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    Trichoderma in Hydroponic Systems

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 10, 2011 ⋅ 7 comments

    What is Trichoderma?

    Trichoderma is a naturally occurring genus of soil fungi which has been known to possess bio control qualities against a number of plant pathogens since the 1920s. While there are a number of plant-associated microbes, both fungi and bacteria which are strongly beneficial to plants, none has been more intensively studied than [...]

    American Hydroponics and Rimol Greenhouse Systems Join Forces

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 17, 2011 ⋅ One comment

    A New Hampshire greenhouse manufacturer and a California hydroponics company are hoping that their budding East/West relationship will be one that bears fruit for their customers and the environment.
    Hooksett, NH-based Rimol Greenhouse Systems (RGS) and Arcata, California-based American Hydroponics (AmHydro) announced today that they have entered a partnership for the mutual goal of providing growers [...]

    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 [...]

    GROWER TALK – Vertical Growing – Gimmick or Godsend?

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ 10 comments

    Two growers, Simon from Montreal and Ian from Michigan, have completely opposing views on vertical growing. Simon loves it, whereas Ian loathes it. We thought it would be fun to get them both on a conference call and let them hammer it out. What follows is an abridged version of a two-hour-long heated debate! Brace [...]

    Aquaponics Explained – Part 2

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ November 17, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

    Welcome back to the aquaponics revolution.
    In the last issue we talked about just what aquaponics is (the marriage of aquaculture and hydroponics) and how it works. I described system types and then went into some detail about the creatures that live in a media-based aquaponics system: fish, plants, bacteria, and worms.
    This article is the second [...]

    Growing UP in Manhattan

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ August 31, 2010 ⋅ 11 comments

    Urban Garden Magazine pays a visit to the rooftop of Bell Book and Candle – New York’s first hydroponic rooftop-to-table restaurant!
    New York restaurateurs, John Mooney and Mick O’Sullivan, could easily use one of many farmers’ markets in the Manhattan area to keep their pantry stocked with fresh produce. Instead, however, the industrious pair decided to [...]

    Extreme Aeroponics

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ July 12, 2010 ⋅ 15 comments

    THE LOCATION: On top of a mountain in Southern Oregon.
    THE CREW: Devin Richman, Kenton Price, Jackson McCormack, Troy Cromwell
    THE GOAL: To create the most efficient grow set up possible with a limited budget combining the benefits of a climate-controlled greenhouse with the most efficient and cutting-edge hydroponic growing methods available for monster tomato plants!
    DESIGNING A [...]

    It’s All About The Veg!

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ July 12, 2010 ⋅ One comment

    It’s all too easy to focus on the end result of your labors – the glorious fruits and flowers! However, all too often the importance of the vegetative period, when your plants are building structure and leaf mass, is overlooked. We asked Bryce Patterson from Field 16, a hydroponic nutrient manufacturer, to share his tips on creating the perfect veg period indoors.

    Crochet Hydroponics: Part 5

    By Grubbycup ⋅ May 25, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    The second adventure in crocheted hydroponics is doing well enough to flower.
    Day 122
    Although very short lived and sparse, the flowers of this black radish are very pretty.

    The acrylic crocheted netting (left) has held up much better than the cotton trial. In fact it appears to be in good enough shape to wash, and be used [...]

    Pond Hydroponics

    By Grubbycup ⋅ May 21, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

    Spring is in the air, it’s a beautiful day, let’s take some of our experiments outdoors.

    Just outside of La Mancha is a little pond…

    I know that there are plenty of nutrients in the water. I can tell this by the following observations:

    There are plenty of fish in the pond, and plant nutrients are a known [...]

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