- Trace Elements
March 5, 2010, 09:59Davenport trace mix is a carefully blended mix of micronutrients – essential for healthy plants. It can be used in planted aquariums, hydroponics and horticul…
- Magnesium Sulphate - (MGSO4)
March 5, 2010, 09:55Magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) contains 9.86% magnesium (Mg) It can be used in planted aquariums, hydroponics and horticulture to provide magnesium which is a macro…
- Potassium Sulphate - (K2SO4)
March 5, 2010, 09:51Potassium sulphate (K2SO4) contains 44.9% potassium (K)
Potassium is a macronutrient – essential for healthy plant growth
Container sizes: 100g, 250…
- Potassium Carbonate - (KCO3)
March 5, 2010, 09:46Potassium Carbonate (KCO3) contains 56.58% potassium (K) It is used as a source of Potassium in planted aquariums. Potassium is a macro nutrient – essential f…
- Mono Potassium Phosphate - (KH2PO4)
March 5, 2010, 09:41Mono Potassium phosphate (KH2PO4) contains 22.8% phosphorous (P) and 28.7% potassium (K) It is used in planted aquariums and for hydroponic fertilisers Both pho…
- Potassium Nitrate - (KNO3)
March 5, 2010, 09:34Uses of Potassium Nitrate - KNO3, sometimes known as Saltpetre in an aquarium
- The Estimative Index (EI dosing)
February 17, 2010, 12:46Fertilising a planted aquarium while eliminating algae
The Estimative Index (EI) was developed by Tom Barr and others. It is a method of ensuring that aquarium…
- Introduction - Tropica Aquarium Plants Nursery
February 15, 2010, 14:37Below is an introduction to and tour of the Tropica aquarium plants nursery in Denmark. The video shows Tropica collecting new plants on one of their regular ex…
- Aquarium Gravel & Aquarium Substrate
February 8, 2010, 09:35
Product overviews
Tropica aquarium substrate acts as a long term nutrition store for aquarium plants, so ensuring magnificent and healthy plant growth. It …
- Plant Nutrition
February 4, 2010, 12:41Just like animals plants need a source of fuel to provide energy in order to grow and thrive. The fuel source for animals is food – meat or vegetables which t…
- Understanding water changes
January 29, 2010, 13:53A maintenance programme is an important part of successful aquarium management and regular water changes are in important part of this routine. The big question…
- Aquarium Plant Nutrition
January 27, 2010, 12:09An aquarium plant, like any other needs nutrients in order to survive. In the natural world - rivers, streams, ponds, fields and hedgerows, plants will find the…
- What is NPK? - Understanding Fertiliser Labels
January 27, 2010, 11:20The information on the back of a bottle or packet of fertiliser can be difficult to understand. It may list the ingredients and appear to give the % of each e…
- Tropica Plant Substrate
January 18, 2010, 15:03Tropica Plant Substrate acts as a long term nutrition store for aquarium plants, so ensuring magnificent and healthy plant growth. It is a natural concentrate o…
- Seachem - Flourite Black Sand™
January 18, 2010, 13:09Flourite Black Sand™ is a specially fracted, stable porous clay gravel for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but…
- Seachem - Onyx Gravel™
January 18, 2010, 13:03Onyx Sand™ is a specially fracted, stable porous clay gravel for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be us…
- Seachem - Onyx Sand™
January 18, 2010, 12:54Onyx Sand™ is a specially fracted, stable porous clay substrate for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be…
- CaribSea - Eco-Complete Planted Aquarium Substrate™
January 18, 2010, 11:58A natural black substrate containing live water purifying bacteria.
Biologically and Mineralogically active.
A natural black substrate containing live water p…
- Seachem - Flourish Excel
January 14, 2010, 14:11The use of either CO2 injection or Flourish Excel™ does not necessarily negate the use of the other. Because the processes of producing photosynthetic interme…
- Easy-Life - Ferro
January 13, 2010, 15:27Easy-Life Ferro provides iron (Fe II) in a highly concentrated form.
It also contains supporting nutrients such as potassium.
Yellowing of leaves (chlorosis) …
- Easy-Life - Kalium (Potassium)
January 13, 2010, 15:10Potassium (K) is a macro nutrient – essential for healthy plant growth. Easy-Life Kalium provides this in a highly concentrated form.
Other macro nutrients s…
- Easy-Life - Fosfo
January 13, 2010, 14:53Phosphorous (P) is a macro nutrient – essential for healthy plant growth. Phosphorous is taken up by plants in the form of phosphates and Easy-Life Fosfo prov…
- Easy-Life - Nitro
January 13, 2010, 14:18Nitogen (N) is a macro nutrient – essential for healthy plant growth Nitrogen is taken up by plants in the form of nitrate (NO3) and Easy-Life Nitro provides …
- Easy-Life - Profito
January 13, 2010, 13:16
Easy-Life ProFito is a highly concentrated universal plant fertiliser that is suitable for all water plants. After much internal and external testing the form…
- Easy-Life - EasyCarbo
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Plants contain chlorophyll which absorbs light. The light energy conve…
- Tropica Aquacare Plant Nutrition+ Capsules
December 17, 2009, 11:24PLANT NUTRITION+ capsules supply your waterplants with all the nutrients they need for healthy and sustained growth over a long period of time. They contain sma…
- Tropica Aquacare Plant Nutrition
December 17, 2009, 11:13
PLANT NUTRITION liquid is designed for aquariums with relatively large numbers of fish compared to plants. It is rich in iron and contains all the all the imp…
- Tropica Aquacare Plant Nutrition+
December 17, 2009, 11:06All in one Aquarium plant food. Possible the best all round nutrient.
- Correcting nutrient deficiencies
March 4, 2010, 15:02Nitrogen Deficiency
Use Calcium Nitrate or Potassium Nitrate added to the nutrient solution at 20 to 50 ppm Nitrogen
Phosphorus Deficiency
Monopotassium Phos…
- Hydroponic Grow System
March 4, 2010, 14:05
The simplest hydroponic grow system uses a form of hydroponics called hydroculture.
It has also been called Passive Hydroponics and Pot Culture.
The great…
- 10 checks for pinpointing Nutrient Deficiencies
March 4, 2010, 13:41
Check nutrient conductivity (EC) - Is it too low? If so, adjust it accordingly
Check the pH - Is it between 5.8 and 6.2? If not adjust it using a pH UP or …
- Home Hydroponics Systems
February 22, 2010, 16:33More and more people are using hydroponic techniques for growing plants indoors. Hydroponics systems have been used for many years by commercial growers but the…
- Secret Jardin - Grow tent
February 10, 2010, 13:30Who are they?
Secret Jardin are a grow tent manufacturer who have their sales office based in Brussels, they were founded in 2006 with a view to enable every…
- PurLec - UK Distributer
February 10, 2010, 11:28PurLec, the Canadian based Hydroculture specialist has plans to increase its operation in the UK. They are currently building a new website: - www.purlec.co.uk …
- Mildew
February 8, 2010, 12:43What is Mildew?
Mildew is a fungus that looks like a dusting of castor sugar on the leaf and that harms the plant. There are many types of mildew. Very often a…
- Sulphur deficiency in plants
January 29, 2010, 13:15What is Sulphur?
Sulphur is one of the molecular building blocks for a number of proteins, hormones and vitamins, such as vitamin B1. It appears in many import…
- Calcium deficiency in plants
January 29, 2010, 12:47What is Calcium?
Calcium occurs throughout the entire plant. It is used for many processes in the plant, however, calcium is most important for the growth proc…
- Magnesium deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 21:14What is magnesium?
Magnesium is an indispensable element. In plants, it represents a building block for chlorophyll (leaf green), and therefore, it is essentia…
- Potassium deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 20:59What is Potassium?
It is necessary for all activities having to do with water transport and the opening and closing of the stomas. Potassium takes care of the …
- Phosphorus deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 20:41What is Phosphorous?
Phosphorus plays an important role for all living organisms and is an essential nutrient element for plants and animals. It has a key posi…
- Nitrogen deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 15:19What is Nitrogen?
Nitrogen is one of the important elements a plant needs. It is an important part of proteins, chlorophyll, vitamins, hormones and DNA. Becaus…
- Iron deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 14:30
What is Iron?
Iron is a vital element for plant life. Iron has a number of important functions in the overall metabolism of the plant and is essential for th…
- Correcting nutrient deficiencies
March 4, 2010, 15:02Nitrogen Deficiency
Use Calcium Nitrate or Potassium Nitrate added to the nutrient solution at 20 to 50 ppm Nitrogen
Phosphorus Deficiency
Monopotassium Phos…
- Hydroponic Grow System
March 4, 2010, 14:05
The simplest hydroponic grow system uses a form of hydroponics called hydroculture.
It has also been called Passive Hydroponics and Pot Culture.
The great…
- 10 checks for pinpointing Nutrient Deficiencies
March 4, 2010, 13:41
Check nutrient conductivity (EC) - Is it too low? If so, adjust it accordingly
Check the pH - Is it between 5.8 and 6.2? If not adjust it using a pH UP or …
- Hydroponic lights
March 3, 2010, 16:22
Why do plants need light?
Plants absorb certain essential elements through their roots and leaves which they convert into carbohydrates. This is their 'food'…
- Home Hydroponics Systems
February 22, 2010, 16:33More and more people are using hydroponic techniques for growing plants indoors. Hydroponics systems have been used for many years by commercial growers but the…
- Valcent Products - Vertical farming - Part 5
February 16, 2010, 10:00Hydroponics - A taste of the Future
In the final part to Valcent products introduction to VertiCrop™ we see how it can be adapted to a wide range of location…
- Valcent Products - Vertical farming - Part 4
February 15, 2010, 11:20Global application of Hydroponics
Valcent product see the VertiCrop™ system as having a wide Global appeal, whether that's in "Eco" projects looking into dif…
- Valcent Products - Vertical farming - Part 3
February 14, 2010, 10:00Cutting food miles with Hydroponics
By installing the VertiCrop™ system at Paignton zoo Valcent products have managed to not only cut down the food miles for…
- Valcent Products - Vertical farming - Part 2
February 13, 2010, 10:00A Hydroponic future
In part 2 of Valcent Products introduction to the VertiCrop™ hydroponic system, you'll hear of how it may be implemented in any climate, …
- Valcent Products - Vertical farming - Part 1
February 12, 2010, 10:44Vertical Hydroponics
Part 1 of 5 short videos showing how Valcent products have approached the need to improve the way we provide food for the future. With the…
- Canna Coco - How to use
February 10, 2010, 15:08
Shake bottle well before use
Fill nutrient reservoir with water
Add Coco to the nutrient reservoir with the dilution ratio 1:250 (400 ml A and 400 ml B p…
- Canna - Coco Products
February 10, 2010, 14:54The first nutrient product that was suitable for use when growing on coco and it still hasn’t been equalled after all these years.
CANNA Coco gives unr…
- Secret Jardin - Grow tent
February 10, 2010, 13:30Who are they?
Secret Jardin are a grow tent manufacturer who have their sales office based in Brussels, they were founded in 2006 with a view to enable every…
- PurLec - UK Distributer
February 10, 2010, 11:28PurLec, the Canadian based Hydroculture specialist has plans to increase its operation in the UK. They are currently building a new website: - www.purlec.co.uk …
- Mildew
February 8, 2010, 12:43What is Mildew?
Mildew is a fungus that looks like a dusting of castor sugar on the leaf and that harms the plant. There are many types of mildew. Very often a…
- Vertical Farming
February 8, 2010, 10:41Paignton Zoo’s new vertical farming system featured on BBC breakfast time earlier today. The zoo hopes to save £20,000.00 per year on growing salad crops for…
- What is Hydroponics?
February 4, 2010, 12:56In the natural world plants have to find their essential nutrients in the soil. The growth of a plant will depend very much on the nutrients that it can find. I…
- Plant Nutrition
February 4, 2010, 12:41Just like animals plants need a source of fuel to provide energy in order to grow and thrive. The fuel source for animals is food – meat or vegetables which t…
- Sulphur deficiency in plants
January 29, 2010, 13:15What is Sulphur?
Sulphur is one of the molecular building blocks for a number of proteins, hormones and vitamins, such as vitamin B1. It appears in many import…
- Calcium deficiency in plants
January 29, 2010, 12:47What is Calcium?
Calcium occurs throughout the entire plant. It is used for many processes in the plant, however, calcium is most important for the growth proc…
- Magnesium deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 21:14What is magnesium?
Magnesium is an indispensable element. In plants, it represents a building block for chlorophyll (leaf green), and therefore, it is essentia…
- Potassium deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 20:59What is Potassium?
It is necessary for all activities having to do with water transport and the opening and closing of the stomas. Potassium takes care of the …
- Phosphorus deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 20:41What is Phosphorous?
Phosphorus plays an important role for all living organisms and is an essential nutrient element for plants and animals. It has a key posi…
- Nitrogen deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 15:19What is Nitrogen?
Nitrogen is one of the important elements a plant needs. It is an important part of proteins, chlorophyll, vitamins, hormones and DNA. Becaus…
- Iron deficiency in plants
January 28, 2010, 14:30
What is Iron?
Iron is a vital element for plant life. Iron has a number of important functions in the overall metabolism of the plant and is essential for th…
- What is NPK? - Understanding Fertiliser Labels
January 27, 2010, 11:20The information on the back of a bottle or packet of fertiliser can be difficult to understand. It may list the ingredients and appear to give the % of each e…
- Canna - Coco
January 22, 2010, 11:36
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- Canna - Hydro Flores
January 21, 2010, 14:52
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A direct availability and a correct composition of nutrients play a crucial role during the plant’s blooming phase. HYDRO FLORES stimu…
- Canna - Hydro Vega
January 21, 2010, 14:49
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In the beginning of the growth phase, the plant lays the foundation for its eventual yield. Characteristics of a healthy and powerful growth are…
- Canna - Aqua Flores
January 21, 2010, 14:43
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Aqua Flores is a complete professional nutrient for fast growing plants containing all the essential elements for optimal flowering. Aqua Flores…
- Canna - Aqua Vega
January 21, 2010, 14:40
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Aqua Vega is a professional fast working nutrient for plants containing all the essential elements for optimal growing. Aqua Vega is easy to us…
- Canna - Terra Flores
January 21, 2010, 14:32
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The availability and composition of nutrients play a crucial role during the plant’s flowering phase. The tendency of potting mixes to bind nu…
- Canna - Terra Vega
January 21, 2010, 14:26
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Terra Vega is a complete professional nutrient for fast growing plants during the growing phase, specially developed for growing in pots and pot…