How to Use Foliar Sprays Properly – Optic Foliar Tips from Dinesh Dholliwar

How to Use Foliar Sprays...

Stop Wasting Foliar Sprays & How to Get Better Results with Optic Foliar We caught up with Dinesh Dholliwar, the legend behind Optic Foliar during his visit to One Stop Grow Shop in Stoke to talk about foliar spra...
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Budget Vs Pro HPS Lamps - Worth the Upgrade?

Budget Vs Pro HPS Lamps...

Getting Started
There's a lot of different brands of HPS lamps on the market. Some come from well known brands such as Philips. Some come from brands that have been around for a very long time, like Sylvania Grolux. Others come from ...
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Budget Vs Pro Reflectors - Worth the Upgrade?

Budget Vs Pro Reflectors -...

Getting Started
Thinking of Upgrading Your Reflector? A reflector is pretty much an essential part of an HID (High Intensity Discharge) grow light set up. It is true that some thrifty big American growers simply hang an HPS ...
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Thrips - How to deal with them

Thrips - How to deal...

Pest & Disease Guides
Thrips - How they can cause constant damage to your grow Thrips - these tiny little pests are usually less than a millimetre long and look like slender, elongated flies. Because they are so small they can be difficult...
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Providing Electrical Power to your Grow

Providing Electrical Power to your...

Getting Started
A Basic Guide to Electrical Terms, Calculations and Doing What You Can to Keep Things Safe    Indoor grow rooms can use a fair amount of electricity. Here, we look at how to make sure you don't overload breakers, s...
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Shogun Q&A

Shogun Q&A

Industry Expert Interviews
It’s great to have you guys back, how’s life been at Shogun over lockdown?  Lockdown for us has been packed with surprises that were very challenging, not least because we had most of our staff working from h...
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Introducing Shogun Zenzym With Dr Callie

Introducing Shogun Zenzym With Dr...

Industry Expert Interviews
Introduce us to Zenzym! What does it do and how does it do it? Zenzym is a unique blend of enzymes designed to help get the best out of your media time and time again. Enzymes are a unique type of protein whi...
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Introducing the Telos 10 Pro

Introducing the Telos 10 Pro

Product Reviews
The new version’s even more efficient than the original model, which was impressive to begin with. Grow Northern have pulled this off by including some of the latest OSRAM LEDs, which produce an enormous 2.5 micro mol...
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All about Flushing

All about Flushing

Getting Started
Flushing – Do You Have Salty Balls? There’s a big debate among growers about the subject of flushing and whether it is important or not. This debate applies to both mineral feeds and (to a lesser extent) orga...
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Mineral VS Organic Feeds

Mineral VS Organic Feeds

Getting Started
What does "Organic" Mean? The word “organic”, when it comes to the fruit, veg and even meat, tends to conjure up the idea that the produce is superior in terms of flavour and nutrition. For those who know a l...
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Introducing Ecothrive Kits

Introducing Ecothrive Kits

Product Reviews
Introducing Ecothrive Kits Ecothrive kits are a great introduction to the world of organic additives, harnessing the power of beneficial microorganisms to push growth rates and plant health to new levels. The...
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5 Lockdown Essentials to Keep you Growing Sweetly!

5 Lockdown Essentials to Keep...

Expert Tips
Lockdown has been extended (no shock there), but don’t worry, we’ve got everything you need to keep growing sweetly through the remainder of your isolation period.
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Growing Organically with Soil and Beneficial Microbes

Growing Organically with Soil and...

Getting Started
Plain old soil  is amongst the most natural things on this planet. It's almost everywhere, with the only notable exceptions being deserts, the arctic regions, and the sea..
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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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