Cautionary tale
I've been gardening for over 20 years, and during that time I've come a long way. My gardening odyssey began in 2001 and my first townhouse, and mostly involved killing , intentionally and otherwise. While my initial successes were few, apparently I gleaned enough satisfaction to keep trying, and now I consider myself a very successful gardener. This hydroponic business I've embarked on, though, has been humbling for several reasons. First and foremost, everything I've read says that my hydroponic veg should be growing faster and stronger than the seedlings I started in soil, and that's just not the case. They are doing... okay, but they are noticeably coming in second place compared to their traditional siblings. I thus find myself feeling like a novice again. Humbling. I've got several books for new hydroponic gardeners and probably a dozen or more related websites saved. Between all these resources, I've identified several probable causes of my difficulti...