Make Your Own Hydroponic Nutrient Solution At Home | Hydroponic Nutrient Solution | DIY Hydroponics
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*** NOTE: On the video I made a typo error NPK should be 4-18-38 not 14.
List of Nutrients Mixture
120 grams – NPK 4-18-38
180 grams – Calcium Nitrate
60 grams – Epsom Salt
2 btls. 500ml – Distilled Water
Mixture Guide
Solution A
Dissolve 120grams NPK to 250ml distilled warm/hot water
Dissolve 60grams Epsom Salt to 250ml distilled warm/hot water
Once all the particles are completely dissolve then combine them together.
Solution B
Dissolve 180grams of Calcium Nitrate into 500ml distilled warm/hot water.
Dilution Ratio (Liter)
1 Liter of water preferably sit overnight to dissipate chlorine. Then dilute 2.5ml of Solution A mix thoroughly with water (leave for 3-5mins) then add/dilute 2.5ml Solution B into it.
Dilution Ratio (Gallon)
1 Gallon of water preferably sit overnight to dissipate chlorine. Then dilute 9.5 to10ml of Solution A mix thoroughly with water (leave for 3-5mins) then add/dilute 9.5 to 10ml Solution B into it.
*Ready for transplanting – 2.5ml per liter (A&B)
Seedling with 3-4 leaves – Introduce half strength of the above mixture
** You may wonder why I increase the calcium nitrate by 50% instead of the standard 120g to 180g. This solution is best for leafy greens since leafy vegetables loves nitrogen. Aside from calcium needed by the plants, calcium nitrate is also a nitrogen source. If you feel adding calcium nitrate is unnecessary to your mixture, use 120g instead.
***Keep the concentrated solution in a cool dark place.
Oh nice thanks for sharing this how to make your own Hydroponic Nutrients Solution at home:)) big thumbs up for you!
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Subscribed. Very informative. Thank you
Very inspiring educational content like attending my chemistry class while mixing compounds and solutions..keep sharing
That’s for leafy veggies. How about for tomatoes in a single bucket of 10L?
I have the same scale but I have to be very careful as it is not calibrated and whatever it displays is really half the actual weight! If it displays 6grams the actual weight is 12grams. I found about it after checking it with 7 grams lead weight pieces.
What plants are you using this mixture on? I’ve used a mix of equal parts of Master Blend to Calcium Nitrate to 1/2 of Epsom salt (12-12-6 per 5 gallons), that seems to work well.
I use them with leafy and fruiting plants. The reason I made a liquid stock/concentrated solution is the convenience of not having to scale/weigh each time I refill. This can be done on the standard ratio as well NPK 120g-CN 120g-ES 60g. But for this solution CN is increase by additional 50%. Since CN is a rich source of nitrogen it’s best recommended for growing leafy green as they love nitrogen. 🌱😊
Where can I buy this stuff at
Thank you for this video. It was short, informative and to the point without adding unnecessary fluff. You’ve got a new subscriber, friend.
You’re Welcome😊Happy to share. I’m glad you find it useful. Keep Growing!🌱😊
It’s wonderful! Thank you!
You’re welcome! Happy to share 🌱😊
For those complaining that the video is too fast, press on the play button. That will pause the video. Healing Hobbies has also provided the complete step by step formula in the description section.
Thanks a lot Healing Hobbies for all the information and formula. I did the dissolve method of the 120 gs of NPK in 250ml of distilled water. It does not dissolve totally as it does in your video. I am left with about 2 inches of the NPK powder and the color of the liquid is dark green. Do you might know what I did wrong? Thanks a lot for any help.
You’re welcome🌱. Just couple of questions, are you using the same NPK (Masterblend)? If other brands, is it water soluble? Did you use warm water? if it’s water soluble maybe the water wasn’t warm enough. It’ll take time to dissolve and will require vigorously shaking the formula. If solid particles are still present. I suggest add another 250ml of hot water not boiling hot, but hot enough not to burn you. This will make your concentrated Solution A of 1000ml. You will have Solution A (1000ml) Solution B (500ml). Your new dilution ratio for every 1 liter of water is ( 5ml of Solution A and 2.5ml of Solution B) I hope this helps and Keep growing!🌱🙂
@Healing Hobbies thank you for the advice. I use the same Masterblend you use. However, the water was only at room temperature. I noticed the water got cold when I added the Masterblend. I have done constant shaking and very little continued to dissolve. I will add the hot water as you advice. Thank you.
You are most welcome! I’m glad you didn’t toss it🙂. It’s the chemical reaction, nitrogen tends to get cold when diluted in water. I would be happy to hear how this formula works with your veggie plants. Feel free to message me if you have questions. Keep growing!🌱🙂
Can you explain why you startup the weight, than put the cup and do the zero again? If you go like this, put the cup on it, startup the tool, it is at zero. The masterblend is 4-18-38 but you mention 14-18-38. 2 mistakes in the first seconds of the video.
Hello I have a question, when we talk about traditional soil culivation, we need nitrifying (or more) soil bacteria and fungus that live in symbiosis with the plants to be grown, is this the same for hydroponic and aeroponic method ? can we totally make the vegetable growing without these bacteria and fungusthat transform nutrients ?
(sorry for my bad English)
The form of nutrient for hydroponic different than nutrient for traditional soil
For example : NPK , nitrogen is mainly provided in three forms: as ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) or ammonia (NH3), or/and urea (H2NCONH2) which is need time to release the kinectic energy to be absorb by the roots of plant (but not as long as time for bacteria to decomposed organic materials in the soil)
While in Hydroponics solution they use nitrate for Nitrogen , which roots can most rapidly absorb nitrate in the zone (the side effect is if there is too much nitrate then the leaves will be easily burn).
I also have a question for content creator for the effectiveness using NPK for hydroponics solution according to what I wrote above.
While about soil bacteria/ fungus/ microbacteria … it is different “world” , they break down/ decomposed any organic material in the soil/ compost/ etc.
So we dont need that bacteria/ fungus/ microbacteria in the hydroponics. That’s also the reason why hydroponics is effective for short living plants like pak choy, lettuce, tomattoes etc, because in hydroponics they got direct and easily absorbed nutrition, while for long lasting plants like citrus, guava, etc the plants can “wait” for the bacteria/ fungus to decomposed the material in the soil.
Can we totally make the vegetable growing without these bacteria and fungusthat transform nutrients ? YES
Is this for strawberries, cumberers, onions, or marigolds? All plants have different needs. In the early stages, some want more nitrogen, then when flowering then more potassium or phosphates?
Are those consentrated solutions harmful to our body?
How does the nutrient solution get back to the upper reservoir ?
Hi! Thanks for such informative videos. I see others using ppm and ph devices. Is this necessary for this method?
If you have the device and specially if you are growing commercially please do so. For me, I like to keep it simple. I used to measure it in the beginning of this hydroponic journey but I feel like complicates it every time I measure and adjust ppm & pH. So, I no longer use them. Just enjoy the process and do not overthink it.🌱🙂
How long can you keep the AB solution for? Thank you! Subscribed.
Great work!
Hi, can I use CAN as cannot get hold of Calcium Nitrate.
hello new subs here. is it also possible to use the masterblend npk 4-18-38 tomato formula only? cause here in our place thats the only available