The Comfort Zone: Fostering Healthy Bacteria in the Greenhouse
What’s going on beneath the surface of your garden? It’s essential to the health of your plants to ensure a vital root zone, and you can’t...
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Nutrient Film Technique: Tips for Hobby NFT Growers
Commercial NFT operations have all the bells and whistles, but some of their practices can easily be applied to a hobbyist set-up for more successful yields. Zachary...
A Look at the Plant Stomata and Relative Humidity
There are many critical factors growers pay close attention to when considering the overall health and vigor of their plants. Here's why relative humidity should be one...
Cultivating Cannabis: Root Mass = Fruit Mass
A plant’s health all depends on how well it is cared for beneath the soil. Get the basics down, and you’re well on your way to a higher quality, more productive yield.
Recreating the Sun: Key Elements of Artificial Lighting for Productive Plant Growth
Outdoor plants grow under the perfect light source: the sun. While perfect duplication of solar radiation indoors is not possible, producing the best possible results is...
How Nutrient Antagonism Leads to Nutrient Deficiency in Plants
If you're feeding your plants plenty of magnesium, but it still show signs of magnesium deficiency, check this out. Even plants being fed nutrients can become deficient....
What to do When Root Aphids Have Taken Over Your Plants
Heat can bring out the worst problems in indoor gardens. Root aphids are a particular setback that can do massive damage to your roots. Here are a few tips on how to...
Mud Pies and Hair Hygrometers: DIY Projects for Indoor Gardening
Sprouting seeds is a common part of gardening and, with a little ingenuity, can be an opportunity to explore a gardener's DIY side, both before and after harvest.
How to Grow Cannabis Organically
As a cannabis cultivator, what are the benefits of going the organic route vs easier, or cheaper, methods.
Maximizing Crop Flavor and Aroma in Hydroponics
While hydroponic crops are robust and quick growing, sometimes the taste quality can leave a lot to be desired. Lynette Morgan looks at how plant stress, and other...
Compatibility Agents - What do I need to know?
Compatibility agents have a legitimate place in greenhouse and hydroponic tank mixes, but they are not a fix for bad mixing decisions.
Energy and the Growroom
Energy is a loaded word. It allows our lights to turn on, it can result in deadly radiation and, most importantly, it regulates how cells—the most basic form of...
Why Humic Acid is Beneficial for Plant Growth
Just what exactly is that black powdery stuff growers are often asked to put in their soil, and how does it work? Here is master gardener Russell Landry with an...
Hydroponic Leeks: A Not so Dirty Business After All
Growing leeks is traditionally a dirty business, but hydroponics is about to change all that.
Trichome Chemistry: The Key is CBG
There are several terpene-moderated variations of CBG acid molecules that determine the amounts of the various cannabinolic compounds found in the trichomes, and you can...
The Complexities of Defining and Measuring Light Energy
Light energy is an extremely complex property to measure. In order to better understand light energy and its relation to our world, we have developed many ways to...
Experts
What can I take for pain between edible doses?
With cannabis edibles, there exist multiple factors that affect the onset of action and the potency of a dose, and these factors can create challenges for patients...
Can medical cannabis relieve rheumatoid arthritis?
Cannabis as a medical treatment for individuals suffering with pain and inflammation is becoming a more accepted treatment, especially in the United States and Canada. A...
Can I make Cherry Wine hemp seeds produce THC?
This is a question that goes to the heart of the genetic code of cannabis.Generally speaking, all strains of cannabis require a specific range of temperature and...
Is being bolted with long stems and curled leaves normal for lettuce?
Bolting in lettuce is the premature formation of a flower head which causes the plant to elongate and creates a looseness of leaf formation on the stem. Bolting can have...
Can you recommend a method for using an O3 generator that will be safe for my plants?
Although there is not a lot of information on the subject, some indoor growers claim to have successfully used ozone to treat pest insects. For ozone to be an effective...
