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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

Are your hydroponic plants eating their nutrients?

December 4, 2014 by ashley 3 Comments

In hydroponics gardening, plants get all of their nutrition from the minerals found in hydroponic nutrients. Getting your plants to eat their minerals is a bit more complicated than simply providing enough minerals, however. There are many types and brands of nutrients available on the market, but no matter what kind you choose, plants can only consume the minerals if the conditions are right. A grower can mix nutrients in a reservoir, but this doesn't necessarily make them available to the … [Read more...] about Are your hydroponic plants eating their nutrients?

Filed Under: Hydroponics Tagged With: gardening, hydroponic gardening, hydroponic nutrients, Hydroponics, indoor gardening, pH, plant nutrients

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