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Miscellaneous
Have you ever over watered your plants? Or forgot to water them? The Thirsty light makes it easy. This gadget is easily placed in your soil or soilless mix and will subtly blink when dry to notify you your plant needs water. Now available from all homegrown hydroponics distributors or online here.
Reflective materials are useful when growing in an enclosed area. Light from above will be wasted to an extent from other sides of the plant if it is not reflected properly.
One option for reflective material is biaxially oriented PET film. Better known as Mylar. It is a metallic film sold in the roll that will reflect light back on to plants. It is aluminized by evaporating a thing film of metal on to the sheet. The result is much less permeable to gasses and is often used in food packaging but is very useful in indoor plant growth.
Another option for reflective material is to use black and white plastic paper. These are sold in rolls similar to mylar only instead of metallic outing, one side is white plastic and one side is black. This is very useful when a light source is outside of your growing area. Place the black away from plants and the white side towards it. The black will absorb light from the outside and the white will reflect it back on to plants inside your plant growing area.
Choosing the right scissors or sheers to trim your garden with can me a more important decision than you may think. Although it may not add directly to the benefits of your garden, choosing the wrong set could damage or harm your plants. Using improper sheers can cause bruising of the plants stems and branches.
A good set of scissors are the green leaves pruning tools. They are made with a complete stainless steel blade, cast aluminum handles with a soft TPR grip. They have an ergonomic design that makes them comfortable to hold and easy to maneuver with plants. Also has a lock position for proper storage of the unit.
| Homegrown also offers easy to use snip and clip scissors. These are helpful to keep a hand free when trimming, and easy to use on the hands |
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A less expensive way to properly trim small plants is to use a standard stainless steel scalpel. These are best for taking cuttings of plants or small trimming needed on your plants. |
Sprayers are often needed for foliar spray, pest controls application or basic watering in addition to your regular hydroponics set up. Plants usually uptake nutrients through their roots but many plants often use their leaves for feeding. Sprayers can range from a small standard plastic spray bottle, to pressure sensitive industrial sprayers or systems se tup to automatically spray plants.
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