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Nutrition is the engine of hydroponic weed growing, and the way you handle base nutrients and additives decides how well that engine runs. When the balance is right, you get healthy plants, dense flowers, and clean-burning buds. When it’s off, you chase deficiencies, tip burn, and waste money on bottles that are not doing what you think they are doing. At Shore Grow, we like to keep it simple: base nutrients are the main meal, additives are the specialized supplements. Your plants can live …

When plants stop growing like they should, it can leave even a careful grower scratching their head. This slowdown happens a lot during winter when changes in the environment aren’t always obvious. Shorter days, fluctuating home temperatures, and dry air sneak in without notice, setting the stage for subtle setbacks. One part of our setup we look to first is lighting. More specifically, the lighting accessories that keep everything running smoothly. From timers and mounts to reflectors and …

Starting cannabis from seed indoors during the winter can be tricky. Without strong sunlight, young plants often end up spindly or slow to grow. That's where LED grow lights help. They give seedlings the kind of light they need to open up, put out roots, and develop steady leaves, even when the sky outside is gray or dark by 5 p.m. A good setup uses more than just plugging a light into the wall. How we choose the light, where we position it, how long we keep it on, and how we control warmth arou …

Winter doesn’t cut grow rooms any slack. Cold air dries out the space, heaters run constantly, and the usual balance of airflow and warmth shifts fast. Around this time of year, our plants feel those changes from the ground up. We see it in slow top growth, tired leaves, and root systems that don’t seem as steady as they should be. That’s where climate control really comes into play. When we talk about climate control in a grow space, we don’t just mean turning on a heate …