This is the first article of a two-part series that aims to take a closer look at lamps, considering aspects such as design specifications, maximum achievable coverage of light and tips for usage. Right now though the focus starts with recommended hanging heights of High Intensity Discharge lamps (think SOLAAR, Grolux, Sodium Lamps, Metal Halide Lamps, etc) and Fluorescent Lamps (e.g T5HO Sunblasters and Eco-Lights). Hopefully this should prove to be of use, as it is something that you need to consider throughout an entire crop!
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April 9, 2013
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A Lesson In Lamps: Hanging Heights
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October 14, 2011
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The neem tree and its impact on indoor gardening
Neem-based pest repellants are nothing new in the world of indoor gardening but they remain an effective way of establishing a protective barrier between your plants and troublesome bugs. This completely natural, fast acting form of defence has an interesting and unusual history that is briefly touched upon here before more closely examining its unique and totally devastating impact upon insect invaders.
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April 9, 2013
Expertise:
A Lesson In Lamps: Hanging Heights
This is the first article of a two-part series that aims to take a closer look at lamps, considering aspects such as design specifications, maximum achievable coverage of light and tips for usage. Right now though the focus starts with recommended hanging heights of High Intensity Discharge lamps (think SOLAAR, Grolux, Sodium Lamps, Metal Halide Lamps, etc) and Fluorescent Lamps (e.g T5HO Sunblasters and Eco-Lights). Hopefully this should prove to be of use, as it is something that you need to consider throughout an entire crop!
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March 14, 2013
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Aeration for the Nation
In this article we outline the benefits of aerating your nutrient solution and show you just how easy it is to increase the oxygen supply at root level.
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March 13, 2013
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Food For Thought – Primary Macronutrients NPK
After outlining the importance of knowing a little bit about what goes into your plants when you concoct nutrient solutions), the next step is to take a closer look at the impact of certain elements on growth and development. Reviewing the back of bottled nutrients and boosters – which you should always do to get an idea of how to use the product – reveals a list of all the contents, the percentage of each one inside and more often than not the NPK ratio/value. This last point refers to the primary macronutrients Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P) and Potassium (K), needed by plants in larger quantities compared to everything else. Find out how these are used by plants, the effects of undersupply and oversupply and what you can do to ensure your crop stays healthy.
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February 14, 2013
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Food for Thought - A Brief Insight Into Plant Nutrition
When you regularly feed your plants with a well-balanced mix of much needed mineral salts and essential elements, you fuel the fire for ongoing development and accelerated growth. Understandably then it pays to know a bit about plant nutrition and the effects that over- and under-supply of certain items has on appearance and internal processes. After all, you wouldn’t want to eat something that delivers little to no benefit – or even worse – causes problems as a result of consumption. Your plants are exactly the same! Watch their diet and read the introduction to our insightful series of articles on plant nutrition!
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February 14, 2013
Setting up a propagation room
Following on from last month’s article about the benefits of starting off your plants nice and early, this latest instalment aims to show you just how easy it is to create an enclosed propagation area using a small tent as the home for bulky propagators and bright lights.
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January 14, 2013
Begin growing indoors now and get a head start for the outdoor season
With the New Year comes the optimism of new beginnings, whereby gardeners of both the indoor and outdoor variety start thinking about their next crop and dreaming of a huge harvest. Although this month often tends to be the one that sees the action return to grow rooms across Britain, it’s not usually until March or April that the same thing happens for those ultimately aiming to produce plants in more traditional gardens, greenhouses and allotments. Our resident expert Keith has set out to show outdoor gardeners the benefits of starting off seedlings earlier than normal and nurturing them indoors for longer than before, the evidence of which will be on display at the chilli festivals we attend during 2013. Read his latest blog entry here!
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December 13, 2012
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Dual-Room Extraction With One Fan
Sometimes when you’re setting up an indoor garden you may wish to extract from two areas by employing just the one fan. After all it’s quite often a common practice to operate separate vegetation and flowering rooms given that this allows you to maintain a constant flow of cuttings, or perhaps you want to develop two different varieties of plant contained within individual tents. Whatever your reasons happen to be, dual-room extraction with a single fan will help keep purchasing costs down whilst letting you make full use of the capabilities of a modern air moving unit.
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December 11, 2012
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Grow Room Essentials - Temperature Control
Considering the wide array of gardening products that are available to growers nowadays, it is very easy to overlook one or two of the more “quietly fantastic” little components when setting up a grow room. Don’t let a scorching summer or freezing cold winter catch you out – be prepared with all the essential items and relevant user knowledge needed to successfully overcome any potential challenges!
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November 14, 2012
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LED Grow Lights Test 4: Vegetative Growth
Forget Europe’s win over USA at this year’s Ryder Cup! As far as mighty comebacks go, turning the ugly cuttings that were grown under an old LED light into good-looking plants using nothing but the latest technology would surely rival amongst the most jaw-dropping of achievements! This latest test was almost over before it began due to the condition of the plants but a healthy dose of perseverance, expertise, well-timed changes and plain old luck helped produce somewhat of a minor miracle! Discover how much of a difference the new LED light made when compared against the previous model and a competing 600 Watt HID unit!
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October 12, 2012
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LED Grow Lights Test 3: Transplanting and Vegetative Growth
The evidence is there for all to see now. LED Grow Lights can be used to keep store bought plants alive over a number of weeks and will even root cuttings, albeit with questionable results on both fronts! Still, by having established clones from the previous test to hand, an opportunity arose to try and continue growing the plants through the vegetative and flowering stages up until the point of harvest. This time a more powerful LED unit enters the arena, and since it claims to perform to a higher standard than 600 Watt HID lights, we’ve started a side-by-side comparison grow!
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