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.
Michael Christian, an expert consultant to the commercial hydroponics industry, shares his insights into recirculating nutrients effectively to achieve high performance plant growth while conserving water and nutrients.
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.
Carbon filters are used by indoor gardeners to purify the air entering and exiting their indoor gardens. Carbon filters can remove pollens, bugs, molds, pathogens and unpleasant odors from the air. Join us as we take a peek inside your carbon filter to see what’s really going on!
A sealed room is an indoor garden that is totally … you’ve guessed it … sealed. I’m not just talking about light proofing here. I mean air-sealed. There are no holes, gaps or vents to anything outside of the indoor garden. The aim of the game here is to create a totally controlled environment where every aspect of the plant’s production can be manipulated and customized to produce the optimum results.
The cost of setting up an indoor garden can vary enormously. Basic set-ups can fall within most people’s budgets, whereas more advanced operations can see costs quickly mount up … and that’s without the addition of fancy control gear! So are these “smart boxes” really necessary for the hobbyist indoor grower or are they just for the pros – the control freaks? Jeff Broad, designer of the IntelliClimate, reveals all.
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.
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