Proper Application of Co2 in Hydroponics
When plants grow in soil outdoors, they naturally receive sufficient amounts of C02. However, in indoor hydroponics, your plants aren’t naturally exposed to the same amounts of C02. This means that C02 will need to be added to your hydroponic system in order to…
Proper Ventilation For Indoor Gardening
Indoor gardening requires proper ventilation to maintain the health of plants. Oxygen is in fact, one of the primary requirements for plants to grow. It doesn’t matter what type of plant you’re growing, stagnant air will negatively impact plant health. Initially, stagnant air may…
How to Recognize and Prevent Plant Stress
Plants are a lot like humans. They need stability in order to function at their optimal levels. This includes consistent states of health and limited stress inducers. Yes, plants get stressed too. If growing conditions are even altered slightly, plants can be sent into…
Reflectors: Boost Your Indoor Garden’s Lighting Efficiency
Reflectors, also known as reflective films or liners, are another essential piece of equipment when it comes to maximizing the efficiency of your indoor grow lighting. In order to enhance your indoor garden’s lighting system to it’s full potential, your unit will consist of: Light…
Robotic Aquaponics System Brings Artifical Intelligence to Your Garden
German tech start-up, plants & machines is putting the bot back into botanics Bringing food production back into cities has become a big topic over the past few years. And gardening in urban areas is getting more and more popular. Decks, rooftops and windowsills are…
ROOT Countertop Garden Connects You With Your Food
On November 18th, Ohneka Farms, an urban farming design company based in New York City, released its most recent project on Indiegogo, a crowdfunding site for investors. The ambitious campaign looks to raise $75,000 for the ROOT: a small organic hydroponic microfarm that can fit and operate…
Producing Hydroponic Fodder
Authored by Max Salinger, Research Horticulturist Extraordinaire with CropKing For years we have known about the human health benefits of eating sprouts and juicing greens, so why not extend the wellbeing to our farms? As winter approaches many of our animals are relegated to…
pH Balance: Health Benefits of Hydroponic Growing
Readers, partners, and colleagues want to know where the name “PowerHouse” came from. In a nutshell it came from the pH balance required for optimum hydroponic growing. pH: Power of Hydrogen Our name PowerHouse Hydroponics was inspired while working in the indoor gardening industry, and…
16 Plant Factory Benefits
A Plant Factory is a fully-automated commercial food production facility that operates in a controlled environment. Further technological and economic investments are being made in the Plant Factory concept as experts respond to growing concerns over food security. With an estimated 9 billion people…
PowerHouse Hydroponics Top Lists of 2014
As soon as something interesting flashes by the screen our attention is lost and we become entrenched in the next best thing, latest gossip, or the newest technology. This is likely the reason that lists have become the new hot digital content format and why…
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