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How Water Quality Impacts Your Garden: Water Sources, Potential Issues, and Solutions
Every water source has a distinctive profile that interplays with your soil/substrate and plants. It can be complicated to unravel all the variables affecting your water. Still, there are some basics we can learn about each water source type, what their most common issues are, and the strategies for detecting and dealing with potential crop […]
Dear Diary: The Summer My Gardens Failed
I enter every growing season with high hopes and visions of gorgeous gardens overflowing with colorful flowers and delicious fruit and vegetable harvests. I diligently research throughout the winter months and start my organic seeds indoors weeks before the last frost. So much time, effort, and love go into my gardens that it can be […]
Basic Troubleshooting Strategy
Lights, pumps, plants, and equipment all fail on occasion; being able to troubleshoot effectively can save time, energy and money. Let’s say Hypothetical Hank goes in to check his hypothetical indoor garden and in his single light garden the light isn’t on when it should be. Where should he start troubleshooting? Cheapest, Easiest, Most Likely, […]
Hydroponic Systems: 4 Things to Know
These are all things you should be aware of before buying a hydroponic system, or building your own. Each of these common issues can make your garden more difficult to maintain, or your crop’s health harder to manage, so choose a setup design that minimizes the possibility that these potential headaches will make your gardening […]
Humidity: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Everything and everyone is affected by humidity, or the lack of it. Plants are more sensitive to humidity levels and its variations than humans or animals. We manage to live through the discomfort. Plants manage humid conditions too, but the effect can be undesirable. Improper humidity levels affect plant functions and can cause irreparable damage […]