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.
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Alternative Planters FuturePunk Hydroponics

March 25, 2025 Erik Biksa Comments Off on Alternative Planters FuturePunk Hydroponics
Cultivating Crops & Thoughts with Innovative Planter Designs Alternative Planters, as it turn out, is a self described FuturePunk hydroponics concept that cultivates plants and imagination. Heres’ the story: We see a lot of stuff […]
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Aeroponic Vegetable Growing, Part One

March 17, 2025 Erik Biksa Comments Off on Aeroponic Vegetable Growing, Part One
How to Produce Abundant Veggies with an Aeroponic Growing System Aeroponic vegetable growing is becoming increasingly popular in both commercial crop production and home gardening. And it’s easy to see why! Aeroponic growing systems can […]
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Sollum Technologies Review

March 12, 2025 Erik Biksa Comments Off on Sollum Technologies Review
Dynamic LED Greenhouse Lighting System Results In this review of Sollum Technologies, we’ll explore the results of growing winter crops in a greenhouse located in the Canadian Pacific Northwest. Using a Dynamic LED grow light system, we evaluated the SUNaaS (Sun […]
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RDWC Systems

March 4, 2025 Erik Biksa Comments Off on RDWC Systems
Recirculating DWC Hydroponic Systems RDWC Systems | Erik Biksa | RDWC systems (recirculating deep water culture) are hydroponic growing systems that are capable of producing outstanding yields, growth rates and harvest quality in a variety […]
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Aeroponic Growing Systems

February 11, 2025 Erik Biksa Comments Off on Aeroponic Growing Systems
Cultivating Crops for High Yields with Aeroponic Systems Aeroponic growing has gained popularity for the ability to produce healthy, fast growing and heavy yielding crops without the use of any growing medium or substrate for […]
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South Pole Hydroponics

December 12, 2024 Erik Biksa Comments Off on South Pole Hydroponics
Growing Where No One has Grown Before South Pole Hydroponics | Erik Biksa | Hydroponic growing methods are an invaluable tool for sustaining the world at large.  Being able to grow healthy crops without soil […]
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Dynamic LED Grow Lights

November 7, 2024 Erik Biksa Comments Off on Dynamic LED Grow Lights
Reducing Power Bills, Maximizing Plant Responses Dynamic LED grow lights manage light spectrum and output intensity to optimize crop responses while helping to lower power bills. Most greenhouse and indoor growers are aware that many […]
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GrowDirector Greenhouse Controls Review

October 10, 2024 Erik Biksa Comments Off on GrowDirector Greenhouse Controls Review
Testing Greenhouse Smart Controls We began testing for our GrowDirector controls review in the beginning of our 2024 Spring-Summer growing season.  For more background, please read this Article (Smart Greenhouse Controls). To recap, we installed […]
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Smart Greenhouse Controls

April 30, 2024 Erik Biksa Comments Off on Smart Greenhouse Controls
Easy Greenhouse Automation We installed smart greenhouse controls from GrowDirector into our hydroponic greenhouse to help optimize the growing environment for better crops and reduce the amount of time we needed to spend on redundant […]
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Virginia Tech Hydroponics Course

March 22, 2024 Erik Biksa Comments Off on Virginia Tech Hydroponics Course
New course provides deeper dive into hydroponics Virginia Tech Hydroponics Course | Lee Friesland | Production of Food Crops in Controlled Environment Agriculture (HORT 4344) is a new class led by instructor Josh Kardos. Students […]