Bokashi: The Composting Samurai Effective microorganisms (EM) are tiny little living entities that help break down compost and organic matter. They operate in a different way than beneficial bacteria or fungi in how they affect your plants. They turn up the volume on compost and aid in creating a soil that is rich in microbes and nutrients that you...
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So, you were told you should be fertilizing with CANNA nutrients. Why? And what does that mean? CANNA is the industry leader in quality fertilizers. They are always on the cutting edge of research and development, and share their knowledge and discoveries with the curious gardener looking to better their abilities. Custom Cadillac Nutrients While...
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Types of Beneficial Microbes The idea of working with microbes can be a bit intimidating or confusing for those that have never done it before. Introducing strains and colonies to your soil culture has a number of benefits that can increase your plant yield, overall health, and vigor. Beneficial microbes often work within the...
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Trichoderma (Trike-oh-Derm-ah) Trichoderma is a beneficial fungus that helps to protect your plants against molds and bacteria. These tough little guys stand up against root rot and grey mold, protecting your plants from being destroyed. They create a barrier that make it impossible for harmful bacteria and pathogens to pass through. Trichoderma surrounds your...
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Azospirillum, Fixing Nitrogen Like a Boss Flatulance, while this might be an oversimplification, is essentially the process from which Azospirillum convert nitrogen gas to plant usable, ammonia (NH3). When it comes to nutrition nitrogen is the limiting factor in plant growth, playing a key role in almost every process of a plants life. In effect,...
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Light Emitting Diodes or Ceramic Metal Halides? You Be the Judge. Have you found yourself digging through Google pages full of LED hula hoops and burning man posts to find out more about LED lighting technology? Want to know how they stack up to LECs? Suffering from a case of FOMO when it comes...
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Eye Safety and Your Grow Room Do you like seeing the world around you? Sure that is a dumb question with an obvious answer. But maybe you haven’t considered how you have been jeopardizing your sight literally every time you walk in to your grow unprotected. What is equally important for serious growers is...
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Plasma, LED, or Neither… LED or Plasma? Both cost a ton, so which one is better? If you have found yourself Googling answers to this question, search no more. Let us save you time and money. Learn from our successes and failures with these two grow lights. What’s the Deal with Plasma? Lighting emitting...
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Too Much of a Good Thing When it comes to the lighting you use for your plants, how much is too much? Believe it or not, there is a science behind finding out how many lights you should have and how to place them. It isn’t about just putting your one plant under an...
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All the Colors of the Rainbow: Lighting Part I The impact that light has on the human eye is different than the effect it has on your plants. Plants take in light to use in the photosynthesis process to convert energy into sugars to consume as food. Different colors of the light spectrum...
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