What products should I keep stock of over Christmas?
With less than a month to go now until Christmas, you’ll no doubt be planning a top up order of essential plant related products… alongside maybe one or two richly deserved self-sent growing gifts! We advise making sure that you have enough nutrients, additives and pH [...]

For Day 39 of my grow diary I am going to concentrate on the hydro seedlings (and save the soil ones until next time). These are still growing from the original rockwool cubes and look quite well developed, meaning I now need to transplant each of the precious little plants into three inch transplanting cubes [...]

Well I’ve reached day 32 of my first grow and it’s now time to set up the DIY bubbler system. There are of course easier options available for those wanting to try the “deep water culture” method – including the single pot IWS Oxy-Pot – but in my eyes nothing else beats creating your own [...]

Keeping nutrient temperature at the optimum level is paramount – particularly during chilly winter months. A cold root zone can adversely affect your plant’s ability to absorb feed, threatening a whole host of stress related problems that may end up reducing final yields.
 
Our range of nutrient heaters provide a highly effective means of maintaining good [...]

It’s day 27 of my grow diary and a busy schedule of tasks awaits completion. I will be setting up all of the main components of my grow room and then carefully arranging them to make an appropriate space for plants to flourish. While my seedlings are slowly developing I want to have everything ready [...]

Whenever you spend time with your plants always conduct a thorough check for bugs because they are one of the main causes of crop failure – whether it be summer or winter. We know this only too well after a recent aphid infestation in the GroWell grow room threatened to ruin a lovely Chilli plant [...]

In the fourth instalment of my grow diary I was going to comprehensively cover the setting up of a bubbler system. However, things haven’t quite worked out as planned… news on this below!
 
To begin with though, I will update you on the germination process. Pleasingly all five seeds have now sprouted and the first sets [...]