DWC Root Rot: Prevent and Cure It
It usually announces itself with a smell. You lift the lid on a bucket that was growing beautifully last week …
DIY Hydroponics
Build your own setup: DWC buckets, Kratky jars, NFT channels, net pots and clay pebbles.
How to Use Clay Pebbles for Plants
Clay pebbles look self-explanatory, a bag of baked clay balls, pour and go. Then the first reservoir turns rust-red, a …
Clay Pebbles in Hydroponics: How and Why
Open almost any photo of a home hydroponic setup and you will see the same reddish-brown balls filling every net …
Net Pots Guide: Sizes, Uses and the Best Ones
Net pots are the least glamorous part of any hydroponic setup and one of the few parts that touch every …
DIY Hydroponic System: 7 Builds From Cheap to Pro
You do not need a boxed kit to grow food in water. A do it yourself hydroponic system can be …
Best Hydroponic System for Tomatoes
Choosing a hydroponic system for tomatoes is a different exercise from choosing one for lettuce, because a tomato is not …
Best Hydroponic System for Strawberries
A strawberry hydroponic system is one of the most satisfying indoor projects there is, and one of the most misunderstood. …
Best Hydroponic System for Lettuce
Lettuce is the easiest crop in all of hydroponics, which means the best hydroponic system for lettuce is less about …
NFT Hydroponic Systems: How They Work Plus Best Kits
An NFT hydroponic system is what most people picture when they imagine a “real” hydroponic farm: rows of white channels, …
Best Nutrients for the Kratky Method
Choosing hydroponic nutrients for the Kratky method comes with one constraint that regular hydroponics does not have: whatever you mix …
Kratky Lettuce: From Seed to Harvest
Lettuce is the crop the Kratky method was practically designed for, and Kratky lettuce is where most passive hydroponic growers …
Kratky in Mason Jars: The Cheapest Way to Start
If you want to try hydroponics without buying a system, the Kratky method in mason jars is the cheapest possible …