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Today, most hydroponic growers are more frequently dealing with nutrient element excesses and imbalances rather than individual elemental deficiencies. Those who select a NPK nutrient element fertilizer that does not contain about equal contents of N and K, and P at about 20% of the NK content, are likely to...

Today, many of those growing plants hydroponically may be creating nutrient element insufficiencies by the use of supplements added to a nutrient solution formulation at various stages of plant growth with the purpose of “enhancing” plant growth and/or product yield and quality. The added element, or elements, might be increasing...

“Vegetable Gardening Hydroponically: Complete Guide for the Home Gardener and Commercial Vegetable Grower” is available as an ebook on this websote. The 27-page Guide includes all the necessary instructions using easily available materials for growing outdoors or in the greenhouse. There are 15 color phorgraphs of a range of vegetable...

The commercial growing of strawberries hydroponically in enclosures is not uncommon, but growing outdoors, not so common. Various hydroponic tower systems are being used to grow strawberries, but such systems are not suited for growing this crop commercially. However, using the sub-irrigation (aquanutrient) system described on this website could be...

Coir is being marketed as a rooting medium for the hydroponic growing of plants. Growers need to be aware that coir is not a consistent substance in terms of its elemental content and physio-chemical properties, but will vary from batch to batch depending on the coir source and the procedures...