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    Plasma Grow Lights: The Promises Of Full Spectrum Plant Lighting

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ February 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    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 ⋅ One comment

    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 ⋅ 3 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 ⋅ One comment

    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?

    Air-Cooled Growlights

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ April 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

    Summer can present a real challenge for indoor gardeners. The obvious heat-beating tactic is to install an air-conditioning system. But this just isn’t feasible or desirable for everyone. Urban Garden Magazine explores air-cooled lighting and other options.

    Yield Boosters: Side Lighting For Light Loving Plants

    By Everest ⋅ December 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

    Want to push the envelope? Bust open your boundaries? Top your personal best? Okay, so you might have nodded ‘yeah yeah’ to that string of rhetoric – but, in this section, we’re going to actually show you how to do it. First up, we’re going to take a look at “side lighting” – what it is, how to go about it, and why thinking like a Martian can be quite helpful.

    Top 10 Beginner Growers’ Mistakes

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ October 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

    New to indoor gardening? Don’t worry – we all were once! And you know, many an experienced gardener has wished that they could travel back in time and give themselves some sound advice. Fortunately, you have Urban Garden Magazine.

    Beginner’s Corner: Keeping a Happy Mother Plant

    By Everest ⋅ October 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

    Everest takes a look at keeping a healthy mother plant and why she’s worthy of a lot more time, care and investment than many growers appear to realize.

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