That?s the question; Organic nutrients can also be used as fertilizer in hydroponics. However what you taste from your plant is not what you feed the Plants, as plants do not differentiate the nutrients they absorb resulting from hydroponics or organic nutrient solutions. For example, nitrogen is typically available as NO3- or NH4+. It does not matter to the plant whether it came from guano or bottled nutrient.
But having said that organic nutrients are generally more complex than synthetic-processed solutions, Many organic based products are fortified with other compounds which include complex and simple sugars, amino acids, phyto-hormones, vitamins, minerals.
So which is best, well its really a personal chose, I prefer organic fertilizers simply because their more environmentally friendly and can also be made at home too.
? MICRO NUTRIENTS (MINI CHEMISTRY LESSON)Plants also require micro nutrients in order to really thrive, hydroponic nutrients supply these in an all in one solution They include all the trace elements, too. So hydroponic solution is kinda like your One-a-day Vitamin pill, it contains traces of iron, boron, manganese, zinc, molybdenum, copper, cobalt, chlorine, selenium and silicon.
? POTASSIUM SILICA (THE ELICIA OF LIFE FOR PLANTS)
Soluble silicon promotes natural fungal defense mechanisms in plants, significantly reducing and, in many cases eliminating entirely, the need to use fungicides.
? KELP FERTILIZER, the many benefits of kelp
Using kelp in your hydroponic nutrients has many advantages; it contains many minerals, over seventy in-fact, plus trace elements, vitamins, enzymes, proteins and growth hormones.
Kelp contains many wonderful things such as over 70 minerals and trace elements, growth hormones, vitamins, enzymes, and proteins, kelp has many more benefits that aid the plants though there life cycle.
. Ec meter and ppm meters
EC is the measure of the electrical conductivity within a liquid solution. In a liquid solution the electricalcurrent is carried by dissolved solids or ions. The conductivitymeasurement (EC) is directly affected by the number of dissolved solids in the solution and will increase as the quantity of dissolved solids increases. Pure water has an EC of 0, but as you add fertilizer to the water, the EC will climb.EC is measured in Milli-siemens per centimeter (MS/CM).1MS = 0.7 EC = 7 CF (conductivity factor). EC is the mostconsistent measure of overall solution strength. EC is thebasis for which PPM (parts per million) is determined. Differentmeters balance their PPM to different EC multipliers.
Here are also some simple chart to give a reference of EC relating to PPM readings:
? PH adjustment
Although some nutrient pack solution's will automatically adjust your solution's PH, its always best to check. After you?ve mixed your solution the ph of the solution after its cycled through the system for half hour.
For lots more on why and how to on pH please check out by clicking on the link above.
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