Hydroponic Reservoir Basics: Size, Cleaning, and Algae Prevention
The reservoir is the part of a hydroponic system that gets the least attention until something goes wrong with it. …
Nutrients & Care
Hydroponic nutrients, pH meters, calibration and everyday plant care.
Nutrient Burn in Hydroponics: Signs, Causes, and Fixes
What is nutrient burn? It is what happens when a hydroponic nutrient solution is stronger than a plant can safely …
Can You Use Hydroponic Nutrients in Soil?
You bought a bag of hydroponic nutrient for a countertop garden, and now there is a bag of it in …
Best Nutrients for Hydroponic Lettuce
Lettuce is the crop that made indoor hydroponics popular, and it is also the crop that makes nutrient shopping confusing. …
Hydroponic Nutrient Chart: Printable Cheat Sheet
Sooner or later every indoor grower goes looking for the same thing: one page with the numbers on it. What …
Nutrients for Hydroponic Systems: Dosing per Crop
Choosing nutrients for a hydroponic system is the easy half. The harder half is dosing them, because a bottle that …
Apera vs Hanna: Which pH Meter to Buy
Ask any indoor growing forum which meter to buy and two names come back: an Apera pH meter or something …
Best Soil pH Meter for Pots and Gardens
Shopping for the best pH meter for soil is where a lot of gardeners meet their first real disappointment. The …
How to Calibrate a pH Meter
Learning how to calibrate a pH meter takes about five minutes and saves an entire crop’s worth of guesswork. A …
Best pH Meter for Hydroponics
A pH meter for hydroponics is the one measuring tool that changes how you grow. Nutrient solution can be perfectly …
How to Mix Hydroponic Nutrients the Right Way
Mixing hydroponic nutrients looks like it should take thirty seconds: pour, stir, plant. Then someone finds white sludge in the …
General Hydroponics Flora Series: How to Use It
Three bottles, a long feed chart, and a warning about mixing order: the General Hydroponics Flora Series is the nutrient …