One of the most common questions I get in emails is, “What books would you recommend to someone just starting out in hydroponics?” It’s a great question, because there are so many bad ones and so few good ones. And the information available online can be confusing and contradictory – in fact, that’s why I … Read more
After my recent ‘obsession’ with writing about the different types of water you can use for hydroponics, whether you can grow with tap water, or what to know about distilled water, I figured it’d probably be smart to talk about how to measure what’s IN your water. It’s one thing to understand all of … Read more
Water is everywhere, so it all must be the same, right? Wrong. You might be using tap water for your garden and wondering if there’s a better option, or already using some other type of water (distilled, reverse osmosis, etc). Regardless, as a gardener you can know a lot about plants, nutrients, and growth cycles and miss … Read more
One of the most common questions that I get from beginner hydroponic gardeners is: Can you use tap water for hydroponics? It’s a good question! When you’re just starting out, you want to get up and running quickly. Your other options for water are all more complex than just using water straight out of the … Read more
When first getting into hydroponics and urban gardening, I had no clue where to start. There wasn’t a really great source of information online…at least not one I could find. That’s part of the reason I created Epic Gardening in the first place. I turned to books to learn the bulk of my knowledge – and … Read more