Nutrients for Hydroponics and Tissue Culture

Learn to Prepare and Manage Different Types of Nutrient Formulations in Hydroponics and Tissue Culture

Plant nutrition in hydroponics (and tissue culture) is not a fixed science. Nutrient formulas and working strength solutions are tweaked and fine-tuned throughout plant life-cycle.

In this course you will be able to:

• Understand different nutrient solutions.

• Analyse the components of a solution.

• Decide what is appropriate.

Who is this course suitable for?

• Commercial growers.

• Fertiliser manufacturer and suppliers.

• Hydroponic shop manager and staff.

• Any other suppliers who service hydroponic farms or growers; and who need to develop a greater ability to understand and interact with hydroponic growers.

• Horticultural consultants, teachers, or anyone else providing advice, who want to expand their knowledge into the area of hydroponics.

• For someone who already understands the mechanics of hydroponics - or the growing of plants - but needs to learn more about how to provide appropriate nutrients.

• Home gardeners.

Lesson Structure

There are 11 lessons in this course:

1. INTRODUCTION
   • Artificial Growing
   • Tissue Culture
   • Hydroponics
   • How Plants Uptake Nutrients
   • How Plants Absorb and Use Nutrients in Hydroponics
   • Hydroponics Techniques
2. PRE-PACKAGED NUTRIENTS
   • Using Solid Nutrients
   • Solutions and Precipitates
   • Why Twin-Pack Chemicals?
   • Why Single-Pack Liquid Solutions?
   • Organic Solutions
3. CHEMICAL COMPONENTS
   • Types of Chemicals
   • Electrical Conductivity
   • The Role of pH in Hydroponics
   • What are Solutions?
   • What Does a Hydroponic Nutrient Look Like?
   • Writing Chemical Names
   • Calculating the Amount of Nutrient in a Chemical
   • Mixing Nutrients
   • Hydroponic Fertiliser details
4. OTHER ADDITIVES
   • Introduction
   • Allowable Additives for Hydroponic Nutrient Solutions
   • Beneficial Trace Elements as Hydroponic Additives
   • Bio-stimulants as Hydroponic Additives
   • Foliar Nutrition and Foliar sprays
5. CREATING HYDROPONIC NUTRIENTS
   • Introduction to Basic Mixes
   • Process of Making and Mixing Nutrients from Fertiliser Salts
   • Example Solutions
   • Nutrient Solution Formulation
   • Hydroponic Nutrient Levels
   • Nutrient Ratios
   • Assessing a Nutrient Formulation
   • Suggestions for Beginners
6. ORGANIC HYDROPONIC NUTRIENTS
   • Brief History
   • Issues with Organics
   • Types of Organic Systems
   • Allowable Nutrient Sources and Products for Organic Production
   • Making Organic Nutrient Solutions Onsite
   • EC and pH Control in Organic Hydroponics
   • Problems with Organic Nutrients
7. TISSUE CULTURE NUTRIENTS
   • Hydroponics vs. Tissue Culture
   • Nutrient Supply in Tissue Culture
   • A Tissue Culture Medium
   • Other Additives in Tissue Culture and Hydroponics
   • Organic Compounds
8. MANAGING CONTAMINANTS
   • Water Quality
   • Disinfection Systems
   • Preventing Chemical Contaminants from Leaking into the Broader Environment
9. TESTING SOLUTIONS
   • Important Tests in Hydroponics
   • Water Quality Tests
   • Water quality test results and interpretation
   • Nutrient Balance Testing: Solution Analysis
   • Plant Testing: Foliar Mineral Levels
   • pH Tests for Hydroponics
   • EC Testing
   • Automatic EC and pH testing and control
10. NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS
    • Nutrition Management
    • Diagnosing Nutritional Stress
    • Nutritional Deficiencies
    • Macronutrients: NPK Deficiencies and Toxicities
    • Other Common Deficiencies and Toxicities
    • Micronutrients
    • What are the Most Common Symptoms?
    • Key to Detecting Deficiencies and Toxicities
11. NUTRIENT SOLUTION AND PRODUCE NUTRITION
    • Examples of Nutrient Solution Manipulation and Produce Nutrition
    • Final Assessment

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