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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.
29th, July, 2021
Types of Soil To Grow Plants In
Soil is the one growing medium we are all familiar with. In its most literal form, soil is the upper layer of the land. Different soil types hold varying levels of water and nutrients, so this makes it an ideal place (as well as the natural place) for most plants to grow. Read on to find out more.
29th, July, 2021
9 Top Tips for Watering Your Garden
There’s much more to watering your garden plants than turning on your hose, sprinkler or filling up a watering can. Read these top tips to find out how you can water your garden better!
23rd, June, 2021
9 Simple Steps To Grow Your Own Food
The phrase “grow your own” refers to growing your own food. Enjoying the literal fruits (and vegetables) of your own labour is a gardening nirvana and one of the most rewarding things you can do in your garden. There’s nothing quite like a delicious meal made from tasty seasonal produce that you’ve sown and cared for yourself. Getting started is easier than you think, as these simple 9 steps to growing your own food show.
16th, June, 2021
8 Top Tips For Growing Better Tomatoes
Harvesting a crop of juicy, ripe tomatoes is one of the highlights of the gardening year. There’s a world of culinary delights waiting for your fresh haul. Read on for our top tips for growing better tomatoes.
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.
20th, April, 2021
How To: A 6-Step Guide To Planting Up Hanging Baskets
Hanging baskets and wall mangers are perfect for bringing a splash of colour or relaxing aromas to any available space – helping to brighten up otherwise dull walls and fences.
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.
