What's up everyone? Welcome back. Today we're doing some hydroponic topics because it's been a while since I've talked about hydroponics which is how I really first got into gardening and so let's return to the beginning for me at least.

If you're new to hydroponics, well, hopefully these questions help you out because hydroponics

is a confusing topic because you're not growing with soil and there's a lot more science to it.

There's a lot more to understand from a conceptual basis.

Let's talk about a few different questions that commonly come up

when people start out gardening hydroponically.

Before we do that though, of course, let's talk about Garden Maker Naturals

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And with that let's answer a couple common hydroponic questions.

One of the most common you're going to get.

How often should I empty and replace my reservoir and nutrient

solution? As a general rule, every five to seven days. What people will do is

they'll use their EC or their TDS meter to measure nutrient levels and

they'll top up their nutrient solution when levels get low. Here's the problem with that.

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