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Introducing Shogun Zenzym With Dr...

Industry Expert Interviews

Introduce us to Zenzym! What does it do and how does it do it? Zenzym is a unique blend of enzymes designed to help get the best out of your media time and time again. Enzymes are a unique type of protein whi...

Introducing the Telos 10 Pro

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The new version’s even more efficient than the original model, which was impressive to begin with. Grow Northern have pulled this off by including some of the latest OSRAM LEDs, which produce an enormous 2.5 micro mol...

All about Flushing

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Flushing – Do You Have Salty Balls? There’s a big debate among growers about the subject of flushing and whether it is important or not. This debate applies to both mineral feeds and (to a lesser extent) orga...

Mineral VS Organic Feeds

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What does "Organic" Mean? The word “organic”, when it comes to the fruit, veg and even meat, tends to conjure up the idea that the produce is superior in terms of flavour and nutrition. For those who know a l...

Introducing Ecothrive Kits

Product Reviews

Introducing Ecothrive Kits Ecothrive kits are a great introduction to the world of organic additives, harnessing the power of beneficial microorganisms to push growth rates and plant health to new levels. The...

5 Lockdown Essentials to Keep...

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Lockdown has been extended (no shock there), but don’t worry, we’ve got everything you need to keep growing sweetly through the remainder of your isolation period.

Growing Organically with Soil and...

Getting Started

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..

All about Sulphur

The Science of Growing

Sulphur (S) (the American spelling is "sulfur") is a bright yellow element in abundance on earth. In its pure form it is a crystalline but rather powdery solid at normal temperatures. In ancient times it was called "b...

All about Nitrogen

The Science of Growing

Nitrogen (N) in it's normal state is a colourless and odourless gas. It is highly abundant and makes up a whopping 79% of the air that we breathe. It is relatively unreactive and the atoms happily exist in pairs as N2...

All about Phosphorus

The Science of Growing

Phosphorus is a fairly abundant element which is vital for life. It is highly reactive and quickly oxidises in the presence of oxygen and so it is usually found in the form of phosphate (P2O5). It's energetic reactivi...

All about Potassium

The Science of Growing

Potassium is the last of the 3 macronutrients and is symbolised by the letter "K". It is a grey-coloured alkali metal and its name, in arabic, is "Kalium" which means "plant ashes" because it can be sourced from burne...

All about Calcium

The Science of Growing

Calcium (Ca) is an alkali metal which is quite reactive and it can commonly be found in a mineral form such as lime (calcium carbonate). The surface of it quickly becomes tarnished to a dark colour when it is exposed ...

All about Magnesium

The Science of Growing

Magnesium (Mg) is one of the alkaline earth metals with a shiny grey appearance. It is quite abundant making up 13% of the earth's mass and is the third most common element in seawater. A common demonstration in high ...

All about Boron

The Science of Growing

Boron is a grey metalloid element which is only created in nature when stars go supernova or by the action of cosmic rays on other elements. This accounts for why it is not very abundant. It is generally used for maki...

All about Chlorine

The Science of Growing

Chlorine (Cl), in its natural form, is an incredibly reactive yellow-green gas. Fortunately, most chlorine is tied up in chloride salt compounds such as table salt (NaCl, sodium chloride). Chloride is very abundant on...

All about Manganese

The Science of Growing

Manganese (Mn) is a metal with a silvery appearance which is usually found in nature in minerals, particularly in combination with iron. It is used in many types of alloys, including stainless steel. It is also used f...

All about Zinc

The Science of Growing

Zinc is metal with a silvery appearance with a very slight blue tint. It is reasonably abundant in nature, most usually in the form of zinc sulphide. It shares some chemical characteristics with magnesium. Zinc has ma...

All about Molybdenum

The Science of Growing

Molybdenum (Mo) is a silvery-white metal which has a very high melting point which is why it is often used in high temperature circumstances. When used in an alloy, it greatly increases hardness and strength of the re...

All about Iron

The Science of Growing

Iron (Fe) is one of the most important micronutrients and is quite abundant. In nature, it is not usually found in its elemental form because when it is exposed to the elements it readily oxidises into rust (Iron Oxid...

All About Sodium

The Science of Growing

Sodium (Na) is soft, highly reactive metal with a silvery-white appearance. The chemical symbol for it, Na, comes from its latin name, Natrium. It is a highly abundant element but because it is so reactive, it is neve...

All about Silicon

The Science of Growing

Silicon (Si) is neither a metal or non-metal. It is usually described as a "metalloid" or semi-metal. It can exist as a shiny crystalline substance but it is never really found in this form in nature. Pure crystalline...

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Introducing Shogun Zenzym With Dr...

Introducing the Telos 10 Pro

All about Flushing

Mineral VS Organic Feeds

Introducing Ecothrive Kits

5 Lockdown Essentials to Keep...

Growing Organically with Soil and...

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All about Magnesium

All about Boron

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