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Chelation: Crucial for hydroponic gardening

January 21, 2015 by ashley 4 Comments

Chelation: the interaction between a metal ion and a chelating agent. Chelating Agent: Chemicals that form soluble, complex molecules with certain metal ions, inactivating the ions so that they cannot normally react with other elements or ions. Now that we've gotten the definitions out of the way, here's a quick explainer on why understanding chelation (key-LAY-shun) is vital for hydroponics gardening: The nutrients you mix up to form solutions in water are charged metal ions. … [Read more...] about Chelation: Crucial for hydroponic gardening

Filed Under: Hydroponics Tagged With: amino acids, chelating agents, chelation, Fulvic Acid, gardening, Humic Acid, hydroponic gardening, hydroponic nutrients, Nutrients

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