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How to Feed Plants in a Hydroponics System the Easy Way
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Tags: Hydroponics System, Hydroponics, Hydroponics Gardening
There are many things that can complicate feeding your plants hydroponically. It can be hard enough trying to feed the right strength and right ratios of nutrients, let alone trying to figure out trace and secondary nutrients. Once you get past these basics, you can consider plant vitamins, hormones, and keeping everything at the right Ph. If you are just starting out and you only have 20 bucks in your pocket and a teaspoon, this is written for you.
| 1. | Get a PH meter and a TDS (or EC) meter if you are serious about growing a hydroponic garden. Until then, using a seaweed-based fertilizer called Maxsea will solve your problem. The first ten days your plants have roots, feed them 400 ppm Maxsea 3-20-20. This is about 1 level teaspoon/gallon of tap water. Add to this 1/4 teaspoon Epsom salts for magnesium. |
| 2. | After the seedling stage, feed them 600 ppm Maxsea 16-16-16. This is about 1 rounded teaspoon. To each gallon add 1/4 teaspoon Epsom salts. You can feed most plants in this way through the vegetative period. |
| 3. | When you are finished with vegetative growth and begin flowering, feed your garden a rounded 1/2 tsp Maxsea 16-16-16 plus a rounded 1/2 tsp Maxsea 3-20-20 in each gallon of water. Be especially sure to add 1/4 tsp Epsom salts to each gallon through the flowering stage. You could switch to straight Maxsea 3-20-20 at this point, but most plants look a little nitrogen deficient by the end. Feed your garden in this way for two weeks, while the plants transition from vegetative growth to flowering. |
| 4. | After the transitioning period, feed your garden 800 ppm Maxsea 3-20-20 until you near the end of flowering. This is about 2 level teaspoons per gallon. Make sure to add 1/4 tsp Epsom salts to each gallon. The very last 10 to 14 days before you harvest, you will want to feed your garden only plain water. Flushing your garden will remove excess nutrient salts from the plant tissue and will improve the aroma and flavor of your garden produce. |
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