Before starting to grow indoors you really do need to think about what you want and above all about what’s possible.

In this article we will look at pH and acidity and what this means for a plant and the growing environment. First of all, we’ll look at what acidity and pH really are.

Cultivating plants requires time and energy. Naturally every new grower aims for the best results. However you may find out that there’s more to cultivation than just watering the plants!

We’ll start of by looking at the different types of potting mix available for home growers and we’ve written a section about different types of peat.

In the previous part of

Nothing could be simpler - take a pair of scissors, cut some tips off a plant, place the cut tips into the potting mix and away they go, right? Wrong.

Aquaponics is essentially organic cultivation of plants and animals together in a re-circulating closed system (water tank), using water instead of potting mixes.

The terms oidium and mildew refer to a group of phytopathogenic fungi that cause diseases in plants and have similar symptoms.

Hormones are organic molecules that can influence the physiology and development of plants and animals even at low concentrations.

With cooler nights, dewy mornings, and autumn underway, we’ve needed to keep an eye out for fungal infections that thrive in these conditions.

At the end of a production round or your season of outdoor growing, it’s time to clean up, get organized, and make sure that your space is prepared to offer the best conditions for the following cr