Samples - Great White, Jellyfish, Orca, Mike O'Rizey

Just received a big package of samples from Plant Success, the company that makes Great White, Jellyfish, Orca and Mike O'Rizey.  They specialize in products for your plants' root systems, containing different types of mycorrhizae, trichoderma, bacillus subtillus and other beneficial, living fungi and bacteria.  The fungi and bacteria colonize in your growing medium and your plants' root systems and help make sure that the base of the plant, the roots, become (and stay) healthy.  This leads to explosive growth!  An excellent additive to any nutrient/fertilizer regimen.  If you've ever wanted to try these products, now is the time.

Quick Tip

Quick Tip: When using Canna's Aqua line of nutrients, do not aerate your reservoir.  The nutrients are pH buffered and the added oxygen disrupts the buffering capabilities.  Removing the air stones will help stabilize your pH.

Hydroponics Project by 2nd Graders at Blue Rock School

A few weeks ago we helped Mrs. Kane, a 2nd Grade teacher at Blue Rock School in West Nyack, NY, with a hydroponics project for her students.  Using recycled water bottles, rockwool mini cubes and a piece of felt as the wick, the students made self-contained wicking hydroponic systems to grow basil and zucchini in.  Here are some pictures of them with their projects:

Back in Stock: Nirvana from Advanced Nutrients

After being backordered from the manufacturer for the last few months, Advanced Nutrients' Nirvana is back in stock at both stores.  It's a good all-natural additive to any nutrient regimen and for use with any growing medium.  It's also part of the Advanced "Professional" feeding schedule.  Nirvana is full of beneficial organic ingredients:  Humic acid acts as a catalyst for all other nutrients you're using allowing for easier uptake, whey protein is an all-natural bloom-booster due to the fact that it stimulates amino acid production (plus Nirvana contains a bunch of different amino acids, and B vitamins derived from seaweed extract), alfalfa extract helps to accelerate CO2 intake, plus azomite (made up of TONS of trace minerals and elements), yucca and Chilean soap bark extracts (natural plant surfactants), earthworm castings, bat guano and more.