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
Expertise:
A Lesson In Lamps: Hanging Heights
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April 12, 2013
Expertise:
What is the Oxy-Dripper/Brummie Bubbler?
History is littered with numerous examples of great innovations that have resulted from combining the features of two or more existing products. Just look at smart phones – in addition to being used for calls they operate as internet browsers, gaming devices, cameras and so on! We’re not saying the Oxy-Dripper/Brummie Bubbler will change your world quite like the aforementioned technology, but by utilising a bubbler to promote explosive growth alongside a drip ring for good initial development and added security in terms of distributing feeds, this exciting creation can help you achieve some seriously prolific results! Our very own growing experts love growing plants with the system and are keen for you to get the best out of it – check out their advice on how to set one up!
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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
Expertise:
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
Expertise:
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
Expertise:
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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December 13, 2012
Expertise:
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
Expertise:
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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September 10, 2012
Expertise:
Automating Feeds Using DIY Drip Irrigation Components
Irrigation components. The little bits of black and green plastic that are really useful for various types of grow room set up, if not always in the most entirely obvious of ways. It makes sense then to outline what some of these weird and wonderful pieces do and how they can be combined to create systems capable of improving certain growing related processes. We start by looking at automating the watering of potted plants.
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August 8, 2012
Expertise:
Enjoying The Fruits Of Your Labour (GroWell Grow Diary)
Harvesting fruit from your indoor garden is without doubt the most satisfying moment in the growing cycle. You’ll certainly find that other aspects are very enjoyable too, like nurturing the young seedlings for example, but finally getting to reap the rewards of a crop is what it’s really all about! After careful consideration of the methods you can use to collect the goods produced – the “all-in-one harvest”, the “two stage harvest” and the “gradual harvest” – our resident expert Keith outlines when and how to apply each technique before explaining what he chose to do with his own twilight chillies.
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