Best Grow Room Conditions for Maximum Yields: Expert Tips

Best Grow Room Conditions for...

What's the Best Grow Room Conditions for Maximum Yields? Getting the most out of your grow as an indoor grower isn’t just about choosing the right nutrients or grow lights; it’s about dialling in the right equipment a...
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How To Set Up Your Medusa Dripper Feed System

How To Set Up Your...

Expert Tips
We get asked a lot about how to set up the feed side of the Medusa system. So today were going to take you through the process. If you haven’t already seen them we have full instructions on how to setup the run to was...
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Growing Indoors - A Basic Guide

Growing Indoors - A Basic...

Getting Started
Hydroponics for High Growth Speed and Yields Deciding to start indoor growing can be a very exciting prospect. It is true that there is a lot to learn. However, don't get daunted, getting to grips with the ba...
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Mid-size (240w-300w) LEDs, Which is Best?

Mid-size (240w-300w) LEDs, Which is...

Product Reviews
LED Grow Lights – We Compare Models Around the 240w to 300w Level. Not everyone wants to grow in a standard 1.2m square grow tent. That may be because of space limitations or because the cost of the power tha...
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Nutrient Strength Meters

Nutrient Strength Meters

Product Reviews
The process of photosynthesis provides the energy for growth (and metabolic processes. Plants use water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and light-energy to produce glucose - an energy-containing sugar. This glucose can th...
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Recirculating vs Run-to-Waste Hydroponic Systems

Recirculating vs Run-to-Waste Hydroponic Systems

Expert Tips
No matter whether you hand water or use a hydroponics system, and no matter what medium you grow in, all methods of plant growing fall into one of 2 basic categories - either recirculating, or run-to waste (RTW).
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Budget vs Pro Carbon Filters - Which Should I Go For?

Budget vs Pro Carbon Filters...

Expert Tips
An adequate extraction system is pretty much essential for an indoor grow setup and a carbon filter is an important part of it, as we will explain below. Grow lights produce heat which, if allowed to build up...
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The Difference between AC and EC Fans

The Difference between AC and...

Getting Started
A duct fan is an essential part of an extraction system. Until recently the only types of duct fans available on the hobby growers scene were AC (Alternating Current) types. Recently, though, a different type of fan h...
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Introduction to the Variety of Different Lamps

Introduction to the Variety of...

Getting Started
Different Types of Lights Choosing a grow light is one of the most important aspects of your indoor setup. You’ll need to have a think about the space the light is going to be illuminating, the output of the ...
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How Plants get their Warmth

How Plants get their Warmth

The Science of Growing
Heat is a form of energy. The world around us is made up of atoms (and groups of them called molecules). These atoms and molecules vibrate. The faster that they vibrate, the hotter something seems to be.
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Introducing the Lumatek Zeus Pro 600W LED Grow Light

Introducing the Lumatek Zeus Pro...

Product Reviews
It’ll need assembling, but this can be done in minutes. The strips are magnetic and fit straight into the frame. Because it comes boxed, it’s a lot easier to transport than other units, and it can fit through...
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Eazy Cube

Introducing - Eazy Plug Grow...

Product Reviews
Eazy Plug products are made from a mix of coco and organic bonding agent. They deliver incredible strike rates for cuttings, and rapid root development all-round, which is down to an almost perfect water-to-air rat...
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Plants and Far-Red Light

Plants and Far-Red Light

Expert Tips
What us humans call "light" is actually just a part of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that our eyes can sense. If electromagnetic radiation bounces off a surface and our eyes can "perceive" it then we call it ...
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How to Increase Your Plant Yield

How to Increase Your Plant...

Expert Tips
How To Increase Your Plant Yield Once you have learned to grow and have your environment fully dialed in (you can learn more about perfecting your environment here), you will probably become interested in how...
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Growing your own Food

Growing your own Food

News
Imagine going into your garden, greenhouse or allotment and picking your own delicious, super-fresh food. Well, with a bit of time and effort you can! You can easily grow your own vegetables and salad greens but those...
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Charles Austen ET60 Air Pump

DWC - How Much Air...

Expert Tips
DWC (Deep Water Culture) is a simple but high yielding type of hydroponics. Another advantage is that because the roots grow directly into nutrient solution it means there is very little medium to dispose of after the...
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The Best Nutrients for Beginners

The Best Nutrients for Beginners

Getting Started
The Best Nutrients for Beginners The amount of different brands of nutrients out there can be a bit bewildering for a beginner. How to decide which brand to go for is a difficult decision to make. They all cl...
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Budget Vs Pro HPS Lamps - Worth the Upgrade?

Budget Vs Pro HPS Lamps...

Getting Started
There's a lot of different brands of HPS lamps on the market. Some come from well known brands such as Philips. Some come from brands that have been around for a very long time, like Sylvania Grolux. Others come from ...
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Budget Vs Pro Reflectors - Worth the Upgrade?

Budget Vs Pro Reflectors -...

Getting Started
Thinking of Upgrading Your Reflector? A reflector is pretty much an essential part of an HID (High Intensity Discharge) grow light set up. It is true that some thrifty big American growers simply hang an HPS ...
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Thrips - How to deal with them

Thrips - How to deal...

Pest & Disease Guides
Thrips - How they can cause constant damage to your grow Thrips - these tiny little pests are usually less than a millimetre long and look like slender, elongated flies. Because they are so small they can be difficult...
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Providing Electrical Power to your Grow

Providing Electrical Power to your...

Getting Started
A Basic Guide to Electrical Terms, Calculations and Doing What You Can to Keep Things Safe    Indoor grow rooms can use a fair amount of electricity. Here, we look at how to make sure you don't overload breakers, s...
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Shogun Q&A

Shogun Q&A

Industry Expert Interviews
It’s great to have you guys back, how’s life been at Shogun over lockdown?  Lockdown for us has been packed with surprises that were very challenging, not least because we had most of our staff working from h...
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