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How to Use a Filtration Manifold to Clean & Sterilize Hydroponic Water
In a closed-loop system, maintaining good water quality is a difficult feat. However, neglecting to sterilize the water that circles through the system can cause fouling and decrease yields. The filtration manifold solves this problem by filtering and clarifying water...
Here’s What You Need to Know About Growing Bok Choy in Hydroponics
Why Bok Choy? A lot of good food has originated in Asia, and Bok Choy (Brassica campestris, or Pak Choi) is no exception. It's enjoyed in Asian dishes, salads, and even on burgers for its light, refreshing flavor, and nutritional value; the sweet green offers...
How to Use and Mix Your Own Soilless Potting Mix for Hydroponics
If you’re an indoor grower, you’re probably using a soilless potting mix in some way shape or form. This might be a loose mix or plugs bound with something like a polymer (FlexiPlugs are an example of a polymer-bound plug, while some peat plugs are simply contained in...
Veterans to Farmers & Upstart University Partner to Empower Our Vets
Two programs dedicated to veteran farm training and support have joined forces. Starting in August, veteran farm training program Veterans to Farmers will begin a partnership with e-learning platform Upstart University. The two programs have a lot in common; Veterans...
How to Prevent Mold and Algae on Seedlings
Troubleshooting your mold and algae problems So you've germinated your seeds in a propagation chamber and moved them to your seedling rack. You've got another two weeks until they're ready to transplant, but when you check on them, you notice that the tops of the...
4 Reasons You Have Leggy Seedlings
If you have spindly and leggy seedlings, you understand the frustration of trying to farm with low-quality seedlings. Legginess occurs when a seedling's internode (or stem) grows long and thin. It makes them hard to transplant, easy to break on accident, less likely...
The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Kale in Hydroponics
The kale came back and wouldn't go away Kale is a richly flavored green that stole the spotlight in the everyday kitchen around 2008 and stuck around, presenting a demand so great that farmers have had a hard time keeping up. Since then, it has been hailed as a...
Best Conditions & Methods for Growing Hydroponic Parsley
Why parsley? Parsley is a Mediterranean native used worldwide both as a garnish and as a popular addition to savory dishes. Several varieties of parsley exist, from the more bitter and frilly garnish parsley to the flavorful, tender large-leaf varieties. Though...
How to Choose High Efficiency LEDs for Your Farm
How do you measure the value of LEDs? Efficiency. Anybody with an eye on the tech industry has noticed the rise of LEDs. In farming, they have been accepted—or rejected—with varying opinions. Many traditional lighting users write off LEDs due to their high capital...
How To Calculate CO2 Enrichment to Boost Yields
Why do farmers love CO2 enrichment so much? Carbon makes up about 45% of the dry weight of plants and is possibly the most important element to plant structure. Plants fix carbon from CO2 in the air, but the ambient levels of CO2 (about 300 ppm most places) aren't...
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