How to Heat a Grow Tent with LED Lights in Winter: Why CDM Still Makes Sense in 2026

How to Heat a Grow...

If your LED grow room is too cold in winter, the obvious answer is usually to add a heater. But before you spend electricity on something that only produces heat, there’s another option worth considering: add a 315W C...
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Flexi Tanks? Are They Any Good?

Flexi Tanks? Are They Any...

Product Reviews
Most types of hydroponics system are based around a tank, reservoir or container which holds an amount of nutrient feed which is then distributed to plants via a dripper system, flood and drain or nutrient film (NFT)....
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Starting Out in Hydroponics

Starting Out in Hydroponics

Getting Started
Getting Growing Beginning any new hobby involves steep learning curves and periods of trial and error and the same is certainly true of hydroponics. If you’re thinking about dipping your toe in the water a...
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Fan Controllers ? Why are there different types?

Fan Controllers ? Why are...

Getting Started
As it was mentioned a few weeks ago, it is important to have an effective extraction system in your grow room in order to keep temperatures in the right region and to replenish the CO2 in the air around your plants.
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The Four Common Character Traits of a Hydroponic Grower

The Four Common Character Traits...

News
What Makes a Good Grower? Every single hobby or endeavor has a wide variety of people taking part and whilst it’s impossible to put people into clean, well defined boxes, we can always look at those common tr...
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BudBox and Maxibright LED Set-Up

Garden Space

Getting Started
Every new gardener must decide exactly how much space he is willing to dedicate to his new hobby or business. Some gardeners will have vast amounts of space to play with and others will have much less available space,...
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How Quality Equipment Can Mean Everything

How Quality Equipment Can Mean...

Getting Started
In an ideal world, the highest quality products would be available to everybody and there would be no reason for anybody to purchase items lower in quality than the very best. However, we must live in the rea...
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Warm Weather and Choosing an Extraction System

Warm Weather and Choosing an...

Getting Started
Plants absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the surrounding air and then use it in the process of photosynthesis. When the levels of carbon dioxide in the surrounding air begin to drop, so does the rate of photosynthes...
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Summer and the Scourge of Pythium!

Summer and the Scourge of...

Pest & Disease Guides
As we enter the summer, the mere mention of the word 'pythium' is all takes to generate serious anxiety, especially among growers running active hydroponic systems. The long, hot days are great for beer gardens, but n...
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LED Grow Lamps ? A Breakthrough or a Gimmick? Part 3

LED Grow Lamps ? A...

Product Reviews
PRAKASA 300W BULB UNIT - In parts 1 & 2 of this series we introduced our new Li-Cor Quantum meter and we talked a little bit about why this expensive but precision piece of kit is the correct one to use for grow l...
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Types of Hydroponics

Hydroponics Systems vs Pot-Culture

Getting Started
Choosing whether to go down the route of hydroponics or go with pot-culture is an important decision to make and is one that needs to be made before any spending takes place. Pot culture involves growing plants in nor...
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Hydroponics as a Hobby

Hydroponics as a Hobby

Getting Started
Hydroponics is a term used to describe growing plants which are rooted in an artificial medium as opposed to soil. Over the past few decades, gardeners at both commercial and amateur levels have become interested in u...
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LED Lamps ? A Breakthrough or Gimmick? Part 1

LED Lamps ? A Breakthrough...

Product Reviews
Whilst the word “light” is used frequently throughout our industry, by looking into it in much more detail we find that by understanding a little bit of the science we can help you make an informed decision when choos...
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