How Temperature, Light, and pH Influence Flower Pigments When growers talk about manipulating plants, they usually mean leaf size, stem...

Many of us have done it at least once: pouring leftover cold coffee or tea into a houseplant rather than...

Hydroponic and modern horticultural crops are often accused of being artificial, unnatural, or engineered for flavour. One of the most...

Buying seeds online has never been easier, but it’s also never been riskier. In recent years, a growing number of...

Melatonin is best known as the hormone that regulates human sleep, stress, and circadian rhythms. But what many growers don’t...

Claims that hydroponically grown crops are artificially flavoured or nutritionally inferior refuse to go away. They surface regularly on social...

What Rising Electricity Standing Charges Could Mean for Controlled-Environment Agriculture The UK vertical farming and greenhouse sectors are once again...

Coco coir is widely used as a sustainable, peat-free growing medium in hydroponics and horticulture. But growers of carnivorous plants...

If you’re new to hydroponics, it’s easy to assume irrigation is simple: you open a valve (by hand or with...