In this article we will look at pH and acidity and how it affects the plant growth. First of all, we’ll look at what acidity and pH really are.

Cultivating plants requires time and energy. Naturally every new grower aims for the best results. However you may find out that there’s more to cultivation than just watering the plants!

We’ll start of by looking at the different types of potting soil available for home growers and we’ve written a section about different types of peat.

In part 1 of this article we gave you the first of our special set of articles on potting mixes.

Nothing could be simpler - take a pair of scissors, cut some tips off a plant, place the cut tips into the potting mix and away they go, right? Wrong.

Aquaponics is essentially organic cultivation of plants and animals together in a re-circulating closed system (water tank), using water instead of potting mixes.

The terms oidium and mildew refer to a group of phytopathogenic fungi that cause diseases in plants and have similar symptoms.

Mildew is the term used for two fungi that cause this disease in hop plants, Pseudoperonospora humuli and Pseudoperonospora cannabina.

Hormones are organic molecules that can influence the physiology and development of plants and animals even at low concentrations.

Roots are one of the most important parts of the plant for taking up nutrients and water. For some growers, they are so important that they always check the root system before watering.