Getting Started Hydroponics

DWC Set Ups, How To

DWC Growing Part II  (part one HERE) DWC set ups are a great way to grow crops using less water and with fewer hassles versus traditional soil and soilless practices. Growers also note that they […]

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Getting Started Hydroponics

DWC Growing (Part I)

How To Grow Crop in Deep Water Culture DWC Growing | Erik Biksa | DWC (deep water culture) growing was one of the very first hydroponic growing methods used by plant researchers and arguably still […]

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Hydroponic Crops

Hydroponic Samphire

Tasty delicacy can be grown year round thanks to Warrington scientist Hydroponic Samphire | Heidi Summerfield | Image: Dr Russell Sharp and the hydroponic samphire SAMPHIRE – a strong, salty vegetable that is growing in […]

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Capsicum (peppers)

Making Fermented Hot Sauce

How To Make Fermented Hot Pepper Sauce Making Fermented Hot Sauce | Erik Biksa | Above: 2 to 3 minute video, making fermented hot sauce, how to step by step. Making fermented hot sauce is […]

Hydroponic Technology

Sustainable Vertical Farming

Sustainable Vertical Farming With localized food production we often envision massive indoor farms lit up with LEDS, but what about sustainable vertical farming? Sky Greens has roots in Singapore based high density vegetable growing and […]

Hydroponic Crops

Growing Hydroponic Strawberries

How to Grow Hydroponic Strawberries Growing hydroponic strawberries is fun, productive and can provide a year round source of local grown berries for communities. When grown and harvested for local markets from hydroponic operations, crop […]

Hydroponic News

Spectral growth inside vertical farms

Automation, lighting regimes, and hyperspectral imaging are unlocking vertical farming’s full potential, finds Benjamin Skuse One of SweGreen’s eight vertical farm units that it operates across Sweden. Credit: SweGreen How does the world feed its ever-increasing, […]

Hydroponic News

South suburban hydroponic farm owner seeks to democratize the food system and change the narrative in the Ford Heights neighborhood

Suburban Hydroponic Farm | By Darcel Rockett | If it hadn’t been for the pandemic, Derek Drake would have never discovered his purpose. Furloughed from his job at Northwestern University in 2020, he asked himself: “What’s […]