Plant Growth

Latest Plant Growth Articles

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  Plant Growth

  Water and Nutrient Uptake in Plants

  Plant growth is dependent on two vital processes: the uptake and movement of water and nutrients from roots to shoots and the manufacture of sugars via photosynthesis in...

  By: Lynette Morgan | Author, Partner at SUNTEC International Hydroponic Consultants

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  Flower Power: When to Apply Flower-Boosting Elements

  Few things in the garden are so rewarding as lush, colorful flowers. While some soils and growing mediums have ample nutrients to make this plant performance happen all...

  By: Chris Bond | Certified Permaculture Designer, Nursery Technician, Nursery Professional

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  10 Years Later: Changes in LED Lighting for Plant Growth

  Light emitting diode (LED) technology used in artificial lighting for plant growth was once the purview of researchers and experimentation by professionals. Its...

  By: Chris Bond | Certified Permaculture Designer, Nursery Technician, Nursery Professional

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  Growing Your Own Cannabis? Don't Forget These 3 Additives

  Water-based organic fertilizers are easily absorbed by plants and make providing nutrition to cannabis plants easy and convenient.Different growers use different methods...

  By: Megan O'neill

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  Mediums and Methods to Maximize Your Indoor Grow

  You’ve decided to start an indoor grow and now it’s time to design your setup. The first thing you need to choose is the type of medium you’ll be...

  By: Monica Mansfield | Homesteader, Owner & Writer of The Nature Life Project

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  Feeding Your Cannabis Plants During the Bloom Phase

  In today’s sophisticated society, cannabis growers have more options than ever regarding cultivation products and methods. Due to widespread legalization efforts,...

  By: Kent Gruetzmacher | Writer, Owner of KCG Content

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  6 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Purchasing LED Grow Lights

  From underperforming LEDs claiming 1,000 watt high pressure sodium (HPS) “equivalents'” (while only pulling an actual 200 watts) to the high-performance...

  By: Mike Howard | VP of Horticulture at Fohse

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  Cannabis

  From Seed to Harvest: The Life Cycle of Cannabis

  It can take four to eight months to grow a cannabis plant. During this time, it goes through four distinct stages: germination, seedling, vegetative, and flowering. It...

  By: Monica Mansfield | Homesteader, Owner & Writer of The Nature Life Project

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  Strengthening Plants with Diatomaceous Earth

  Diatoms are a diverse group of single-celled algae made up of thousands (or by some estimates millions) of species whose silica cell walls are collected as skeletal...

  By: Grubbycup | Indoor Gardener, Owner & Writer of Grow with Grubbycup

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  Plant Growth

  Understanding Iron in Hydroponics

  Pale and pasty new growth, green veins on a yellow background, stunted plants and slow growth — these are all signs of what may be an iron deficiency or uptake...

  By: Lynette Morgan | Author, Partner at SUNTEC International Hydroponic Consultants

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  How Amino Acids Aid Plant Growth

  Amino acids are commonly referred to as the building blocks of life. This is an apt description since they represent the primary structural component in the cells of...

  By: Kyle Ladenburger | Director of Regulatory Affairs for Age Old Organics & ENP Turf, Freelance Garden Writer

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  Making the Switch from HID to LED Grow Lights

  Cultivators all over are making the switch from high intensity discharge (HID) to light emitting diode (LED) grow lights.While we can attribute some of the attention to...

  By: Mike Howard | VP of Horticulture at Fohse