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  • Plants Need Nutrients Too

    Plants Need Nutrients Too

    At first thought, plants may seem like relatively simple organisms. We learn as children that plants need sun, water, and soil to grow tall and maintain their lively pigmentation. While...

    Jorie Lott |

  • Drying and Curing: The Essential Final Step

    Drying and Curing: The Essential Final Step

    The path to indoor growing proficiency can be a daunting one to embark on, but after much consideration and perhaps some back and forth, you’re ready. You’ve designated space in...

    Jim Guttierrez |

  • Harvesting: The Essential Tools

    Harvesting: The Essential Tools

    Towards the end of the growth cycle, you may begin to notice a slight change in plant color. Dark, bright greens may develop purple and yellow hues due to an...

    Heather Lott |

  • Grow Room 101: Starting Your Hydroponic Adventure

    Grow Room 101: Starting Your Hydroponic Adventure

    Well, you’ve decided: this is the year that you finally build that grow room you’ve been thinking about for months. There are numerous benefits to growing plants indoors, not the...

    Jorie Lott |

  • Indoor vs. Outdoor Gardens

    Indoor vs. Outdoor Gardens

    There are many considerations to make when deciding between indoor and outdoor growing. Here are some things to think about. Types of Plants Not all plants are designed for indoor...

    Heather Lott |

  • The Simple Science of Plant Growth

    The Simple Science of Plant Growth

    When you were an elementary school student, your class probably had a plant to keep alive throughout the year. During science lessons, you probably learned words like photosynthesis and chlorophyll,...

    Jim Guttierrez |

  • Let It Shine: The Importance of Grow Lights

    Let It Shine: The Importance of Grow Lights

    To understand lighting and the impact it makes, one must understand what fuels a plant’s growth. Photosynthesis is a process that must happen. Plants use sunlight to make food from...

    Heather Lott |

  • The Essentials for a Perfect Indoor Growing Environment

    The Essentials for a Perfect Indoor Growing Environment

    First, Let’s Talk Hydroponics When starting your growing environment, one of the most important decisions you need to make is whether you will be growing in soil or growing hydroponically....

    Jim Guttierrez |

  • LED vs HPS

    LED vs HPS

    TRANSCRIPT For the grower at home, you’re watching this video, how does the 600 watt LED that we’re gonna test, compare to a 1000 watt? Well, the Manufacturer would like...

    Jorie Lott |

  • Grow Lighting Basics

    Grow Lighting Basics

    TRANSCRIPT [00:00:10] The good, the bad about Grow lighting the best use and application for each; flowering, or lack thereof. [00:00:17] We're going to talk about a lot of different...

    Heather Lott |


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