Substrates

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Master dry back! Controlled substrate drying for beginners and advanced users

The key to success in indoor growing is the balance between light, nutrients and humidity, and regular drying of the substrate is an important tipping...

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Perlite (Guide to Hydroponics and Growing in Soil)

Perlite is a versatile growing medium that can be used both for soil cultivation and hydroponics. This material is notable for its lightness and poros...

Soil or coconut growing substrate? Choose the right one for your garden!

Choosing the right substrate is one of the most important decisions you will make as a grower. Whether you choose soil or coconut will affect not only...

Guide to Coconut Substrates

Coconut substrate is a modern growing medium made from fibers and husks of coconuts, available in many forms and suitable for a wide range of horticul...

How to Choose a Potting Substrate

In our complete guide to choosing a suitable garden substrate we present the most important information about the composition of garden substrates, th...

Guide to Growing Substrates

Growing substrates are essential for successful plant cultivation, whether in a home environment or in professional agriculture. From traditional soil...

Don't hesitate to reuse coconut substrate

Coconut substrates can be used without major problems for two or even three growing cycles. Let's look at how to do it, step by step. Coconut substra...

UGro produces eco-friendly coconut substrates and protects peatland ecosystems

It has been more than 20 years since the UGro brand was founded in Barcelona, with a vision from the start to produce high-quality coconut substrates ...

When to prefer fabric plant pots over plastic ones?

Plastic pots represent a cheaper, proven classic. In cultivation practice, however, we sometimes encounter situations where the lower price is paid fo...

What is vermiculite and how to use it?

On the market for products for indoor and outdoor gardening there are a wide variety of soil enhancers available, so it makes sense to introduce a pro...

Growing in Soil: Advantages and Disadvantages

For more advanced growers it is an absolute classic and a foundation, whether it is outdoor soil, a peat-based substrate or a combination of both. Gro...

How and Why to Revitalize Substrate?

With harvest season we receive questions about how to deal with spent substrate after harvest. The topic of today's article will therefore be the revi...

Expanded clay as a growing medium

In today's article you will learn what expanded clay, also known as hydroton, is and why it has become popular especially with growers engaged in hydr...

Decorative, Hanging and Smart Planters

Read about the trends in growing in flowerpots and window boxes. You may be surprised how cleverly constructed some planting containers are, and how t...

Composting Guide

Today we'll focus on a topic that has become a strong trend in the gardening world recently, and we believe you'll find it interesting. We'll be talki...

How to Improve Soil Properties?

How fertile your soil will be depends first of all on whether you cultivate plants in indoor or outdoor environments. In a grow tent the key is the ch...

How to choose a plant pot?

Are practical high-tech flower pots worth it or will an ordinary plastic or ceramic one suffice? It's individual. In any case, today we'll compare bot...

How to choose a growing medium?

Quality substrates are among the basic prerequisites for a successful harvest. These are mixes made on various bases, whether it is peat or for exampl...

Growing in Coconut Coir

Thinking about trying cultivation in coco? Today we’ll talk about a popular growing medium that stands out for its extraordinary versatility and has q...

Growing in Fabric Pots

Plastic and clay flowerpots are a staple that most growers reach for. However, the plastic ones are not exactly eco-friendly and the substrate in them...

BioNova Living Soil: One fertilizer for 12 weeks (and exactly three plants)

It's here! The days when we had to grow in secret are irretrievably coming to an end, and from the new year we'll finally get into proper growing. How...

Choosing a pot for outdoor growing: Comparison of plastic, fabric and Air Pot planters

Some people focus on nutrients, some on light – but few pay enough attention to what the plant actually grows in. A poorly chosen pot can cause seriou...

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