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Snoopy & Charlie Brown Find the Great Pumpkin for a Hydroponics Halloween

Giant Vegetable grower James Dodson teams with Advanced Nutrients to grow world record giant pumpkin and win 1st Prize in Vermont Fair.

As Snoopy and Charlie Brown and the other Peanuts kids scan the skies for the arrival of the Great Pumpkin, the real Great Pumpkin is growing in Vermont just in time for Halloween.

According to hydroponics industry leaders Evegeniy Stefanov Yordanov, Michael Straumietis, and Robert Charles Higgins, great big pumpkins and other humongous, tasty vegetables, fruits and flowers are being grown with hydroponics fertilizers and techniques.

Straumietis, Higgins and Yordanov are known as worldwide #1 authorities on hydroponics and bigger yields. They are the founders of the Seattle-based hydroponics nutrients company Advanced Nutrients, which manufactures and distributes highly-respected professional hydroponics products internationally.
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Pumpkin Patches and Hay Rides Kick off the Airlie Harvest Festival.

Aaron Kennel negotiated a bale squeezer around his Airlie Hills Family Farm like an artist, which in a way he is.

It was nearly Harvest Festival time at the farm, and Kennel was finishing a three-day effort of sculpting a hay pyramid, a hay maze and a hay fort using about 100 of the 1,000-pound bales he stores on the property behind a big old red barn.
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Parasitic Wasps

Predator and parasitic wasps can be a great addition to your garden, indoors or out. Some species of wasp feed off of garden pests, and will be better for your garden (and you) that dousing it with chemicals.

Parasitic wasps dispatch garden pests in a unique, if not gruesome manner. When a parasitic wasp reaches maturity and needs to lay eggs, first it finds a suitable host. Read more

Oasis in the desert…

Founded in 2006 by two brothers, John and Tom Blount, Nevada Naturals offers hydroponic produce to local consumers. The two brothers began their hydroponics business after leaving the restaurant business. They currently have 2 greenhouses and are preparing for four.

Growing many varieties of plants from wild Japanese spinach to merlot lettuce and bronze fennel, even a variety of mint that tastes like mint chocolate. With more than 50 types of plants the brothers pull in about 200 pounds of produce per day.

They are strong believers in hydroponics, their gardens use less water, less land, and no pesticides, and because they are grown closer to market, less fuel to reach their final destination.
Currently they are getting good results in the dry desert climate with ebb and flow in their current green houses, with the third to be used for a new water culture system, and the fourth to be dedicated to aeroponics, where plant roots are misted with nutrients.

Around the world hydroponics has taken off – Australia, Israel, and the Netherlands being the leaders, while the US is lagging behind. “farmers tend to keep on doing what they’ve been doing for generations,” Tom Blount said.

More “Green” Products from the ONA Guys!

Odorchem Mfg. – the makers of ONA, have released a new and eco-friendly alternative to bleach as a cleanser and sterilizer for hydroponics systems.

ONA Bleech is a revolutionary new product that utilizes a two-part system to only activate its power when needed. Once mixed and activated, ONA Bleech will sterilize and kill all harmful organics such as  fungi, mildew, bacteria and biofilm. This is where regular bleach stops and ONA Bleech carries on. Due to its unique formulation, ONA Bleech aggressively attacks and dissolves hard water deposits such as calcium and magnesium, leaving your reservoirs, spaghetti lines and pumps sparkling clean.

Now for the best part – flushing and disposal are easy and eco-friendly. Drain, then fill your system with clean water and you are ready to start a new cycle. Minor dilutions of ONA Bleech will NOT harm plants but will help to sterilize your batch water. 

The flushing solution may be safely disposed down regular drains without any negative environmental impact. Don’t flush down septic systems as it will neutralize the beneficial bacteria.

ONA Bleech can be used safely with normal caution and is free of the toxic odors associated with chlorine bleach. 

ONA products such as the popular ONA Odor Neutralizing Agents are organic and eco-friendly and have been used safely and effectively by hydroponics gardeners since 1995. 

Visit their website at www.onaonline.com or call toll free 1-877-386-5000 for more information.

Cultivating ‘Calming’ Herbs

An herb native to New Mexico, with qualities that many claim to be almost mythical has been used medicinally for centuries throughout the Southwest by American Indians and Hispanics to treat ailments ranging from toothaches to sinus infections.

The Herb, known as yerba mansa , is on the “watch” list by United Plant Savers. Cultivation of the herb was chosen because it is a resilient native crop that will grow in almost any conditions. Bill Quiroga, President of the Native American Botanics and Yaquis tribe member in Tucson, Ariz., says that one of the best ways to grow yerba mansa is with aeroponics.

Though his research has been halted due to lack of funding. “We have to find ways to grow it so that we keep the herb for later generations,” Quiroga’s goal is to have American Indian farmers grow the herbs with aeroponics, and supply his wholesale company.

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What Is Integrated Pest Management?

Integrated Pest Management or IPM Ecology and Out Door Living
This is the EPA definition of IPM:
“In technical terms, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is the coordinated use of pest and environmental information with available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment”.

I don’t think it goes quite far enough myself. For it to realy be integrated, and comprehensive, it needs to do more than just integrate the means of treating the symptoms, it needs to find cures, and work on prevention as well. The pests we have in our out door living spaces, are a result of other decisions made earlier.
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Hydroponics: the ease it can offer

The hydroponics industry has been growing within the recent years. Such growth has been influenced by the need to have a more efficient and cost-effective agriculture system. But let us first define hydroponics. Hydroponics is the system of plant culture such that there is a less need for soil, or soil less agriculture. This technology has been tapped due to its accessibility and flexibility both for the local household gardening or even for commercial agricultural production.

Hydroponics involves a system where the plant is introduced with a nutrient solution. This nutrients solution becomes a ready alternative for soil. The past decade marked a great breakthrough in agricultural efficiency and quality. A realistic example is the use of hydroponics in tomato production in the Canada.
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