Garden Types
Growing on Air: How Aeroponics Turns Less into More
What we know as aeroponics today first became popular as a bare bones gardening technique that allowed plant scientists to get up close and...
Low Cost Sensors and Greenhouse Control Systems: Raspberry Pi
While many automated agricultural control systems are expensive and geared towards commercial operations, a little Raspberry Pi is perfect...
The Myth of Drainage Material in Container Plantings
A popular gardening myth out there goes a little something like this: “Add a layer of gravel or other coarse material in the bottom of...
Choosing Your First Hydroponic System
For growers trying out hydroponics for the first time, choosing the best system can be a daunting task. Are you up for the challenge?
Growing Niche-Market Hydroponic Crops: Ginseng, Bay, and Tarragon
Crops that currently receive the highest returns on local markets include those such as ginseng, bay, tarragon, and saffron, all of which...
Amazing Aloe: Grow Your Own and Beat the Burn
Aloe vera plants make a lush addition to your garden, even if you don’t plan to break off a leaf or two.
How to Plan a Greenhouse Garden
With proper planning and design, a greenhouse can add a whole new dimension to your garden.
Low-Cost Hydroponic Technology: Drawing the Line Between Cost and Function
For growers who would like to get into hydroponics, cost or complexity need not be an issue.
How Soilless Agriculture Differs from Soil-based Agriculture
Whether plants are grown using soilless or soil methods, all crops require essential nutrients to grow. But is one method of delivering...
How to Grow Fresh Hydroponic Hops
Hops are not the first thing one thinks of when considering a hydroponic crop, but as Lynette Morgan explains, they are increasingly in...
Tips for Starting Your Own Hydroponics System
If you’re thinking about building your own at-home hydroponic system, your best bets are either a nutrient film technique setup or an ebb...
Garden Everywhere! Creative Spaces for Your Next Indoor Garden
There is always room to grow, even if you live in an apartment or every spare room in your house is spoken for!
Adventures In Vertical Gardening
If you can’t grow across due to a lack of space, try growing up. Vertical gardens are easy to set up and maintain just by applying the...
Organic and Hydroponic Food Safety
As many as 76 million people in the United States report coming in contact with some form of foodborne illness every year. Of this, around...
Size Matters: Choosing Pots for Your Container Garden
Container gardening is a tried and tested method of gardening that has several advantages over other methods, including increased mobility,...
How to Cool a Light Deprivation Greenhouse
Using light deprivation can speed up plant growth and flowering by helping control the photoperiod but, as Eric Hopper tells us, you need...
Cultivating a Hydroponic Citrus Grove
Often overlooked in hydroponic growing, many citrus varieties make for excellent indoor growing cultivars and reward horticulturists with...
Looking for Leaks in Hydroponic Equipment
When you work with water, pumps, and pressure, you’re eventually going to have leaks. The risk of springing a leak in your hydro system can...
Grindo: Indoor Quality, Outdoor Quantity, Greenhouse Grown
In a greenhouse, you have the ability to cultivate plants efficiently with indoor quality and outdoor quantity while greatly reducing your...
