Know Your Nutrients: Rights and Wrongs
Making up your nutrient solution is a regular job for hydroponic growers – and most of us probably think we know what we’re doing – right? Just like how most of us are familiar with the phrase,...
View ArticleWhat’s the Big Deal With Hydroponics?
What’s the main source of confusion among beginner indoor gardeners? Well, many friends who work in grow stores tell me the same thing: it’s the word “hydroponics” and what it actually means! Here’s an...
View ArticleAustralian Tomato Farmers Banned From Hiring Immigrant Bees
A third of the food we eat relies, directly or indirectly, on insect pollination and the vast majority is dutifully carried out by wild European honey bees. Even milk production depends on bees,...
View ArticleDiatomaceous Earth: Is It In Your Mix?
Imagine the fossilized skeletons of TRILLIONS of microscopic, single-celled aquatic plants, compacted and preserved over millions of years. It’s called ‘diatomaceous earth’ – the fossilized remains of...
View ArticleYield Boosters: Side Lighting For Light Loving Plants
Want to push the envelope? Bust open your boundaries? Top your personal best? Okay, so you might have nodded ‘yeah yeah’ to that string of rhetoric – but in this section, we’re going to actually show...
View Article1-Part, 2-Part or 3-Part Nutrients
All hydroponicists know that their nutrient solution is the only source of food for their plants. So we put a lot of responsibility on nutrient companies when we trust them to provide all the nutrition...
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