FROM THE EDITOR | TOBY GORMAN
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FOR MANY, FALL
IS A TIME TO
TAKE STOCK OF
THE GROWING
SEASON. WHAT
WORKED, WHAT
DIDN’T, AND
WHAT TWEAKS
WILL IMPROVE
THE NEXT CROP.”
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aintaining a successful growroom lies in the subtleties. It’s in the record keeping, dayto-day habits, keeping your tools and growroom clean and comfortable and sticking to
a tried-and-true watering and feeding schedule.
With a strong foundation of work ethic and knowledge, your plants will grow stronger and
healthier, and your harvest will be more rewarding.
That alone is incentive to work harder and learn more about growing. Whether you are a
hobby grower or it’s your vocation, there is always more to learn about growing indoors.
For many, fall is a time to take stock of the growing season. What worked, what didn’t, and
what tweaks will improve the next crop. It is also a time to look forward to adding to your
growroom and embrace the ever-improving technical advances manufacturers strive every
day to create.
This issue focuses on a lot of those little things that can be improved upon or added to
your repertoire. We started with the basics. For newcomers considering indoor growing,
be sure to read 10 Instruments Every Grower Needs; How to Revive Dying Houseplants
in 5 Easy Steps; Composting … Where a Breakdown is a Good Thing; and Growroom
Ergonomics. All of these stories will help budding growers start on the right foot and
blossom into knowledgeable growers.
We then graduate to more complex issues, such as choosing the right grow media, taking
your growroom to the next level, organic pest control and knowing when it’s time to take
advantage of the latest in lighting technology and upgrade your ballasts.
Finally, even the best growers continue to look to improve. Dr. Lynette Morgan provides us
with insight on vapor pressure deficit, an important article as we transition from the sweaty
days of summer to cooler, shorter days of fall, and we also look into systemic pesticides and
how best to supplement your CO2.
In short, there is information in this September issue of Maximum Yield for everybody
to take note of, put into practice and eventually add to their growroom bag of tricks and
knowledge.
We hope you have as much fun reading it as we
did putting it together. As always, thanks for reading
Maximum Yield and if you have any questions feel free
to contact us at [email protected].
Maximum Yield USA | September 2016