The First Free Hydroponic Nutrient Calculator Program :o)

After a lot of work and effort today I have the pleasure to share with you my latest development in the area of hydroponic nutrient design and creation, a totally new and free hydroponic nutrient calculator which I programmed using Delphi. This piece of software is absolutely unique and I can guarantee that you will not find any other similar program on the internet. The piece of code I am about to release was the natural evolution of my excel spreadsheet (which comes with my free ebook) and now has a ton more features which should make hydroponic nutrient calculation for absolutely anyone a total breeze. On today's post I want to share with you this program as well as a general description of its scope, uses and improvements over the excel spreadsheet available for nutrient calculation within my ebook.

One of my main objectives has always been to design and prepare my own hydroponic nutrien! t solutions and to help others do the same thing. Preparing your own solutions is not only something that gives you absolute control over the composition of the nutrients you are giving to your plants but it also allows you to make absolutely HUGE saving on commercial fertilizers. Using commercial liquid concentrated solutions the cost of a hydroponic garden is usually above 0.20 USD per gallon while if you make your own nutrients this price can drop as low as 0.01 USD per gallon. Additionally people from less developed countries where hydroponics are not very well established will be able to greatly benefit from making their own blends with this sometimes being the only way to have a hydroponic crop.
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The program I am releasing today will allow you to calculate the amount of salts you need to weight to arrive to a given hydroponic formula. The features of the program and its advantages over the spreadsheet previously available are highlighted below :

• Ability to calculate weights of salts for any given hydroponic formulation
• No need to have excel :o) any Windows platform will do.
  
• Flexibility ! Choose which salts you want to use to makeup your nutrient solution
  
• The program automatically determines which salts are better than others or pairs them up adequately if you have sever! al sources for the same nutrient
• Input the volume you want in Liters, gallons or cubic meters
• The program automatically determines if you need or don't need to prepare concentrated micro-nutrient and Fe solutions depending on the size of your reservoir
• You can also choose to add all salts directly if you have scales with the necessary precision
  
• Concentrated A+B solutions can be prepared
  
• Save your solutions ! You can easily save your recipes to a text file for later printing or reference
• Save salt selection
• Select water quality parameters
• Automatically corrects the weights of salts against your water quality analysis
  
• Example recipe obtained using the program and the list of salts I personally use (although you may change those salts for others depending on where you live)
• Automatically check for new updates
  
• And many, many more ! :o)!
  

As yo! u see, t his new program is a great leap forward in custom nutrient solution design and preparation for the average hydroponic hobbyist and small business owner. Hopefully with this program you will be able to prepare your own solutions or improve your previous calculations if you had been using the spreadsheet. I hope that you enjoy the new program and leave any feedback you have here. As always I will be glad to take into account and implement your requests :o)
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