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    Planning Your Grow

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ July 12, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

    So, you’ve selected where you are going to set up your indoor garden. Now it’s time to spec out exactly what you’re going to need to make it all happen! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to provide your plants with all the light they need to grow and bloom, but .. and it’s a big BUT …. you need to maintain your indoor garden’s environment so that it is optimal for plant metabolism.
    Here’s our guide to setting up a basic, conventionally ventilated indoor garden on a budget. We’re going to show the different ventilation requirements for a 2 light and a 6 light grow in the same space.

    Recirculation Basics – Part 3

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ April 24, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

    As we’ve learned in parts 1 and 2 of this series, in order to grow successfully in a hydroponic system, there are certain basics that always need to be kept in check, otherwise plant performance inevitably suffers. After covering source water, nutrient and pH, world-renowned hydroponics expert Michael Christan breaks down the final ingredients of a healthy indoor growing environment: oxygen, light, temperature, humidity, air circulation and CO2.

    Grower Talk: Transplant Shock

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ April 7, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

    It turns out that many growers are putting their beloved babies through undue stress, time after time, crop after crop, without even realizing it! As a result, yields are decreased significantly even before the first flowers have formed. And, of course, we don’t want our plants to limp to the finishing line – we want them to sprint all the way! We asked Kevin Anderson, a veteran indoor gardener in B.C., Canada, gives us his tips on how to handle transplants the right way.

    Perfect Tomato Starts

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ April 6, 2010 ⋅ One comment

    Sturdy, healthy tomato starts are important for both hydroponic and outdoor gardens.
    What’s the secret? Tough love.
    WORDS: Heather Walker
    Germination Basics
    To go from seed to seedling, tomato plants need a moist growing medium, light, and warmth. I grow seedlings in my own organic potting mix of peat moss, vermiculite (some growers prefer perlite), green sand, bone meal, [...]

    Plasma Grow Lights: The Promises Of Full Spectrum Plant Lighting

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 19, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

    The majority of indoor gardeners in North America use 1000 Watt High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lamps to light their plants, and many growers still use magnetic ballasts. Urban Garden Magazines looks ahead with an exclusive preview of cutting-edge, alternative grow light technologies.

    Pruning Technique: Catnip Topping – Day 14

    By Grubbycup ⋅ February 1, 2010 ⋅ One comment

    Grubbycup updates us on the results of his topping/pinching experiment, with his catnip control plant now in the flowering stage.

    The Sweet Zone: Pruning Indoor Plants For Larger Yields

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ December 17, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

    Novice growers are notoriously wary about pruning. Maybe it’s because it seems wrong to hack away at a perfectly healthy plant – or perhaps pruning is mistakenly associated with pure aesthetics? Whatever the reason, pruning is arguably more important indoors than anywhere else. So we asked Kevin Anderson, a hobby grower in British Columbia, Canada, to share his wisdom on the art of manipulating light-loving plants indoors.

    Chillaxing with Hydro Innovations – Part 1

    By Curtis ⋅ December 11, 2009 ⋅ One comment

    Curtis reviews Hydro Innovations’ 1/2 HP ChillKing water chiller and 6″ IceBox reflector-cooler.

    Crop Killers

    By Everest ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

    The Top 10 Mistakes That Drag Your Yields Down: Everest shares some time-honored heuristics to help beginner growers increase the productivity of their indoor gardens.

    UV-C: The New Weapon Against Indoor Garden Pests

    By Everest ⋅ August 6, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

    UV-C’s germicidal properties have been known since the 1930s but it’s remained an unfamiliar technology to most indoor gardeners. Could UV-C technology be used safely within our indoor gardens?

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