Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
The Importance of Heat to Hydroponics Systems
By: Michael Straumietis Photosynthesis, which is essential to all plant life, can only occur when the atmosphere in your hydroponics systems is sufficiently warm. Should the temperature fall too low or should it fluctuate too much throughout the course of a day, photosynthesis may be stunted, incomplete, or not occur at all.
The temperate conditions to [...]
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Understanding pH for Hydroponic Growing
By: Michael Straumietis
PH is a way of measuring the acidity or alkalinity of a substance. The scale for pH readings ranges from 1 to 14. Unadulterated water registers a completely neutral reading of seven. A reading of seven means that the number of acid ions is totally equal to the number alkaline ions present [...]
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Indoor Hydroponics Gardening - Essential Basics You Must Know!
By: Abhishek Agarwal
Though the term Indoor Hydroponics Gardening sounds very technical and scientific in nature, it has a pretty simple meaning. It means the method of gardening without using soil and using only water, sand, air and gravel instead. Delving into the etymology behind the word hydroponics reveals that ‘hydro’ stands for water and [...]
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Hydroponics Gardening Requires Planning
By: Susan Slobac If you are a gardener who wants to garden but has obstacles to overcome in terms of soil and climate, why not give hydroponic gardening a try? Hydroponics is a method of gardening in which you grow plants without using any soil. It has been used in parched African lands [...]
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Why are Digital Ballasts Better
By: Susan Slobac
Before entering into a discussion as to why digital ballasts are superior to the old-fashioned magnetic core and coil types, it may be helpful to know exactly what a ballast system is in terms of hydroponic gardening and grow lights.
All standard grow lights used in hydroponic gardening – whether some type of [...]
Friday, March 14th, 2008
The Low Down On Passive Hydroponics Garden Setup:
By: Allan Wilson
Plants absorb all needed elements from water and soil. A system, in which all nutrients are provided to the plants by water, is called hydroponics system. There are two methods in hydroponics gardening. First is an active hydroponics gardening system, and second is Passive gardening system.
Both methods are good for indoor hydroponics [...]
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Tips for Hydroponics
By: Anne Harvester When you’re shopping for growing mediums either online or at a local hydroponics retail store, you’ll find a number of different ones from which to choose. Despite the fact that hydroponics means growing indoors without the use of soil, growing mediums are still a necessary part of the process.
Different Types
Growing mediums [...]
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Hydroponics- a Commercial Definition of Plantation
By: Ranbhir
Hydroponics- A commercial Definition of Plantation
Due to day by day increasing chemical pollution and other toxic compounds in the food supply, people are looking for more safer and wholesome alternatives. Luckily, hydroponics is the exact fit for the consumer’s latest and new requirements.
Some commercial installations like Integrated Pest Management Techniques use no herbicides [...]
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
The Benefits of Growing Indoors
By: Anne Harvester Grow lights and grow light reflectors are important components of hydroponics systems and success in growing indoors. You’ll find many different kinds of grow lights available; grow light reflectors are used in order to maximize and optimize light output of your grow lights.
Choosing the Right Grow Light Reflectors
Many different [...]