Specific Types of Gardening (02)
Landscape Design and Irrigation Systems
Lowcountry Classic Gardens, Inc. provides some very useful gardening tips. In addition to the pruning guidance on the main page, Lowcountry covers irrigation, landscaping, and devotes a special page to green houses. Archived gardening tips include: Plants and Trees having wildlife value, Azalea problems, Seasonal Annuals, Poinsettia care, and Cold Damange to Landscape Plantings.
How to Choose Hydroponic Grow Lights
There are many factors to consider when choosing a grow light for your hydroponic garden. This website gives practical information such as how to figure out the square footing of the area you want to light. If you're stuck between choosing a high pressure sodium or metal halide grow light, this site suggests the metal halide fixtures for vegetative growth, and the high pressure sodium for flowering. Reflectors are also included here, and is noted as the most important part of a grow light because it's is the deciding factor in the amount of light reflected upon the plants and how uniform the light is.
Indoor Gardening
A lot of times, you'll only hear about outdoor gardening, but this site is specially designed to teach to the tips and tricks to growing a successful indoor garden. For instance, lighting, watering, temperature, pots and containers, humidity, and fertilizing are important things to consider when you are creating an indoor garden. This site will give you suggestions on how to choose the right plant and offer tips on how to grow an herb garden.
Flower Bulbs and Garden Trends
The International Flower Bulb Centre provides information on bulb basics, spring flowering, cut & potted flowers, US bulb regions, bulb history, forcing bulbs, naturalizing, where to buy, landscaping, floral trades and information on the bulb industry. This easy-to-navigate site will take you through everything you need to know about growing your own bulbs.
Building Ebb and Flow Hydroponic Systems
An ebb and flow system is one of the easiest hydroponic systems to construct by yourself. All of the parts needed can be found locally to you, if you cannot find them we can supply you with ebb and flow trays, NFT channels, hydroponic pumps, fill and drain kits, and more. The ebb and flow system is one of the most popular hydroponic methods for its easy use. It basically works like this: A reservoir containing nutrient solution is located below a growing tray.
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