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Recent Posts by Alex Stone

The Importance of Monitoring EC Levels In Your Indoor Grow

There are numerous things in your indoor grow that are critical to measure and monitor to keeps things growing. Lighting, CO2 levels, airflow, for example, are essential aspects of your business that need to be regularly observed and adjusted. But it's also vital to measure EC levels.

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Why Lighting Automation Is Important For Indoor Cannabis Grows

There are many variables when creating an indoor cannabis grow. Nutrients, lighting, airflow, spacing, and irrigation are all crucial factors when setting up your grow space. In this article, we'll focus on lighting and the benefits of automation. By using automated lighting, greenhouse growers can better meet the needs of their plants with scheduled light spectrum and intensity adjustments. This improves plant performance and the ability to meet year-round growing demands with the added benefit of lower electricity bills. 

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Grassroots Cannabis: Customer Highlight

Mitch Kahn co-founded Grassroots Cannabis in 2014. Since its humble beginnings, the company has scaled up considerably and secured 27 licenses in seven states with more than 300 employees. 

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Best Agricultrual Injectors For Indoor Grow Operations

Fertilizer injectors have been used for decades and are utilized by the majority of growers in the U.S. to apply water-soluble fertilizers to plants. These devices "inject" a pre-determined amount of concentrated fertilizer solution into an irrigation line so that the water supplies the proper concentration of fertilizer to the crops. 

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Must-Have Equipment For Your Greenhouse

Regardless of size, here is your must-have list of equipment before you start growing.


Whether you're planning to grow fruits and vegetables for your family, create an award-winning flower garden, or grow commercial, here are some must-have equipment options to consider. Because like everything in life, nothing stays the same, and agriculture is no different. 

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Can CO2 Increase Your Greenhouse Yield?

The quick answer is yes, but to properly adust CO2 levels, it's crucial to comprehend how the process works. So let's start with a little CO2 education. 

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Agtech Trends: Greenhouse Automation


Agtech has had a profound impact on the agricultural landscape. As a blanket term, "agtech" has been used to describe a host of innovations occurring at the intersection of technology and agricultural production, encompassing everything from crop-surveillance drones to remote lighting tools.

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How Greenhouse Automation Can Assist In Social Distancing

Unless you've been living off the grid for the past month, you're probably aware that the effects of the Covid-19 virus have changed our world as we know it. More and more companies are sending employees home to help stop the spread of the virus. This has led to uncertainty and leaves business owners searching for ways to manage without staff. 

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Is Fertigation Right For Your Grow? Pros and Cons

Is Adding Fertigation to Your Growing Mix Right for You?

AgTech is revolutionizing the way crops are grown. The ability to control environmental factors and agricultural processes with extreme precision leads to better crop yields, better resource management, lower costs, and improved environmental conditions. One precision technology that has become extremely popular across a wide variety of crop types is fertigation – the synthesis of fertilization and irrigation. 

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How To Expand Your Grow Vertically

How To Expand Your Grow Vertically

A lack of space to expand crop size has been a limiting factor for growers and farmers for as long as agriculture has existed. Still, thankfully, technology has answered the call for help with an increasingly popular solution – grow up.

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