A while metformin 1000 mg pill back we did some rebuilding of the original Super Cropper system and created a Super Cropper 2.0. It has an improved manifold, spray-lines and anchors for the net-cups. We have been growing with this system for over a year now and the versatility and ease of use is just amazing. We...

An urban setting is a unique environment to try to grow a garden, particularly if doing so indoors.  A particular interest of mine is the use of growth regulators to create the right stature plant for light usage and to hasten ripening. (Bhut Jolokia, week 5.5) Here we see a Bhut Jolokia...

I did some serious pruning today. As the Roma plants end their lifecycle they start to branch excessively and weakly. I pruned down to the strongest vines on each plant. I would like to highlight the similarity to this drawing I posted on GPL before the grow was started What a master of grow...

We are taking a major step forward this month and starting a Greenhouse!  After looking at several options, we decided the best value and most exciting way to go would be to build our own greenhouse vs. kits that are on the market.  The basic plans we used can be found here:...

Hey everyone, I wanted to share a few pictures i snapped  when i was cutting into the tomatoes we produced using the penetrator light.  Zach was out of town, and i didn’t want the tomatoes to get too soft so i decided to see how they chopped up different ways and then i’d put...

Let me introduce myself.  I am Mr. Icculus.  I am new to “Distributed Urban Agriculture“, but have had quite  a bit of success growing orchids and Miracle Fruit hydroponically, with my specialty being Bhut Jolokia peppers. I just started growing a Bhut Jolokia under a 6-band HO...

This update is more like a week 10-11 update. I would apologize for the infrequency of updates, but I’m not too sorry The smiles are because UHGU has some amazing stuff going on that will help us to take the next step in pursuing our dream of distributed urban agriculture. Since...

Still going strong…a couple of lessons learned with these plants. - I have been mixing my base nutrient much weaker and using the CalMg to bring the EC up to desired level. These plants seem to start have BER problems at anything above 2.0 EC. - These things love foliar spray. The more I...