Amazing work by our friends and partners DavaoPonics in the Philippines!! “The effect of just small amount (40ml) of “The Juice” by Grow Switch on rice, have had dramatically lessen the use of synthetic NPKs up to almost 80%, and the needs/use of harmful chemical pesticides to 0%, and tillering increase up to 6 folds (from …Read More
Midwestern farm fertilizer runnoff is expected to create a massive algae bloom and a biological desert to follow it. TOM PHILPOTT JUN. 17, 2016 6:00 AM The Gulf of Mexico teems with biodiversity and contains some of the globe’s most productive fisheries. Yet starting in the early 1970s, large swaths of the Gulf began to …Read More
We’re thrilled to be working with Oregon’s Constant Gardener. OCG carries the best nutrients and growing gear on on the planet, along with real expert gardening advice. These folks are amazing and Grow Switch is honored to have them as our exclusive retail partners in the Eugene and Springfield areas. You can also order online from their website: …Read More
We’re honored to have Growco as our exclusive retail partner in the Grand Rapids Michigan area. Stop by either location for the absolute best products, growing advice and customer service in West Michigan! 1042 Michigan NE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 454-6900 4640 West River Dr NE Comstock Park, MI (877) 939-6900 4hydroponics.com
by Stephanie Ogburn, Few people spare a thought for nitrogen. But with every bite we take of an apple, a chicken leg, a leaf of spinach–we are consuming nitrogen. Plants, including food crops, cant thrive without a ready supply of available nitrogen in the soil. The amount of food a farmer could grow was once …Read More
BY LAUREN ROTHMAN The term “organic agriculture” tends to evoke the image of a verdant, small-scale farm, its friendly, overalls-clad caretaker kneeling among his rows of leafy chard to individually pluck them of pests. A delicate and labor-intensive operation that might produce a handful of lovely CSA baskets, but probably won’t go far towards feeding large …Read More
Product review by Lexx How would you like to make more and spend a lot less? I already know what the answer will be, so let me tell you about the Real FULL ON Game Changer! This is not some chemical trickery, or Hormonal accelerant, or even a booster, or blaster; what it is, is …Read More
by Brenda Frick, Ph.D., P.Ag, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released an update on the impacts of climate change. The storm is upon us. We can no longer speculate that maybe weather will get weird. Weird is here. Powerful weather events have increased. Polar ice is in decline. Wildfires are increasing. Global average …Read More
By Dr. Mercola Environmental pollution is a significant problem. But while most of the focus is placed on polluting industries, toxins like mercury and small particle traffic pollution, a major source of environmental devastation is caused by modern food production. Far from being life sustaining, our modern chemical-dependent farming methods: Strip soil of nutrients Destroy …Read More
For about the last 50 years, farmers around the world have used synthetic nitrogen fertilizers to boost their crop yields and drive the 20th century’s rapid agricultural intensification…But in their fervor to increase yields, farmers often dose their crops with more nitrogen than the plants can absorb. The total amount of nitrogen that is put …Read More