CONTENTS
February 2012
FEATURES
62
50
Sex and the Single Plant
62
The Science Behind Light
68
The Eco Home II
- New Homes for a New World
by Bob Ireland and Paul Davis
by Eric Hopper
by Charles Winslow
84
Efficiency and the Indoor Garden
92
Treat ‘Em Bad and They’ll Taste Better:
Improving Flavor
by Dr. Benjamin Grimes
by Dr. Lynette Morgan
132
110
102
Amino Acid Chelates - Giving
Your Plants a Helping Hand
by Frank Rauscher
110
Growing Media Options
by Grubbycup
126
DEPARTMENTS
10
From the Editor
138
Tips and Tricks
You Tell Us
118
Perfecting the System
12
Letters to the Editor
148
by Lee McCall
14
MaximumYield.com
150
Beginner’s Corner
126
A Simple Guide to
Taking Plant Cuttings
18
Ask the Experts
152
Talking Shop
20
MAX Facts
154
Do You Know?
30
Product Spotlight
154
Coming up in March
82
Green Thumb Gardening
158
Max Mart
by Richard Gellert
108
Avant-Gardening
161
Distributors
Agricultural Robotics
116
Growing for Health
by Matt LeBannister
132
140
Waste Water and the
Hydrologic Cycle
by Philip McIntosh
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