Aloe Vera
The aloe vera plant is rather easy to grow. It can be grown indoors almost anywhere and outdoors in select climates. Aloe vera plants are prized for the gelly substance inside their leaves which is used for many types of purposes.
Aloe vera are grown naturally in Africa and the Mediterranean, so they are used to a warm growing climate. In areas that experience cold winters the aloe vera plant can be kept as a houseplant or in a pot outside that is brought inside during the cold months. There are almost 250 species of aloe vera, but generally all have the same look. The aloe vera plant is green, which can vary from dark to a yellowish-green. Some aloe have white markings on them as well. If kept in a warm environment the aloe vera plant can even produce yellow or orange flowers, but this is rare for aloe plants that are kept inhouse.
Taking care of an aloe vera plant is quite simple. They do not need a large amount of care and if a person forgets to water them it is actually a good thing for this plant. The aloe vera plant needs soil that is well drained, like a light mix of part potting soil and another medium. It should be kept in a sunny location when inside and in sun or partial sun outside.
The main problem with growing an aloe vera plant is usually over watering. It is easy to tell when the aloe vera plant has had too much water as it becomes dull in color and the leaves become very soft. If this happens the aloe vera plant should be allowed to dry out and then watered lightly. This should solve the problem.
GHE Flora Kleen
General Hydroponics Flora Kleen is a salt clearing solution that is unique in our industry. FloraKleen is formulated to remove fertilizer residues that can accumulate over time in hydroponic systems, growing media, and potting soils. It is safe for use in all systems and media while plants are growing. It can also be used between crops to clean the systems from accumulated salts. Unlike other products on the market, it is not enzyme based and uses a completely different technology.
FloraKleen can be used at any time throughout the plant life.
During cultivation, FloraKleen:
Dissolves accumulated mineral salts.
Reduces plant stress from excess and imbalanced nutrients.
Breaks nutrient bonds that attach fertilizer salts to growing media, also correcting nutrient lock-out.
Nourishes the microbial life in the substrate.
Use FloraKleen monthly to purge your hydroponic system or potted plants from excess salts that can accumulate as a result of regular fertilizer application.
FloraKleen is also an excellent final flush:
Use FloraKleen as a final flush a few days before harvest to promote maturation and sugaring. Use the last 1 or 2 days before harvest, alone or in conjunction with Ripen.
Its high concentration and low price make FloraKleen the economical choice to protect g your plants in both hydroponics and soil based environment.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
In Hydroponic systems:
Between nutrient solution changes: Mix 1,5 to 3 mL per liter of water. Use milder solution for young or fragile plants, stronger solution for older and stronger plants close to harvest. Circulate 24 hours with FloraKleen alone before adding nutrients.
Final flush before harvest:
1.Alone: Drain old nutrient solution and discard. Refill hydroponic reservoir with fresh water and mix 3 mL of FloraKleen per liter water. Run this solution during last day or two before harvest.
2.With Ripen*:
Add 3 mL of FloraKleen per liter water during the last 2 days before harvest to increase the sugar level in your crop.
In potting soil & soilless mixes:
1.Alone: Fill a watering can with fresh water and add 1,5 to 3 mL /L ForaKleen. Drench until there is runoff from the bottom of the pot. Resume your regular fertilizer schedule with the next watering.
2.With Ripen*:
Add 3 mL of FloraKleen per liter water during the last 2 days before harvest to increase the sugar level in your crop.
* NB. FloraKleen and Ripen are not antagonistic, but work together in perfect synergy.
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Can Carbon Filters
- Can Carbon Filters
Can-Filters® has been manufacturing carbon air filters for over 15 years. With time comes experience and professionalism which has enabled the manufacture of a high quality, no maintenance, carbon air filter for the ultimate in air purification, particulate removal and extreme odor control, up to 99.5%.
If you’ve ever tried to garden with organic fertilizers in a greenhouse environment, or suffered through allergies due to pollen, you’ll see why we offer these amazing filters.
All carbons are not the same. Can-Filters® uses a custom specified Virgin Activated Coal Based Carbon (CKV4) to insure longest possible performance. Whether utilized for commercial, industrial, or residential use, you can be sure that the proper carbon type, carbon weight, and bed width has been chosen for maximum effectiveness.
Can-Filters® Activated Carbon Filters are constructed with a “packed bed” design to give consistent performance, long life (12 to 18 months), and are completely maintenance free. The packed bed design prevents the formation of preferential channels which can allow untreated air through the system. This unique design gives Can-Filters a larger surface area for significantly lowered pressure drops.
Effective treatment requires the exchange of air in the growing area in a period of 5 minutes. Compute your requirements by mulitplying the width times the length times the height of your growing area to obtain the total cubic feet. Divide this number by 5 to determine the proper filter size needed.
For example, if your growing area is 8 feet long by 8 feet wide by 8 feet tall, it contains a total of 512 cubic feet. To treat this area in five minutes, you would need to use a fan with a CFM (cubic feet per minute) rating of approximately 102.
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White Dual Reflectors
This innovative reflector is a dual use reflector, capable of using up to a 250W CFL bulb(when used with an IEC to UK plug adapter that is supplied).
CFL bulbs are excellent for the propagation and vegative period of a plants life.
Then for the Flowering period the adapter can be removed and a HPS bulb can be used.
So you effectively get two reflectors in one!!!!
High Gloss Imperial White open ended reflector offering wide angled coverage.
The Dual Wing has a super strengthened spine that has been specially manufactured for use with CFL lamps.
Dimensions of Assembled Reflector:
H 15cm
W 50cm
L 46cm
For use with :
Up to 250 CFL Bulb
Up to 1000W HPS Bulbs
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Medi-One 4-3-3 Recommended by Dr Hornby
Medi-One 4-3-3
What is it?
Medi-One is an exciting product from Green Planet Nutrients that is 100% organic intended for fast growing annuals. Medi-One is a complete one part grow through bloom. We have made it so easy that all you need to do is adjust the PH and add it to your plants. Green Planet Nutrients have blended Atlantic Menhaden, Norwegian Sea Kelp, Humic Acid, Blood Meal, Sulphate of Potash and proprietary odor neutralizing agents. The medical community is raving about this product because it is so easy to use and the results are fantastic.
How does it work?
All of the components within Medi-One are carefully assembled to make sure they form a complete cohesive nutrient source that provides everything the plant needs in a timely fashion that leaves the plant full and satisfied. The ingredients in Medi-One feed the soil microbiology who in turn break down the larger organic particles into bite sized portions that the plant can easily take up and utilize. Everything working in perfect harmony.
Why it works?
Medi-One works so well because it contains the following in a carefully well balanced formulation.
Atlantic Menhaden -
The Atlantic Menhaden is a small herring like fish found throughout the east coast of the United States and the gulf of Mexico. The Atlantic Menhaden doesn’t have much value as a direct food source for humans due to its quite bony oily nature. The fact that it is rich in oils, calcium from the bones and protein content make it an excellent fertilizer. The Native Americans have used Menhaden for countless centuries on their crops because they knew it contained a storehouse of beneficial nutrients. In fact, Menhaden is derived from the native word Munna Whaleaug which translates to “that which manures” Menhaden is an ocean fish that feeds on mineral rich plankton, which makes them full of essential nutrients. Medi-One organic fertilizer utilizes fish that are steamed slowly at 190° F which preserves the amino acids, minerals and vitamins. The fish is then broken down into smaller components with enzymes (hydrolysis). The fish component in Medi-One Natural Fertilizer supplies both macro and at least 10 micronutrients, as well as a wide range of essential vitamins and amino acids.
Norwegian Sea Kelp –
Medi-One incorporates kelp concentrates from the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Norwegian Sea Kelp is rich in high levels of plant growth hormones, minerals, vitamins and nutrients. It has been proven that Kelp contains more than 70 different trace elements making it a fantastic natural source of nutrition. When used as a fertilizer, kelp makes plants more robust and healthy. Kelp has long been known to have an added benefit of increasing resistance to pests and disease. Kelp is an essential building block of Medi-One. It also supplies N-P-K, sulfur (S), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), boron (B), sodium (Na), carbohydrates and numerous amino acids.
Blood meal –
Dried blood is an excellent source of Nitrogen and Iron. Blood is broken down rapidly by beneficial bacteria making the nutrients available almost immediately providing lush green growth. The blood meal is sourced from organic feed lots where the animals were treated humanely.
Sulfate of Potash -
This major source of Potassium is harvested in Utah where it is mined sustainably leaving a small footprint. Potassium in needed in ample amounts to regulate the use of CO2 as well as the flow of water throughout the plant. Potassium also is needed to activate more than 80 different enzymes critical for rapid and healthy growth.
Humates -
Humic acids are added to Medi-One to chelate the vast amounts of nutrients and make them more available for rapid uptake by the plant roots. Humic acids or humates also serve an important function in feeding the microbiology within the soil allowing the nutrients and larger organic pieces to be broken down into usable forms.
Blood meal and sulfate of potash are combined with the Menhaden to boost the nutrient levels in Medi-One Natural Fertilizer. Together, the kelp, fish, blood meal and sulfate of potash provide all of the elements needed to grow healthy, vigorous plants. In addition to these ingredients we add a number of other natural additives such as Humates and an odour neutralizing agent that serve to condition the soil, reduce transplant shock and chelate the nutrients. Chelated nutrients are protected against leaching into the groundwater and are more readily available for plant uptake.
Key Points
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- 100% organic
- Excellent results on high value medicinal plants.
- Suitable for persons with disabilities due to ease of use.
- Simple one part grow thru bloom formula.
- Effective as a soil nutrient or as a foliar feed.
- Enhances plant vigour.
- Increased disease and stress resistance.
- Convenient liquid formulation.
- Well balanced formulation.
- Great for use on other fast growing annuals.
- Encourages vibrant lush growth.
- Works great on all fast growing annuals.
- Dr. Hornby recommended.
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Plant Magic Plus
Plant Magic Plus products are designed to naturally enhance the growth, development and overall health of our planets most important forms of life………Plants
Wilma Hydroponic Systems
The Atami Wilma offers the flexibility of growing in pots, with the accurate feeding and increased yield benefits of active hydro.
How The Atami Wilma System Works
The Atami Wilma is an active hydro version of a drip irrigation system. Plants benefit from the accurate feeding of active hydroponics, combined with the flexibility of growing in pots.
Pots are placed on a tray above a nutrient solution tank. Plants and drippers are placed in the pots with the chosen growing medium – clay, coco, soil or rockwool. Set the irrigation frequency with a timer, which triggers the drippers to automatically feed the plants.
The nutrient solution works its way through the medium and over the roots of the plants, draining into the catchment tank and drawing oxygen into the root zone.
The Atami Wilma offers the flexibility to be used as an irrigation system with a tank to catch run off or as a fully re-circulating hydro system.
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HMT Mixed Flow Extractor Fan
Features & Benefits
Range – There are 4 sizes, 100mm, 125mm, 150mm and 200mm, which can be fitted directly to the corresponding flexible ductwork diameter size
Compact – The compact design means the fans are idealwhere space is premium.
Easy To Install – Each fan can be mounted at either the end of the ducting, horizontally or vertically, as well as against walls, ceiling voids and other flat surfaces.
Easy To Maintain – All models have a removable motor and impeller body which means when the fan is connected to ductwork, it can be cleaned easily without removing the ductwork.
Casing – Manufactured from shock proof, heat resistant white plastic, these fans are durable.
Motor Protection – Motors are double insulated, so no earth is required, with integral thermal overload protection, preventing the motor from overheating.
Flexibility – All models include a 2 speed motor, controlled from a remote switch which gives the user the ability to adjust the airflow if under or over achieving.
Safety – HMT Fans are IPX4 Splash proof, protected against water splashing from all directions.
Warranty – All models have a 12 month warranty.
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Plagron pH Up and pH Down
Plagron PH Up
Plagron pH Up: A too-low pH value in your plant food solution may have a negative effect on the growth and flowering of your plants. With Plagron pH+ you can increase the pH level to the ideal range of 5.5 – 6.5. Only at this level are the various nutrients absorbed in the correct balance, resulting in healthy and highly disease resistant plants. A plant food solution with the right pH value also has a stimulating effect on the plant’s metabolism, which makes it grow faster. The result is a higher yield and fewer problems.
Plagron PH Down
Plagron pH Down: A too-high pH value in your plant food solution may have a negative effect on the growth and flowering of your plants. With Plagron pH- you can reduce the pH level to the ideal range of 5.5 – 6.5. Only at this level are the various nutrients absorbed in the correct balance, resulting in healthy and highly disease resistant plants. A plant food solution with the right pH value also has a stimulating effect on the plant’s metabolism, which makes it grow faster. The result is a higher yield and fewer problems.