Learn how to provide nutrients to tissue cultured and hydroponically grown plants
Nutrition management is the most complex aspect of hydroponic growing.
In this course you will learn:
- How to formulate
- Prepare your own solution
- Techniques to supply nutrients to plants
- How to manage nutritional disorders
Lesson Structure
There are 11 lessons in this course:
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INTRODUCTION
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Artificial Growing
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Tissue Culture
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Hydroponics
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How Plants Uptake Nutrients
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How Plants Absorb and Use Nutrients in Hydroponics
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Hydroponics Techniques
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PRE-PACKAGED NUTRIENTS
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Using Solid Nutrients
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Solutions and Precipitates
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Why Twin-Pack Chemicals?
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Why Single-Pack Liquid Solutions?
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Organic Solutions
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CHEMICAL COMPONENTS
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Types of Chemicals
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Electrical Conductivity
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The Role of pH in Hydroponics
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What are Solutions?
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What Does a Hydroponic Nutrient Look Like?
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Writing Chemical Names
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Calculating the Amount of Nutrient in a Chemical
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Mixing Nutrients
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Hydroponic Fertiliser details
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OTHER ADDITIVES
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Introduction
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Allowable Additives for Hydroponic Nutrient Solutions
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Beneficial Trace Elements as Hydroponic Additives
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Bio-stimulants as Hydroponic Additives
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Foliar Nutrition and Foliar sprays
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CREATING HYDROPONIC NUTRIENTS
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Introduction to Basic Mixes
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Process of Making and Mixing Nutrients from Fertiliser Salts
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Example Solutions
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Nutrient Solution Formulation
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Hydroponic Nutrient Levels
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Nutrient Ratios
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Assessing a Nutrient Formulation
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Suggestions for Beginners
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ORGANIC HYDROPONIC NUTRIENTS
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Brief History
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Issues with Organics
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Types of Organic Systems
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Allowable Nutrient Sources and Products for Organic Production
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Making Organic Nutrient Solutions Onsite
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EC and pH Control in Organic Hydroponics
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Problems with Organic Nutrients
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TISSUE CULTURE NUTRIENTS
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Hydroponics vs. Tissue Culture
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Nutrient Supply in Tissue Culture
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A Tissue Culture Medium
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Other Additives in Tissue Culture and Hydroponics
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Organic Compounds
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MANAGING CONTAMINANTS
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Water Quality
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Insoluble contaminants
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Chlorine and chloramine in water supply
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Dissolved ions in water supply
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Pathogens in water supply
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Sodium chloride in water supply
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Salinity build up
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Algae
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Bacterial contamination
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Disinfection Systems
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Filtration
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Heat treatment
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U.V. treatment
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Ozone treatment
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Preventing Chemical Contaminants from Leaking into the Broader Environment
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TESTING SOLUTIONS
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Important Tests in Hydroponics
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Water Quality Tests
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Water quality test results and interpretation
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Nutrient Balance Testing: Solution Analysis
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Plant Testing: Foliar Mineral Levels
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pH Tests for Hydroponics
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EC Testing
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Automatic EC and pH testing and control
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NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS
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Nutrition Management
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Diagnosing Nutritional Stress
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Nutritional Deficiencies
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Macronutrients: NPK Deficiencies and Toxicities
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Other Common Deficiencies and Toxicities
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Micronutrients
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What are the Most Common Symptoms?
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Key to Detecting Deficiencies and Toxicities
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NUTRIENT SOLUTION AND PRODUCE NUTRITION
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Examples of Nutrient Solution Manipulation and Produce Nutrition
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Hydroponic nutrition and bioactive compounds
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Use of nutrient solution EC for hydroponic quality improvement
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Final Assessment
Who is this course for?
- Commercial growers
- Fertiliser Manufacturer and Suppliers
- Home gardeners
- Hydroponic shop manager and staff
- Any other suppliers who service hydroponic farms or growers; and who need to develop a greater 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.
