Mycorrhizae: Fungi, Molasses & Rock Phosphate
Many plants go through a juvenile stage where they sharply increase in size before shifting their energy into flowering and fruiting. The size plants reach during this stage has an impact on how much harvest they produce.
Sustainable Desert Growing
In a coastal area, you can grow tons of food year around without using a drop of fresh water, and get 80% of your energy from the sun. You can grow lots of crops with ocean water if you go about it right, and do so with less input capital than traditional business plans for […]
CounterCrop Hydro Garden
A new indoor garden Kickstarter campaign recently closed a resounding success. This small hydroponic system, CounterCrop, was designed by horticultural lighting company, Intelligent Light Source, who makes advanced LED grow lights for commercial growers. Compared to other hydroponic garden systems Kickstarter has hosted this one has done better at gathering start-up funds than most. In […]
Build Your Own Geodesic Greenhouse
Indoor gardening in a greenhouse does offer you a lot more growing space than a grow tent inside the house, and if you’re interested in getting into aquaponics to raise meat along with your veg, it’s almost a must-have thing. Unlike fruits and vegetables, you can’t grow an efficient fish harvest in only 3-5 months. […]
Monsanto’s Seed Monopoly Expanding
The ball lands in tomatoland again, but this is a totally different development than Monsanto’s fraudulent claim on the patent application for a seed bank tomato variety earlier this summer. Were you surprised that they tampered with the paperwork necessary to file for a patent? Shame on you. But that’s old news… from June. This […]