Hydroponic Nutrients

Knowing the Nutrient Solution

Discovering what is hydroponics has developed into an important branch of science and hydroponics continues to be a scientific subject. During the 1800s, plant physiology scientists discovered that plants use the inorganic ions in water for their nutritional needs and that meant that plants are able to gain essential minerals that is necessary for growth from water. The nutrient solutions that are used today are based on what was discovered during these early experiments. By the 1860s, Julius von Sachs and Wilhelm Knop developed the mineral solution culture for growing plants that continues to be used.

In 1930, Professor William Frederick Gericke of the University of California of Berkeley introduced the term hydroponics for the science of cultivating plants without soil. Plant nutritionists Dennis R. Hoagland and Daniel I. Arnon developed the Hoagland solution and its modified forms in the 1930s and their Hoagland solution is another standard formula in nutrient solutions for hydroponics.

In order to effectively progress you will need to master the uses of Nutrients in your Hydroponics gardens, the articles in this section will help you with this and provide you insights and tips on the best practices and the ways to improve.