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    Multiplying Mushrooms: Spore Syringes for Beginners

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 10, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    Our resident mycologist, John Robinson, shows us how to obtain spores from mushrooms to help them multiply into their millions! Mmmmmmmm!

    Rise & Shine

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    The hobby hydroponics industry is leading the way in terms of ‘spare-no-expense’ inputs for our gardens and, while many of these can constitute liquid heaven for our plants, we should remain cautious about becoming overly deferent to the claims on all the bottles. Sorry for the ‘inconvenient truth’ but no $400 tub of bloom booster is going to make up for crappy genetics and high temperatures in your indoor garden. Period.

    Soil & Organics: Vermicomposting 101

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ January 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

    We all want to use items that increase our garden’s fertility in the hopes of explosive yields. With that as our aim, there is one item that stands out as a must-have for all soil and soil-less gardens: worm castings. Vermicomposting is the use of worms to break down organic material. Worm castings are the result of their digestion process. This process will give you some of the highest quality castings available and help you create a more technical and successful garden experience without a lot of effort.

    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.

    Let It Die

    By Urban Garden Magazine ⋅ December 21, 2009 ⋅ One comment

    Douglas Rushkoff, author of “Life Inc: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back,” argues that the best thing we can do for banks on the brink of collapse is to sit back and enjoy the spectacle.

    Salad 365: How To Build Your Own Lettuce Raft System

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

    Beat the winter blues this year by creating your very own salad factory that can run 365 days a year! Keith Roberto, author of “How To Hydroponics,” takes us through the process step-by-step.

    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.

    Superfoods: the Ultimate Items to Have in Your Pantry

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

    There are many superfoods people consume every day, such as bananas, blueberries, and tomatoes. Then there are those extravagant tropical superfoods like papaya, pineapple and acai berries. Finally, you have the less talked about or known superfoods that almost seem like they’re part of a hidden society of ultra superness, such as goji berries, kombucha, noni and mangostein. Each one of these superfoods has one or more amazing qualities that make them worthy of the title “superfood.” Jason Whittenberg shares a few of his favorites.

    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.

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