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Store Spotlight: Green Matters

How did Green Matters come to be? After getting laid off from Sprint-Nextel, my wife Lilli and I decided to do something we are truly passionate about, GROW!  Over the next six months we worked hard to create a comfortable environment to support anyone interested in getting involved in the “grow your own” lifestyle.  We [...]

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Hungry, Hungry Hydro. Fighting World Hunger with Hydroponics

As the world’s population nears the 7 billion mark, nearly one billion people go hungry each day. In several decades, there will likely be two billion more mouths to feed.  Many of these people live in areas of the world that are incapable of producing sufficient food crops or are nearly impossible to irrigate. To [...]

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House & Garden Nutrients: Cocos A&B

House & Garden’s Cocos A&B contains a precise blend of minerals that are specifically designed for use with House & Garden’s Coco Substrate.  Our precise blend helps to optimize the uptake and assimilation of nutrients, promoting higher levels of photosynthesis and growth. Composed of the purest ingredients available, Cocos A&B contains a full range of [...]

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Hydroponic Nutrients Cost Comparison

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Nitrogen Boost Arrives In The USA

To provide plants with the additional levels of nitrogen they need for rapid growth, House & Garden is unveiling the latest addition to their world-renowned product line, Nitrogen Boost. Nitrogen Boost is carefully formulated to deliver a safe, high-quality form of nitrogen to your plants. Using Nitrogen Boost promotes bigger yields, tastier vegetables, and a [...]

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The Role Of Nitrogen In Plants

  Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient needed by all plants to thrive. It is an important component of many structural, genetic and metabolic compounds in plant cells. It is also one of the basic components of chlorophyll, the compound by which plants use sunlight energy to produce sugars during the process of photosynthesis. Increasing the [...]

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Plants in Space: The New Frontier of Hydroponics

As NASA’s astronauts prepare to embark on increasingly longer missions, scientists are trying to find a way to adequately feed them.  As we haven’t yet found soil that can support life in space, and the logistics of transporting soil are impractical, hydroponics could hold the key to the future of space exploration. Plants offer a [...]

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Store Spotlight: Hydro-Earth

How did Hydro Earth come to be? Two years ago (2009) Tyson and Brad were union construction workers with the love for gardening and Mark was an out of work corporate salesman.  Tyson and Brad did their research on the growing market and knowing what they spent in their own gardens, brought the idea to [...]

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Store Spotlight: Cultivate Colorado

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How did Cultivate Colorado come to be? After co-owner Pete broke his back in Georgia a few years ago, he came to Colorado and met up with his friend Chip.  They opened a meager shop with very little in stock, but they kept making promises to customers and took care of them as best they [...]

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Guide to Growing in Coco

Coco coir is the outside layer of husk that surrounds the shell of the coconut. After coconuts are harvested, the fibrous husk is removed from the coconut seed. From this husk, three main horticultural coir products can be produced: coir chips, coir fiber or coir pith/dust. Coir dust retains water well while the fibers and [...]

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