online Hydroponic Formulation Database
There are certainly thousands of different ways in which a hydroponic nutrient solution can be prepared. You can make a solution schedule to closely follow the environmental and growing conditions…
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Hydroponic Nutrient Availability : What “Pushing Out an Element” Really Means
Plants need a very large variety of elements in order to grow successfully. In hydroponic crops we intend to provide all these elements in their different forms dissolved within our…
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Preserving Fertilizers and Additives – How to Keep them from Going Bad
When you prepare your own hydroponic nutrient solutions and you are finally happy with the way in which you have been mixing your nutrients and additives you start to notice…
Read MoreCobalt in Hydroponics : Better or Worse ?
On yesterday’s article we talked about silicon, one of the most beneficial non-essential nutrients you can use in your hydroponic crops. Although Silicon has proved to give marked benefits in…
Read MoreSilicon in Hydroponics : What Silicon is Good For and How it Should be Used
Certainly if you have been involved with hydroponics for a while or even if you have just started to research this awesome field you might already know that science has…
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