LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Grower Gains Confidence
After Reading
After my first curious visit to a
hydroponics grow store, I left with a
little more confidence in my plan to
switch from soil to hydro gardening. I
later found out the most useful tools
I acquired that day at the shop were
the two Maximum Yield magazines I
left with. Last month, I successfully
completed my first self-sustaining
Zachary T. Van Nostrand
aquaponic system, which is fed by the
organic fish I am raising and powered by the lights my plants
use every day to grow.
Zachary T. Van Nostrand
Editor’s Note: Zachary has won $100 to spend at his favorite
indoor gardening shop, HTG Supply in Charlotte, North
Carolina, for telling us why he loves Maximum Yield. Could you
use an extra $100 to spend at the hydro shop? Enter Maximum
Yield’s I’m a Fan contest at maximumyield.com/contests for your
chance to win!
Light Advice Goes Far
After reading “A Beginner’s Guide to Calculating Lighting
Needs” by Eric Hopper in Maximum Yield, it got me
thinking about my current lighting arrangement. With two
400-W lamps (one HPS, one MH) giving me 60 W per
square foot, I assumed everything was as good as could
be. But all this talk of micromoles and PAR piqued my
interest, so I took the lamps down to my local hydro store,
where Peter tested each lamp’s micromole output. He then
compared them to a 315-W LEC lamp. I was speechless.
My 400-W lamps were putting out around 500 micromoles
each, whereas the 315-W was putting out 700 micromoles
using 20% less power. That’s why I love Maximum Yield!
Knowledge is power, but in this case, knowledge means
less power. I have ordered two 315-W LECs and ballasts.
Craig G.
Reader Wins $1,000
Worth of Grow Gear
Congratulations to our 2015
Maximum Yield I’m a Fan Grand
Prize winner, Cris Sanchez from
Ontario, California, who has won
a grand prize of $1,000 to be
spent at his favorite indoor garden
shop, Green Thumb Garden Supply.
“Maximum Yield is where I learn
about all of the products that are
Cris Sanchez
good for growing, and all of the new
products coming out. Maximum Yield has taught me tons of
new things. In fact, I’ve learned more stuff in one year reading
your magazine than I have in the last three years of gardening
without Maximum Yield. I love all of the topics you guys cover
in every issue. I sometimes travel nearly 60 miles each way
just to get the magazine, but it is worth the G&