How to Install a Grow Light

How to Install a Grow...

Getting Started
If the grow light is of the LED variety, then it will normally consist of just the LED unit and little else. However, if the grow light is an HPS or CDM then it will consist of a ballast, a reflector, and a lamp. With...
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Growing Organically with Soil and Beneficial Microbes

Growing Organically with Soil and...

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Plain old soil  is amongst the most natural things on this planet. It's almost everywhere, with the only notable exceptions being deserts, the arctic regions, and the sea..
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A Brief Guide to Extraction Systems

A Brief Guide to Extraction...

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A Brief Guide to Extraction Systems When it comes to indoor growing, there are three main areas to focus on: lighting, extraction and grow systems. In this blog, we're going to talk about extraction systems, ...
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When Should You Change your Grow Room Lamp?

When Should You Change your...

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Virtually all grow shops and hydroponics manufacturers will recommend that HPS (and other HID) lamps are changed out on a regular basis. But does this belief have its roots based in fact? And, actually after how long ...
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How to Fit a Single-Ended HPS Lamp

How to Fit a Single-Ended...

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How to Fit a Single-Ended HPS Lamp In this guide, we talk about the key things to bear in mind when you fit a typical HPS lamp. Before you do anything, make sure that the wattage of your ballast matches...
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How to Fit a Double-Ended HPS Lamp

How to Fit a Double-Ended...

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In this guide, we talk about the key things to bear in mind when you fit a double-ended HPS lamp. Before you do anything, make sure that the wattage of your ballast matches the wattage of the lamp you are usi...
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HPS vs LED Grow Lights

HPS vs LED Grow Lights

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Looking back in time LED grow lights have been improving steadily for years. Early models from years ago made some ridiculous claims about their performance. For example, that a 90 watt LED unit was equal in ...
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How to Choose Your Grow System

How to Choose Your Grow...

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How to Choose Your Grow System There are a few different systems that you can grow your plants in. For a beginner, we highly recommend that you learn the basics of growing plants indoors by starting off with ...
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Which is the Best Hydroponics System for Me?

Which is the Best Hydroponics...

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Choosing a Hydroponics System The word "hydroponics" is a word with Greek origins that literally means "working water". It is where (strictly speaking) plants are grown without soil and are fed via nutrients ...
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Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Used in Hydroponics

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations...

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It can be quite baffling sometimes these days when reading about some subjects because they frequently use technical terms, abbreviations and acronyms. Here is a list of the ones often used in hydroponics, al...
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How to set up Grow Tent Ventilation

How to set up Grow...

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How to set up Grow Tent Ventilation A grow tent extraction system consists of 3 main parts - the carbon filter, the duct fan and the ducting, although duct clips and/or a fast clamp are also necessary.
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Control of nutrient strength levels in hydroponics

Control of nutrient strength levels...

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Growing in hydroponics generally involves the use of a reservoir of water into which plant food has been added. The water is then fed periodically or constantly to the plants and then returned to the reservoir to be r...
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How to Start Growing from Cuttings

How to Start Growing from...

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The idea behind taking cuttings is that we take an adult plant (called a mother plant) that has particular characteristics that we like, such as growth pattern, vigor, taste, yield, hardiness and disease resistance. W...
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How to Set Up a Grow Tent

How to Set Up a...

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How to Set Up a Grow Tent Getting Set Up Part 1: Putting up a Grow Tent   So you've chosen and bought your grow kit, now where to start? The first thing to do is to put up the grow tent. This is a lot sim...
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How to Start Growing from Seeds

How to Start Growing from...

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In our blog article, "Seeds or cuttings? Which is best?" we discussed the pros and cons of each of the two ways of starting to grow to help you decide which way to go. In this article, we are going to go a li...
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Grow Lights – Intro Part...

Getting Started
Grow Lights - Intro Part 4: Lighting Area & Footprint In our first 3 articles, we have taken a look at the hydroponics grow light spectrum and output intensity and how that affects plant growth. We looked...
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Protect your Hydroponic Set-Up From Drying Out

Protect your Hydroponic Set-Up From...

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Growing with hydroponics has a wealth of great benefits. Whether it's in an NFT, a Flood & Drain or a "dripper type" hydroponics system, it offers one of the fastest plant growth speeds possible while maintaini...
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One Stop Budget Kit Guide

One Stop Budget Kit Guide

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When you’re starting out in the world of hydroponics, it can be hard to know where to begin. At One Stop, we like to make it easy, so we’ve selected all the components you need to get up and running and created our...
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How to Administer Base Nutrients

How to Administer Base Nutrients

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This is a quick guide to mixing nutrients in hydroponics. We’re going to explain to you how to mix up some base nutrient, to give you a feel for the process and get you familiar with all of the necessary equipment. We...
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Time Switches to Automate Your Grow!

Time Switches to Automate Your...

Getting Started
Even the keenest of hydroponics gardeners is unlikely to be able to be on-site and tending their garden 24/7 (i.e. all day, every day). However, part of the art of successful growing is down to certain events in the g...
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Six Simple Fixes for High Grow Room Temps

Six Simple Fixes for High...

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Summer is by far the most difficult time to grow indoors. Outdoor temperatures start to soar and your indoor grow lights increase heat levels even further! Very few plants enjoy temperatures above 28°C (82°F), and mos...
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Grow Lights? Intro Part 2: The Light Spectrum

Grow Lights? Intro Part 2:...

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In this next instalment, we will be delving into what colours of light we want a grow light to produce. This will explain the 'whats' and 'whys' of the colour spectrum part of our grow light testing. First of all, let...
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