The NPK Mystery – What Do These Numbers Mean and How are they Calculated ?
When you go into a forum about hobby hydroponic or soil growing one of the first things you will notice is that there is a big confusion regarding the meaning…
Read MoreIron Sources in Hydroponics : Which One is the Best ?
Definitely one of the most important problems dealing with the stability of hydroponic solutions is the availability of the iron (Fe+2 or Fe+3) ions. Since iron easily forms hydroxides and…
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Preparing Your Own Hydroponic Nutrients : A Complete Guide for Beginners
Chances are that if you are into hydroponic gardening and you live in Europe or in the US you have been buying your nutrient solutions from one of the many…
Read MorePreparing A, B and C (three part) Concentrated Nutrient Solutions, a Tutorial for my Hydroponic Nutrient Calculator
On the last tutorial dealing with my hydroponic nutrient calculator we learned how to prepare A and B concentrated nutrient solutions for any given formulation we would like. We learned…
Read MorePreparing A and B Solutions Using My Hydroponics Nutrient Calculator
The default way in which solutions are prepared using my hydroponic nutrient calculator involves the direct addition of some component in your nutrient reservoir plus the preparation of some micro…
Read MoreUsing my Nutrient Calculator with Commercial Fertilizers : Part No.2
On the last part of this tutorial series I talked about how you could use my hydroponic nutrient calculator to figure out the ppm values of a commercial fertilizer. Today…
Read MoreUsing my Nutrient Calculator with Commercial Fertilizers : Part No.1
One of the main reasons why I wanted to develop a nutrient calculator for hydroponics was to allow people to understand the amount of nutrients they are adding to their…
Read MoreUnderstanding pH in Hydroponics – Part No.2
Yesterday – on the first part of this article – we talked about the nature of pH, the origin of pH changes in hydroponics growing and why these changes happen…
Read MoreUnderstanding pH in Hydroponics – Part No.1
When water reacts with itself to create the H3O(+)(hydroxyl) and OH(-) (hydroxide) species, one of the most fundamental and important characteristics of aqueous solutions is generated. The reactivity of a…
Read MoreFruit Quality and High EC values in Tomatoes
You may remember an article I wrote last year about the effect of salt concentration in tomatoes and how several different studies have been done about this matter. On that…
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