Cover Crops

Companion Crops: The Natural Way to Improve the Quality of Your Plants

Adding a few simple companion crops (or "cover crops") to your soil-based grow room can benefit your plants in so many ways. Companion crops are k...
Cover Crops

Companion Crops: The Natural Way to Improve the Quality of Your Plants

Adding a few simple companion crops (or "cover crops") to your soil-based grow room can benefit your plants in so many ways. Companion crops are k...

Flushing Your Plants: Is it Really All It's Cracked Up to Be? Let's find out!

So what is flushing? A lot of us know it’s what you do right before flowering and right before harvest, but what it does may not be well known. Su...
Environmental Controllers

Environmental Controllers: Helping Your Grow Reach Perfection

You could plant your garden outside, but we can't always trust nature to give our plants what they need. That's why we bring them inside to control...
Ceramic metal halide light bulb review

Ceramic Metal Halide Light Guide + Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpDZEIN5lAE&t=1s We have talked extensively about traditional HID grow lights and LED grow light systems, but t...
Hanging your lights

How High Should Your Grow Lights Be Above Your Plants?

Photo: Gardeners You've got grow lights, your plants, all of your liquid nutrients, and everything you need to grow. You set up your grow tent, s...
Top 5 Questions about Growing with T5's

Your Top 5 T5 Fluorescent Growing Questions Answered

Now, we all know what we need a strong grow light to get your plants where they need to be, but with increasing costs of energy out there we've bee...
CMH vs Double Ended Grow Lights

CMH vs. Double Ended Grow Lights: Which is Better for Your Grow Room?

One question that seems to be coming up over and over is, "Which light is better: a CMH light or a double ended light?" Both lights fall under the ...

Your Guide to Reflectors: Which is Best for Your Grow Room?

Alright, let's talk grow light reflectors. If you ask 100 growers what their favorite reflector is you'll get 100 different answers. Some growers l...
Whats the deal with ballasts?

Ballasts: What they do and how they work

A grower emailed us and asked, "So what's the deal with ballasts?" Though it sounded a little bit like the beginning of a bad Seinfeld joke, it's a...

How to Choose the Right Size Grow Tent

If you're like me, you're an indoor gardener, not a carpenter, so it doesn't make sense to go drilling holes into your walls and ceiling for light ...

Sea of Green: Bigger Harvest, Faster Yields

The Sea of Green Growing Method (or "SOG" for short) is a method of growing that will reduce growing times to yield as much as plants as possible i...
Mushrooms popping out of your soil? Don't worry, that's a good sign

Mushrooms: Why They're a Sign of Healthy Soil

Mushrooms: the interesting fungus among us. Recently we've had a few growers ask us why and how mushrooms could end up in their grow. Some growers ...

What Are the Best Containers for Your Plants?

We've had a few new growers ask us what they should be planting their new clones and seedlings in. When it comes to plant containers, there are ton...