CONTENTS
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April 2013
FEATURES
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56 Tasty Tomatoes: Improving Flavor
102
and Quality in Hydroponically
Grown Tomatoes
by Bill DeBoer
66 Super Starts: Raising
Transplants that Yield Big Later
by Erik Biksa
80 Undergoing an Organic Transformation
by Eric Hopper
94 Simply Silica
by Helene Isbell
102 Organic Rooting Medium:
Composting Wood
by Dr. J. Benton Jones, Jr.
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110 Soft Water's Not That Hard!
by Jennifer Casey
120 Grindo: Indoor Quality, Outdoor
Quantity, Greenhouse Grown
by Jonathan Valdeman
130 High-tech Propagation
by Dr. Lynette Morgan
144 Lights and CO2: Pros and Cons
by Matt Lebanister
152 A Different Kind of Fertilizer: an
Introduction to Biosolids
by Grubbycup
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DEPARTMENTS
12
From the Editor
142
Tips and Tricks
14
MaximumYield.com
150
Avant Gardening
18
Letters to the Editor
160
You Tell Us
20
Ask Erik
162
Talking Shop
22
MAX Facts
166
10 Facts On...
34
Product Spotlight
168
Max Mart
64
Beginner's Corner
171
Distributors
78
Growing for Health
186
Coming up in May
92
Green Thumb Gardening
164
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