FROM THE EDITOR | Jessica Raymond
Are you new to the indoor gardening scene? Have you forgotten the basic skills? Do you want to improve your hydroponic
garden from the roots up? Our first official Beginner’s Issue will
help you get back to the basics so you can grow your best.
This special issue, the first of 12 themed issues we have
planned for 2012, is dedicated to helping you navigate the
fundamentals for ‘growing your own.’ We open with Grubbycup’s 10 Tips for Starting Your First Garden, an essential guide for
getting started. Before you buy or do anything, read this article.
What good beginner’s guide to indoor gardening would be
complete without covering mediums, nutrition and lighting—you won’t go far without knowing a bit about each of
these topics.
Inside you’ll also find necessary information on troubleshooting a variety of indoor gardening challenges, working
with a small budget, instrumentation and much more.
Once you’ve mastered the basics, Casey Fraser helps you
reach the next level in you garden and advance your skills.
Improvements can always be made, so when you’re ready we
invite you to experiment and explore with all the different
elements in your garden—consider increasing the (lighting)
wattage in your space, adding fans and supplementing CO2,
and introducing supplements beyond the basic nutrition.
Finally, we haven’t forgotten to include a batch