Grow Guides

Pump curve showing flow falling as head height rises, with the key rules for choosing a water pump

How to Choose a Water Pump: Flow Rate, Head Hei...

A water pump is the one piece of kit in a growing system that everything else depends on, and it is the one most often bought on the wrong number....

How to Choose a Water Pump: Flow Rate, Head Hei...

A water pump is the one piece of kit in a growing system that everything else depends on, and it is the one most often bought on the wrong number....

Root zone temperature and dissolved oxygen: the 18 to 22 degree target band

Root Zone Temperature and Oxygen: Getting Your ...

You can control the air in a grow room to a tenth of a degree and still lose the crop from below. Roots need oxygen just as much as leaves...

Root Zone Temperature and Oxygen: Getting Your ...

You can control the air in a grow room to a tenth of a degree and still lose the crop from below. Roots need oxygen just as much as leaves...

CO2 enrichment explained: a sealed grow tent with a CO2 cylinder, gas released above the canopy, a sensor at canopy height and a 1,200 ppm target

CO2 Enrichment: When It Is Worth It and How to ...

Every grower measures temperature. Most measure humidity. Almost nobody measures the one input a plant gets through fastest of all: carbon dioxide. Plants are built out of carbon, and every...

CO2 Enrichment: When It Is Worth It and How to ...

Every grower measures temperature. Most measure humidity. Almost nobody measures the one input a plant gets through fastest of all: carbon dioxide. Plants are built out of carbon, and every...

Cross-section of a propagator: dome, adjustable vents, seedlings in plugs and a heat mat beneath

How to Choose and Use a Propagator: Heat, Humid...

A propagator is a life-support system for a plant that cannot yet drink - and the moment roots appear, the lid turns from the thing keeping your plants alive into...

How to Choose and Use a Propagator: Heat, Humid...

A propagator is a life-support system for a plant that cannot yet drink - and the moment roots appear, the lid turns from the thing keeping your plants alive into...

Water quality for growers: tap water, hard water, filters and reverse osmosis

Water Quality for Growers: Tap Water, Hard Wate...

Water is the one ingredient in your reservoir you did not choose. Everything else — the base feed, the additives, the pH adjuster — goes in on top of whatever...

Water Quality for Growers: Tap Water, Hard Wate...

Water is the one ingredient in your reservoir you did not choose. Everything else — the base feed, the additives, the pH adjuster — goes in on top of whatever...

Diagram showing how a carbon filter, duct length and bends reduce extractor fan airflow, and where grow room noise comes from

Grow Room Ducting and Noise: How to Get Full Ai...

Your extractor's rated airflow is measured with nothing attached to it, and almost all the noise you hear is made by the air rather than the motor. What the duct...

Grow Room Ducting and Noise: How to Get Full Ai...

Your extractor's rated airflow is measured with nothing attached to it, and almost all the noise you hear is made by the air rather than the motor. What the duct...