Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis

The Science of Growing
Put simply, photosynthesis is a chemical process within a plant which makes food for the plant to live and grow. To do this the plant requires 3 things - carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H20), and light. The plan...
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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis

The Science of Growing
Put simply, photosynthesis is a chemical process within a plant which makes food for the plant to live and grow. To do this the plant requires 3 things - carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H20), and light. The plan...
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Know Your Water

Know Your Water

The Science of Growing
Adjust Your Water for Better Grows In this blog, we'll tell you how to push plant growth as far as possible by tailoring your nutrients to the water in your local area.
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How Plants get their Warmth

How Plants get their Warmth

The Science of Growing
Heat is a form of energy. The world around us is made up of atoms (and groups of them called molecules). These atoms and molecules vibrate. The faster that they vibrate, the hotter something seems to be.
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All about Sulphur

All about Sulphur

The Science of Growing
Sulphur (S) (the American spelling is "sulfur") is a bright yellow element in abundance on earth. In its pure form it is a crystalline but rather powdery solid at normal temperatures. In ancient times it was called "b...
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All about Nitrogen

All about Nitrogen

The Science of Growing
Nitrogen (N) in it's normal state is a colourless and odourless gas. It is highly abundant and makes up a whopping 79% of the air that we breathe. It is relatively unreactive and the atoms happily exist in pairs as N2...
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All about Phosphorus

All about Phosphorus

The Science of Growing
Phosphorus is a fairly abundant element which is vital for life. It is highly reactive and quickly oxidises in the presence of oxygen and so it is usually found in the form of phosphate (P2O5). It's energetic reactivi...
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All about Potassium

All about Potassium

The Science of Growing
Potassium is the last of the 3 macronutrients and is symbolised by the letter "K". It is a grey-coloured alkali metal and its name, in arabic, is "Kalium" which means "plant ashes" because it can be sourced from burne...
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All about Calcium

All about Calcium

The Science of Growing
Calcium (Ca) is an alkali metal which is quite reactive and it can commonly be found in a mineral form such as lime (calcium carbonate). The surface of it quickly becomes tarnished to a dark colour when it is exposed ...
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All about Magnesium

All about Magnesium

The Science of Growing
Magnesium (Mg) is one of the alkaline earth metals with a shiny grey appearance. It is quite abundant making up 13% of the earth's mass and is the third most common element in seawater. A common demonstration in high ...
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All about Boron

All about Boron

The Science of Growing
Boron is a grey metalloid element which is only created in nature when stars go supernova or by the action of cosmic rays on other elements. This accounts for why it is not very abundant. It is generally used for maki...
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All about Chlorine

All about Chlorine

The Science of Growing
Chlorine (Cl), in its natural form, is an incredibly reactive yellow-green gas. Fortunately, most chlorine is tied up in chloride salt compounds such as table salt (NaCl, sodium chloride). Chloride is very abundant on...
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All about Manganese

All about Manganese

The Science of Growing
Manganese (Mn) is a metal with a silvery appearance which is usually found in nature in minerals, particularly in combination with iron. It is used in many types of alloys, including stainless steel. It is also used f...
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All about Zinc

All about Zinc

The Science of Growing
Zinc is metal with a silvery appearance with a very slight blue tint. It is reasonably abundant in nature, most usually in the form of zinc sulphide. It shares some chemical characteristics with magnesium. Zinc has ma...
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All about Molybdenum

All about Molybdenum

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Molybdenum (Mo) is a silvery-white metal which has a very high melting point which is why it is often used in high temperature circumstances. When used in an alloy, it greatly increases hardness and strength of the re...
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All about Iron

All about Iron

The Science of Growing
Iron (Fe) is one of the most important micronutrients and is quite abundant. In nature, it is not usually found in its elemental form because when it is exposed to the elements it readily oxidises into rust (Iron Oxid...
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All about Sodium

All about Sodium

The Science of Growing
Sodium (Na) is soft, highly reactive metal with a silvery-white appearance. The chemical symbol for it, Na, comes from its latin name, Natrium. It is a highly abundant element but because it is so reactive, it is neve...
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All about Silicon

All about Silicon

The Science of Growing
Silicon (Si) is neither a metal or non-metal. It is usually described as a "metalloid" or semi-metal. It can exist as a shiny crystalline substance but it is never really found in this form in nature. Pure crystalline...
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What do the different Macro and Micro Nutrients Do?

What do the different Macro...

The Science of Growing
What do the different Macro and Micro Nutrients Do? Every grower knows that plants need nutrients. A rich soil may be able to supply everything that a plant needs. Otherwise, the nutrients will need to be pro...
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