Category: Hydroponic Knowledge Base
1st, October, 2021
SANlight EVO-Series LED Grow Light – Applications
The new EVO-Series from SANlight promises to be the next EVO-lution in LED grow light technology for indoor gardening. Created for everyone, the EVO-Series brings you a range of LED light fixtures that cover a plant’s lifecycle from propagation to harvest. The size and output power (umol/s) available in the range covers everything from small prop’ tents all the way to professional Co2 grow rooms.
27th, August, 2021
Using Dripper Systems To Grow Massive Plants
A dripper system is used to deliver water and nutrients directly to your plants roots. Read this blog article to find out all about dripper systems.
24th, August, 2021
7 Top Tips For Choosing The Best LED Grow Lights
Read how you can benefit from an LED grow light. LEDs are unlike all other grow lights. An LED grow light features an array of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes). LEDs don’t burn a filament in a vacuum, instead, they pass light through semi-conductors to create a light spectrum. Click to read more today.
4th, June, 2021
Aeroponics Systems
Aeroponics is one of the best ways to grow plants in a soil-free environment. In an Aeroponic system the plants are suspended above a reservoir within a tightly sealed chamber. Plants are inserted into the system through holes in the lid and supported with collars.
4th, June, 2021
How to Take A Cutting From a Plant for Propagation
Aeroponic propagation uses a mix of air and a fine mist of water to create the perfect conditions for rapid root generation and high success rates.
5th, March, 2021
Using Perlite
Perlite is a highly porous material that is incredibly absorbent. It is recognisable to most as small, porous, crumbly, white grains. Perlite is a mined volcanic rock product, made from a type of volcanic glass that has been superheated until it expands.
15th, February, 2021
Nutrient Film Technique (NFT)
Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) is a growing system where your plants grow in a shallow ‘film’ of moving nutrient solution, using very little or no growing media. Plants are grown in tubes called gullies or in grow tanks in order to increase the space needed for root growth.
4th, January, 2021
Deep Water Culture Hydroponic Systems (DWC)
Deep Water Culture Hydroponic Systems (DWC) Deep Water Culture hydroponic’s is is a style of hydroponic growing that does not use a medium. Instead, it uses aerated water, a container, lid, air pump and a net pot. An Oxypot DWC system has a net pot for the plant’s roots to hang from. The roots stretch […]
20th, August, 2019
Plant Nutrients, Deficiencies, and pH
Plants like humans need the correct ratios of vitamins, minerals, and elements to survive and thrive. Understanding the plant nutrients you’re feeding your plants, and knowing how to correct deficiencies and understanding the importance of pH in the role of nutrient availability, is key to making you a better grower. We’ve dedicated this blog to […]
21st, May, 2019
What is a Grow Tent?
Sometimes referred to as a “Grow Room” a grow tent is basically a convenient, portable enclosed frame that allows you to grow a variety of plants indoors. The frame is easily assembled from light, strong metal poles that slot together and are covered with a thick canvas outer layer. This sturdy durable material which is […]
