Tasty Tomato
Late last year, I received a call from a retail hydro store owner who had a customer interested in purchasing 100 of our 6′ AeroFlo chambers! I thought to myself, “Yeah right. This is a dead end. Nobody sets up 100 Aeroflo chambers.” I was wrong. Mark, owner of Tasty Tomato does.
Tasty Tomato is [...]
Posted: April 11th, 2012 under Food, Indoor Gardening, Systems.
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TDS Meters, Conductivity and Conversion Factors
Though there is a close relationship between TDS and Electrical Conductivity, they are not the same thing. Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and Electrical Conductivity (EC) are two separate parameters.
TDS, in layman’s terms, is the combined total of solids dissolved in water. EC is the ability of something to conduct electricity (in this case, [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2012 under General Gardening, Greenhouse, Hydroponics for Beginners.
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Algae Bio Fuel – The Future is Now
My Dad who lives in Southern New Mexico told me that a huge Algae production facility opened up in a town about 50 mile NE of him. It is producing large quantities of Algae for Bio fuel. High oil prices, competing demands between foods and other biofuel sources, and the world food crisis, have ignited [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2012 under Community, Knowledge.
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It’s Bare Root Season!
Well, winter is in full effect. If you prepped your yard properly, there isn’t a whole lot to do out there right now. Pruning is done and the mulch is laid. However, there is one thing you can do right now that in the summer months will pay some delicious dividends. Plant bare root fruit [...]
Posted: February 9th, 2012 under Knowledge.
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(Not Necessarily) Better Living through Science
By now, if you have not heard of the multinational agricultural biotech company Monsanto, you have either been living in a cell at Gitmo or have been in a coma since the late 1980′s. It is one of the largest corporations based in the United States with over 21,400 employees worldwide. Monsanto came from humble [...]
Posted: January 25th, 2012 under Community, Food, International, Knowledge.
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The Sky Is the Limit
When you run out of land in a crowded city, the solution is obvious: build upwards. This simple trick makes it possible to pack huge numbers of homes and offices into a limited space such as Hong Kong, Manhattan or the City of London. Mankind now faces a similar problem on a global scale. The [...]
Posted: December 7th, 2011 under Food, International, Knowledge.
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GO goes to the Classroom
In our continuing effort to support educating children about growing their own food, GH donated materials to Chase Avenue Elementary in El Cajon, CA.
As we all know, kids love to be outside and play in the dirt. They also glean valuable insight into the importance of caring for living things and cultivating healthy food. GH [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2011 under Community, Organics.
Tags: AncientForest, classroom, CocoTek, Community, education, general organics
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