Resources for Better Gardening (02)
Hydroponic Growing Tips
This website covers growing tips including nutrient deficiencies, gardening problems. It discusses old fashioned, organic versus modern and hydroponic gardening. Information about carbon max and the nutrient absorption process is included, noting that carbon can be directly taken in through a plant's roots. Plants get more from fertilizer using Carbon Max, according to the article, which contains more growing tips for hydroponic gardeners.
Gay Gardening Index
This unique site says it is a collection of gardening knowledge wit and wisdom. This beautifully laid out site features monthly tips and information, along with a column by the Adequate Gardener. Every month this site chooses a plant to profile. The Tip of the Month feature is another extremely useful tool. There is much to learn here at this site, so grab a drink and keep surfing. You'll come across a monthly to-do list, garden links and resources, home and garden news, garden poems & quotes, garden FAQ and even a garden forum. Check out the events calendar and the features articles if you want more information. This is the site that just keeps on giving!
Hydroponic Gardening Questions and Answers
Hydroponic gardening is a method of growing plants, without soil, by providing food and water directly to the roots of the plant. By doing so, we eliminate the need for the root system to expand looking for food and water, so the energy normally used by the plant to search for food is used for faster upward growth and fruit production. Because there aren't competing root systems, you can grow significantly more plants using hydroponics in a given area than those grown in soil. In addition, you can recirculate the water and nutrients, so hydroponic gardening ends up using a fraction of the water, with no fertilizer run-off. This website includes questions such as: what are the different types of hydroponic systems and what is a hydroponic medium.
Gardening Tips, Design Ideas and Planting Techniques
This wonderful resource covers it all. From this About.com guide, you'll learn about the Garden Design Awards and how you can enter. The site also features a link to pronouncing botanical Latin, a great tool for any serious gardener. Five quick tips for super summer gardens are listed and the fifties art icon—pink flamingos—is discussed. And if you are looking to grow luscious melons organically, there is info on that topic as well.
Hydroponic Society of America
This is the home page of the Hydroponic Society of America. It is currently under construction, but a discussion of hydroponic gardening is still available. Hydroponic gardeners and those interested in this industry can sign up for a mailing list to stay on top of hydroponic gardening news and events in the United States.
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