Gardening Articles and News

This page highlights a variety of different gardening articles and news items you may find interesting. So...enjoy!

Gardening Articles

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Online Hydroponics Shopping - Are you frustrated, confused and even a little angry when shopping online for hydroponics supplies? I was, so I decided to develop a guide to judging and picking the 'right' store.

Aquaculture and Aquaponics - Raising hydroponic plants in your fish tank is an intriguing concept...but will it work?

The baby facts about Organic Hydroponics - Baby facts? Yes. Organic Hydroponics has been 'played' with for a number of decades but has never really been researched...

Garden pests; can't live with them and very hard to get rid of them - There is always some little critter ready to munch on, live on, live in or suck dry your plants. So how do we deal with them?

Highlighting the popular tomato plant - Ever hear of a square tomato? Or maybe a purple tomato? Read about a very popular vegetable/fruit; the humble tomato...

Another look at Aeroponic Systems - I have mentioned elsewhere in this website that aeroponic systems were 'not the most user friendly systems available' and that a 'pre-made system might be best' if you wish to try one out. To put it bluntly - I was wrong...

Dirt vs Hydroponics - To grow hydroponically or to grow in dirt? That is the question...

Everything you ever wanted to know about manure - From an expert!

Since we're on the subject of manure... - Let's check out guano, the miracle excrement.

What the heck is N-P-K? - NPK is listed on every container or package of fertilizer you can find and is a measure of it's potency...

Organic NFT Systems? - Can NFT Hydroponic Systems 'go green' and become organic? You may think off-hand, 'of course'; but think again.

Adding Hydrogen Peroxide to your Nutrient Water - Is it beneficial? Read this article to find out...

Organic Hydroponics and bacterial growth - an organic hydroponics system organic fertilizer will provide the breeding ground for billions of bacterial microorganisms in the plant's roots. Is this good or bad?

Oxygen and Hydroponics Garden Plants - A good supply of oxygen around a plant's roots is critical for a healthy plant. Without oxygen a plant will literally suffocate and die - or, if in a hydroponics system, drown.

Growing tip: use plastic cups to hold your plants - Thats right...plastic cups. They are versatile and very handy...

'Damping-Off' disease; how you can prevent it. - 'Damping-Off' disease is really a fungal infection usually attacking seedlings causing the stem near the ground-line to rot...

The mystery of green nutrient water - What do you do when your hydroponic nutrient water turns green overnight?

How much water to flood your plants with? - How often and how much should you flood with nutrient solution?

Counterattack with predatory bugs - Unleash an army of bugs working for you.

Seaweed; Nature's Hydroponic Miracle - Seaweed is an absolute gardening marvel loaded with many major plant nutrients and over 60 trace nutrients required by plants.

Benefits and Dangers of Compost Tea - Compost tea is the process of steeping a bag of compost in water to extract the 'essence' of the compost, the same way you would make tea with a tea bag.

Fine Tuning your Hydroponic System - If you do not keep in mind basic plant requirements your plants will not be healthy.

Saving seeds from the plants you grow - Saving seeds from your current harvest to plant and germinate yourself next year is a good practice.

Keeping wild animals out of your garden - Wild animals who feel you planted a garden just for them to eat must go!

Build an Alternative Garden Greenhouse - A new design and approach to a greenhouse type structure

Selecting the proper greenhouse plants for your hydroponics system - You have the greenhouse and the hydroponics system to power it...so just what do you grow?

Drip Irrigation; an excellant way to garden hydroponically - I never hear too much about drip hydroponics even though it would be relatively easy to build and maintain.

Plan how to support your plants early on or you will have problems - Plan how to support your plants before you plant.

What to do with your garden harvest - A large garden harvest after all your hard work is very satisfying, except... everything seems to come at once. So what do you do?

Use grow cubes to start seedlings - Grow Cubes are a great invention for the hydroponic gardener.

Participate in a seed exchange - Have you ever heard of a seed exchange? Well...

Heritage and Heirloom vegetables; what are they? - Popular vegetables grown before large scale modern agriculture was implemented.

The Popular Tomato - The tomato is really classified as a fruit but tastes more like a vegetable.

Carbon dioxide and it's importance to your plants - Carbon dioxide or CO2 is essential for a healthy plant.

The versatility of the Mittleider Grow box - It is a basic board box with no top or bottom and what makes it so versatile is its use as a hydroponics system and the fact that it can be set anywhere at all outside.

How close together can you place your plants? - Closer than recommended in 'dirt' gardens.

Supplemental Hydroponic Equipment - Hydroponics supply shops offer a a huge range of supplemental items for your garden.

Have an indoor garden? - You may need to manually pollinate your plants.

Build a container garden for the winter - These are very simple and very easy to maintain.

Choosing an indoor hydroponic grow light - Growing plants indoors will most likely require some kind of indoor grow light.

Build your own Chinampa - A Chinampa is basically a floating farm...

Building the perfect compost pile - If you have an organic hydroponics garden then good compost is essential for healthy plants.

Using tap water for hydroponics? - Is it safe?

Another Tomato article - Tomato trivia and history

The difference between 'organic' and 'hydroponics' - What!? There's a difference?

The difference between a water garden and a hydroponics garden - A water garden seems to be a small pool with some natural landscaping features added.

Types of beneficial plant microorganisms - Don't be too quick to eradicate that bacteria.

Cleaning your hydroponics equipment - What do you use?

Growing mushrooms accidently? - A foolproof indication that it is time to flush your system

The Negev Desert - Hydroponics at work..

What is ph? - Ignore ph and your plants will not survive.

How to check if seeds are viable - Want better seed germination? Read this topic for a foolproof method of testing seed viability.

LED lighting, a new type of garden grow light - LED grow lights are finally here and they are far superior...

Hydroponics fertilizer vs. Commercial fertilizer - Is one better than the other? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?

Growing rice in your hydroponics garden - Did you ever wonder how rice was grown? Find out how to grow it hydroponically.

Make a water fountain into a hydroponics garden - If you have a water fountain you are very close to having a fully functioning hydroponics system.

If you like this website, consider downloading this free toolbar for your browser.

Previously I featured a conduit toolbar with radio for download but replaced it with the Alexa toolbar featuring website anaysis tools along with real-time related links to facilitate searching. Alexa is owned by Amazon and will not embed spyware into their toolbar. It's safe and it's free!

Download