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    Seed Germination

    By Eliab ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    It all starts with a humble seed…
    Seeds are truly magical. They are organic logic bombs, containing everything a plant needs to grow and reproduce.  Although a large part of indoor plant propagation focuses on cloning, another part includes growing plants from seeds. And this is where indoor gardening takes on a nice spin, because a [...]

    We the Sheeple

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ 23 comments

    “The truth is, you’re the weak, and I’m the tyranny of evil men. But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m trying real hard to be the shepherd.”
    ~ Jules Winnfield, Pulp Fiction.
    WORDS: Bruce Ray Riggs, Kurt Kallenbach and Tommie Sassard.
    Calling all sheep and shepherds. It may not have escaped your attention that a growing number of people in [...]

    The International Plight Of Salmon – Our Collective Responsibility

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    When I was growing up my extended family used to spend Christmas at the house of my grandfather in northern England. It was a time when the whole clan would come together to eat, drink and generally catch up. As part of the get-together my grandfather always laid on a special treat — a smoked [...]

    Windowfarm “DIY Hydro” Project Inspires Thousands

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ One comment

    Hydroponics = expensive? Think again! Last year two Brooklyn-based urban gardeners, Britta Riley and Maya Nayak, created a blueprint for a vertical hydroponics system that costs just $30. The plants grow in recycled plastic bottles and the system uses just a few extra components.
    Riley and Nayak were so happy with the results that they decided [...]

    The Sky High Greenhouse Project

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

    Manhattan parents, Manuela Zamora and Sidsel Robards, were deeply inspired when they visited the nearby Science Barge project—a floating urban farm that uses renewable energy and rainwater capture to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, strawberries, eggplant, beans and herbs with zero net carbon emissions, zero chemical pesticides, and zero runoff. As a result they were determined [...]

    Predators – Amblyseius cucumeris vs. Thrips

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ One comment

    What Are Thrips?
    When growing your favorite fruits, flowers or veggies in your garden, sooner or later you’ll have to deal with thrips feasting on your plants. Usually, the first signs of thrips in your garden will be the visual damage they do to your plants’ leaves. This damage will appear as small, slug like, silvery [...]

    How to Spot the Early Signs of Over-Fertilization

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

    Don’t Wait For Tip Burn!
    Yes, we all want big yields. And yes, plants need good food in order to produce the big bounties we desire. But in our efforts to match our plants’ ever-changing nutritional needs, it’s all too easy to get carried away and overdo the “nutes.” Before you know it, you’re faced with [...]

    Q & A – Water Culture

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    One aspect of hydroponics that receives much attention from growers of all abilities is deep water culture aka DWC. Everest quizzes water culture expert, Daniel Wilson from Current Culture H2O, and discovers some great tips on running these productive hydroponic systems.
    Of all the hydroponic growing media you can use water is cheap and the easiest [...]

    Neem Oil

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    Nature’s Plant Protector
    Bill Sutherland from Growing Edge Technologies discusses neem oil and how it can form an important part of your indoor garden pest control program.
    WHAT IS NEEM OIL?

    Neem oil is a natural product derived from the seeds of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica). The neem tree is native to tropical and semi-tropical regions of [...]

    Human Farming: The Story of Our Enslavement

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ 14 comments

    As the old saying goes, the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names. We cannot substantially improve the world until we understand what the world actually is.
    The world looks like a map of countries, governments and cultures, a jigsaw puzzle of various tribes in various states of development. There are better [...]

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