Environmental Control

Food and the Final Frontier: How Researchers Intend to Grow Plants in Space Food and the Final Frontier: How Researchers Intend to Grow Plants in Space Food and the Final Frontier: How Researchers Intend to Grow Plants in Space Food and the Final Frontier: How Researchers Intend to Grow Plants in Space


Here is a closer look at one program in Arizona experimenting with controlled-environment growing for space travel.

What CO2 Can Do For Your Grow Room What CO2 Can Do For Your Grow Room What CO2 Can Do For Your Grow Room What CO2 Can Do For Your Grow Room


Carbon dioxide plays an important role in the theater of your grow room. Read on to learn what adding more of it to your garden can do for...

Cloches to Greenhouses Cloches to Greenhouses Cloches to Greenhouses Cloches to Greenhouses


Cloches, hothouses, cold frames, greenhouses—what’s the difference? Grubbycup explains how all these garden structures can help you to...

How Slight Negative Pressure and Keeping a Light Tight Garden Can Help Maximize Yields How Slight Negative Pressure and Keeping a Light Tight Garden Can Help Maximize Yields How Slight Negative Pressure and Keeping a Light Tight Garden Can Help Maximize Yields How Slight Negative Pressure and Keeping a Light Tight Garden Can Help Maximize Yields


Here’s how keeping your garden light tight and under slight negative pressure can respectively maximize production and deter unwanted...

10 Common Marijuana Leaf Problems and How to Fix Them 10 Common Marijuana Leaf Problems and How to Fix Them 10 Common Marijuana Leaf Problems and How to Fix Them 10 Common Marijuana Leaf Problems and How to Fix Them


A closer look at how to tackle 10 of the most common problems cannabis growers may face in the grow room.

Is a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse Really Possible? Is a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse Really Possible? Is a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse Really Possible? Is a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse Really Possible?


In most of North America, growing year-round in a greenhouse requires substantial heating and cooling. Are net-zero energy greenhouses even...

3 Ways to Supplement Your Indoor Garden with CO2 3 Ways to Supplement Your Indoor Garden with CO2 3 Ways to Supplement Your Indoor Garden with CO2 3 Ways to Supplement Your Indoor Garden with CO2


Carbon dioxide is a necessary element for all plants. Learn three ways to supplement CO2 for your indoor garden and know how it affects...

Filters, Ozone Generators and Air Purifiers, Oh My! Filters, Ozone Generators and Air Purifiers, Oh My! Filters, Ozone Generators and Air Purifiers, Oh My! Filters, Ozone Generators and Air Purifiers, Oh My!


Whether it is implementing filters, ozone generators, air purification devices or a combination of solutions, indoor growers need to do...

Automating Your Indoor Garden Automating Your Indoor Garden Automating Your Indoor Garden Automating Your Indoor Garden


The tools for automating a growroom are becoming simpler and simpler to incorporate into our systems, freeing up a lot of our time. Which...

The Importance of CO2 Safety Monitoring Equipment The Importance of CO2 Safety Monitoring Equipment The Importance of CO2 Safety Monitoring Equipment The Importance of CO2 Safety Monitoring Equipment


In the indoor gardening community, we spend a lot of time encouraging growers to add supplemental CO2 within enclosed spaces. After all,...

5 Reasons to Bring Your Garden Indoors 5 Reasons to Bring Your Garden Indoors 5 Reasons to Bring Your Garden Indoors 5 Reasons to Bring Your Garden Indoors


With indoor gardening, the possibilities are endless when the elements play no role in deciding the type of garden you choose to grow.

Consistency is the Key to Your Plant's Heart Consistency is the Key to Your Plant's Heart Consistency is the Key to Your Plant's Heart Consistency is the Key to Your Plant's Heart


Plants are a diverse bunch with a wide variety of optimal needs. Thankfully, however, they all have one thing in common: a love a...

Understanding Air Purification and Activated Carbon Filters Understanding Air Purification and Activated Carbon Filters Understanding Air Purification and Activated Carbon Filters Understanding Air Purification and Activated Carbon Filters


Activated carbon filters capture odor-causing vapors and take them out of circulation. Considering using these filters in your growroom?...

Moving Plants Inside for the Winter: What You Need to Know Moving Plants Inside for the Winter: What You Need to Know Moving Plants Inside for the Winter: What You Need to Know Moving Plants Inside for the Winter: What You Need to Know


Just because mornings are becoming frosty doesn’t mean your gardening season is over.

INdoor grow environment INdoor grow environment INdoor grow environment INdoor grow environment


There are many factors that make controlled environment agriculture more environmentally friendly than traditional agriculture. Lee Allen...

How to Use a Climate Battery to Heat and Cool Your Grow How to Use a Climate Battery to Heat and Cool Your Grow How to Use a Climate Battery to Heat and Cool Your Grow How to Use a Climate Battery to Heat and Cool Your Grow


Like traditional geothermal systems, climate batteries use of the stable temperatures of the soil underground. Here's how to make them work...

How to Tell a Quality Inline Grow Room Fan from a Cheap Knock Off How to Tell a Quality Inline Grow Room Fan from a Cheap Knock Off How to Tell a Quality Inline Grow Room Fan from a Cheap Knock Off How to Tell a Quality Inline Grow Room Fan from a Cheap Knock Off


If you’re considering installing inline grow room fans, read this first to make sure you end up with high-quality equipment instead of...

Garden Cloches: Giving plants More time Garden Cloches: Giving plants More time Garden Cloches: Giving plants More time Garden Cloches: Giving plants More time


The cloche serves the same function as cold frames, movable row covers and greenhouses, but only in a smaller, single-serving size.

The Benefits of Geodesic Dome Greenhouses The Benefits of Geodesic Dome Greenhouses The Benefits of Geodesic Dome Greenhouses The Benefits of Geodesic Dome Greenhouses


There are many types of greenhouses to choose from, but geodesic dome-shaped structures offer many benefits over other styles. Geodesic...

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