Are Iron chelates of humic/fulvic acids better or worse than synthetics?
Why Fe nutrition is problematic Plants need substantial amounts of iron to thrive. However, iron is a finicky element, and will react with many substances to form solids that are…
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A great trick to higher chelate stability in hydroponics
The stability of micronutrients in hydroponic solution has been studied in depth during the last 5 decades (1). The EDTA molecule was the first cheap synthetic ligand that created highly…
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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. A chelate is a molecule formed by a metallic ion…
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