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    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.

    Terra Preta: the Miracle Soil

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

    There’s a lot of buzz on the internet about terra preta, a “miracle soil.” Internationally, there has been a surge of interest in the last year in biochar (believed to be the key ingredient in terra preta) as both a commercial venture and an academic challenge. Biochar manufacturing presents the potential benefits of carbon sequestering and the creation of liquid fuel as a by-product. The controlled production of terra preta soil has excited manufacturers, researchers, anthropologists, as well as social and environmental activists seeking solutions for world hunger, soil depletion and desertification. Attempts to recreate terra preta soils are underway worldwide.

    Blueprint Breakdown: The Water Room

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ 21 comments

    Is your back aching from lugging endless sacks of soil, coco or other growth media in and out of your indoor garden? Then check out our latest blueprint, aptly named “The Water Room.” The idea is to grow monster tomato plants directly in a nutrient solution using a cutting-edge, modular Deep Water Culture (DWC) system called The Under Current™. But the liquid theme doesn’t end there. Water is also used to cool the garden using an ingenious chiller-based system created by Hydro Innovations.

    Mycorrhizal Fungi in Hydroponics – Q&A

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

    Urban Garden Magazine asks and answers all the questions on using mycorrhizal fungi in a hydroponic growing environment.

    Wheatgrass – Day 2 and Day 3

    By Heather ⋅ November 22, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

    Heather’s wheatgrass-farming experiment continues into days 2 and 3.

    Pro-Grow Diary

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 9, 2009 ⋅ One comment

    Gareth Hopcroft takes us through how to build your own rockwool slab dripper system and then shows us how his plants develop from germination right through to harvest!

    My Quest for “Bioponics”

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ August 6, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

    It’s not every day that we here at Urban Garden HQ come across somebody who has discovered a completely new way of growing plants. However, that’s exactly what William Texier from GHE has achieved! It’s called “bioponics” – a marriage of hydroponics and organics. We asked William to share his personal story with us. Here’s what he had to say.

    Maximizing the Nutrient Environment – Part 3

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ August 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

    In the third and final installment of this series, Lawrence Brooke, founder of General Hydroponics, looks at how to introduce beneficial biologicals into a hydroponic growing system.

    Q&A: Overcooking in Organics

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ June 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

    We deal with some common over-dosage issues raised by our dirt-loving readers!

    The Living Soil

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ June 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

    Do you know what soil really is and how it works? Do you appreciate all the differences between “good” soil and “bad” soil? This knowledge is absolutely key to successful organic gardening and yet you’d be surprised how few gardeners really understand what’s going on. We asked Tad Hussey to lift the veil on the soil universe.

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