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    Pruning Technique: Catnip Topping – Day 7

    By Grubbycup ⋅ January 22, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    Grubbycup continues his explanation of topping as a pruning technique.

    Desktop Hydroponics: A Mini DWC – Day 5

    By Grubbycup ⋅ January 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    Grubbycup offers an update and some best practices on day 5 of his mini-DWC hydroponic raft experiment.

    Half-Cooked Thoughts: Hope For a New Year

    By Grubbycup ⋅ January 18, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

    Grubbycup’s spring fever inspires him to bare himself.

    Pruning Technique: Catnip Topping

    By Grubbycup ⋅ January 14, 2010 ⋅ 14 comments

    Grubbycup demonstrates how to use a “topping” technique to prune catnip in order to avoid the less productive tall, narrow shape it naturally grows into.

    Desktop Hydroponics: A Mini DWC

    By Grubbycup ⋅ January 12, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

    Inspired by Keith Roberto’s “how-to” article on DIY lettuce rafts, Grubbycup builds his own mini-DWC hydroponic raft system.

    Multiplying Mushrooms: Spore Syringes for Beginners

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 10, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    Our resident mycologist, John Robinson, shows us how to obtain spores from mushrooms to help them multiply into their millions! Mmmmmmmm!

    Rise & Shine

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    The hobby hydroponics industry is leading the way in terms of ‘spare-no-expense’ inputs for our gardens and, while many of these can constitute liquid heaven for our plants, we should remain cautious about becoming overly deferent to the claims on all the bottles. Sorry for the ‘inconvenient truth’ but no $400 tub of bloom booster is going to make up for crappy genetics and high temperatures in your indoor garden. Period.

    Soil & Organics: Vermicomposting 101

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

    We all want to use items that increase our garden’s fertility in the hopes of explosive yields. With that as our aim, there is one item that stands out as a must-have for all soil and soil-less gardens: worm castings. Vermicomposting is the use of worms to break down organic material. Worm castings are the result of their digestion process. This process will give you some of the highest quality castings available and help you create a more technical and successful garden experience without a lot of effort.

    Half-Cooked Thoughts: Crochetted Hydroponics

    By Grubbycup ⋅ January 1, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    Grubbycup unites hydroponics with crocheting. Yes, really.

    Super Feeding: Do Mycorrhizae Have a Role in Hydroponics?

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 1, 2010 ⋅ 21 comments

    Mycorrhizae experts Mike Amaranthus and Josh Eagan give us the low-down on how mycorrhizal fungi behave in a non-soil environment, and how hydroponic growers can use this special root fungus to improve plant quality and yields.

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