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We answer the age-old question: is it necessary to ditch your nutrients and use nothing but water during your plants’ final growth phase. To flush or not to flush?

In this article, we’re going to talk about enzymes, and more specifically, why they are in fact extremely useful. Here are the five ways enzymes add zip to your plants.

Perhaps one of the more surprising topics to incite argument, in the horticultural world at least, is whether the foliar application of nutrients to a plant is worth the grower’s while. So here we ask: what is a foliar application? Why might you want to use one? How should you use one? And why the controversy isn’t really that controversial at all.

Are PK boosters really necessary? The answer is; well yes. So to help clarify why you really need to consider adding a PK booster to your shopping list, here are the Top Five Reasons you need a PK Booster (or more specifically – SHOGUN’s PK Warrior)

These are the things you need to look out for when choosing a coco nutrient.

The Greenhouse Effect (GHEDirect) is the longest running family owned hydroponic store in the UK. We opened in 2000 in a small unit on a farm in Milton Keynes, initially run just by Adam and with his wife Kath in the background.

Coco isn’t exactly an “off the peg” growing medium. It comes with its own set of coco-specific rules. For this reason, some people unfairly give coco coir a miss. So here are 6 crucial things you need to know about coco, including how to choose the perfect nutrient feed for your coco-grown plants!

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