General Hydroponic Nutrients and Additives
Hydroponic cultivation is based on the supply of adequate nutrients to the plants. Nutrient solutions have the essential vitamins and minerals that plants require for good vegetative growth, flowering, and fruit bearing. In addition, they boost plants’ resistance to disease, and protect them against attacks from pests. General hydroponic nutrients and additives help improve nutrient uptake and keep plants healthy. These general hydroponic nutrients and additives are also available in blends suitable for hard water usage.
Several general hydroponic nutrients and additives are used by gardeners. Rootzone accelerants are used to help new plants and cuttings establish healthy roots and flourish. Height controllers are sprayed to help plants grow sideways, with more branches to obtain additional fruiting and flowering points. Shorter plants get more light thus improving the yield from lower branches. Harvest activators are used to stop plant growth and activate flowering and fruiting.
Among the general hydroponic nutrients and additives, potassium is used to increase weight while amino acids in foliar sprays help to boost the harvest.
Organic additives such as cell dividers hasten plant metabolism, leading to quicker growth and flowering. Soluba silica, adds vitality to plant cells and strengthens them, thereby ensuring better harvests.
Using sterilizing agents to clean the water so that the roots are healthy is one of the options while applying general hydroponic nutrients and additives. As an alternative, introducing beneficial bacteria with a natural microbial inoculant to create a biological barrier to protect the root system is also possible.
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Dry organic supplements added to growing media contain marine extracts from ancient seabed deposits, organic humates, and minerals to protect plants and boost their resistance to disease.
While applying general hydroponic nutrients and additives, care should be taken to stop spraying leaves in cause of mold or fungal attacks. In case of root rot setting in, vitamins should be applied onto the plant and not the root. In the case of sick plants, the need for nutrients and additives has to be carefully monitored and adjusted.
