CONTENTS
January 2012
FEATURES
46
46
60
108
Master Media
by Shane Hutto
122
Nutrition - Plant Diet Basics
132
The Devil is in the Details
by Matt LeBannister
by Casey Jones Fraser
146
Seeking the ‘Maximum Yield?’
154
Giving Your Plants a Checkup
by Ed Harwood
by Dr. J. Benton Jones, Jr.
Lighten Up!
by Grubbycup
by Dr. Lynette Morgan
60
by Frank Rauscher
Learn to Garden and Change the World
86
Keep it Simple, Stupid!
Instrumentation Made Easy
+ Troubleshooting
70
132
98
10 Tips for Starting Your First Garden
by Matt Geschke
by Lee Mcall
84
DEPARTMENTS
From the Editor
144
Tips and Tricks
12
Letters to the Editor
164
Beginner’s Corner
14
MaximumYield.com
166
You Tell Us
20
Simon Says
168
Talking Shop
22
MAX Facts
170
Do You Know?
32
Product Spotlight
172
Coming up in February
84
Green Thumb Gardening
176
Max Mart
106
Avant-Gardening
178
Distributors
120
Growing for Health
10
Maximum Yield USA | January 2011
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