PAR WARS – Dialing Your Garden Into The 21st Century And Beyond
Long ago in a Trap House somewhere off I-70, Legacy Growers, striking from hidden basements, were winning their first battles against the Evil Imperialist (Didactic?) Empire. During one of these battles, Legacy Spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the REC STAR, a bureaucratic force with enough power to destroy an […]
My Fascination with Germination: A Grower Shares Some Tips And Tricks
After a long winter slumming it in our grow tents, ensuring the lack of humidity doesn’t kill the tropical plants we insist on keeping, it’s time to start popping seeds for spring planting. The colder months spent praying the storms don’t cut power to our LED lights are finally over. Summer will be a little […]
Growing Technology: The Evolution of LED Lighting
My first memories of Light Emitting Diodes are the HAM radio kit from RadioShack I put together in the third grade, the little indicators next to the quarter slot on an arcade game, and the red light on the Gameboy that became an instinctual indicator of battery life. Now, I can’t see an LED without […]
About Plasma Grow Lights
There are many new exciting developments in climate room lighting. As scientists start to understand more about the influence of light quality in respect to quality and yield of the crop, two technologies are emerging: LED and Light Emitting Plasma (LEP). LED stands for Light Emitting Diode. It’s a technology based on semiconductors as you […]