Articles by Erik Biksa

About Erik Biksa

Erik Biksa has been writing about and discussing hydroponics growing, related technologies and cropping methods since 1999 in a variety of professional publications and platforms globally Erik has travelled the world learning and teaching modern growing techniques and technologies and is appreciated by many growers for his informative yet hands on approaches. Presently, he is the Editor at Grozine Hydroponics Mag.

Elite Resin D Test Review

November 30, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Effects of Elite Resin D Crop Fertilizer Supplement on Essential Oil Production in Scotch Spearmint. Study conducted at Grozine Research Greenhouse, Vancouver Island BC April to June 2016 Summary Results show that including Elite Resin […]

Building Sealed Grow Rooms, Part Two

November 23, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Building Sealed Grow Rooms, Part II Construction Basics Avoiding Costly Mistakes, Growing Better Crops In our last instalment of Building Sealed Grow Rooms for hydroponics, organic and soilless crops (missed it, click HERE) we discussed […]

Building Sealed Grow Rooms Basics Part One

September 19, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Building Sealed Grow Rooms Basics, Part One Welcome to part one in our building sealed grow rooms series of articles. CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) refers to growing situations, big or small, that operate with a controlled […]

Revolution DEva HPS Light Systems

July 16, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Revolution DEva HPS Light Systems Leading Edge Integrated Crop Lighting Systems Revolution DEva HPS light systems give growers high efficiency high yield crop lighting that as an option, may be managed or tuned via Controls […]

Drying Herbs

July 1, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Drying Herbs Essential Oil Preservation for Maximum Potency Fresh herbs are welcome in just about any kitchen, however, drying herbs to perfection is critical for use in the kitchen or for extracts purposes, i.e. health […]

CMH Grow Light Review

May 27, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

CMH Grow Light Review Summit Lighting’s 315 watt Ceramic Metal Halide, Real World Testing In our CMH grow light review we examine a popular Ceramic Metal Halide crop lighting system after around one year of […]

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Hydroponics High Flow Reverse Osmosis Filters Review

May 3, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Hydroponics High Flow Reverse Osmosis Filters Review REAL World Hydro Filter Flow Rate Testing [quote]The results were very surprising. So much, in fact, we ran the test twice just be sure we could believe what […]

Fertilizing Hydroponic Gardens

April 18, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Fertilizing Hydroponic Gardens Fundamentals to Follow for Best Success Fertilizing hydroponics gardens for best success is easy once you read through this quick lesson on how to determine how much fertilizer to apply to your […]

Urban Farming Irrigation

March 29, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Urban Farming Irrigation Automation, Conserving Water & Heavier Yields [quote]Precise moisture management can improve yields significantly, and allows you to “steer” the crop for a variety of responses. [/quote] Urban Farming irrigation combines traditional agricultural […]

Elite Nutrients Company

March 13, 2016 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Elite Nutrients, For Serious Growers The Elite Nutrients Crop Feeding Program Company [quote]Elite partnered with a 68,000 square feet modern professional growing space to develop their base nutrients and additives to make a simple and easy […]