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Boron in Hydroponics · Hydroponics Daily

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  Hi, welcome back to the Hydroponic Daily. Today's subject is boron.
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  It's anything but boring with boron because boron is required for multiple functions
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  in the plant, especially in the flowers and the fruits.
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  So if you're growing lettuce, you're probably not really bothered about boron.
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  It's still required, but you're going to see problems when it comes to flowers
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  and fruits with boron if you don't have enough.
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  Metabolism, it's also important for metabolism. And if you have a deficiency,
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  it's going to be malformed. Is that the right word?
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  You know, problems with your flowers and your fruits, problems with pollen tube
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  germination, it's very important for things like that.
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  It's also important for calcium absorption and calcium functioning.
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  There is, some people say, what do they say, like calcium is the engine and boron is the driver.
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  I'm not so sure about that, but it's certainly an important micronutrient.
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  These symptoms are rare though, and you know
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  you'd be doing well to get a boron
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  deficiency in any system where you're using
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  proper fertilizers and feeds even with ph if you had a ph issue and things like
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  that very cheap fertilizers might be lacking in boron and if you've used a fertilizer
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  that was designed for soil and you've applied it to a hydroponic system you
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  might get a boron deficiency or if you're growing in soil and you've got low soil organic matter,
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  then you might start to see issues with low boron.
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  Organic matter is a good source of boron in most soil-based systems.
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  So boron, it's nothing to lose sleep over.
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  It is an important micronutrient. If you don't have it, you might have issues
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  with your flowers and your fruit.
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  If you've got anything that you think is wrong or you've got a comment about
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  boron, then let me know. Thank you.