News — Agriculture

CO2Meter has recently partnered with GrowFlux, a company dedicated to innovating the agriculture space and promoting the long term of economic and environmental viability of controlled environment for growers.

Knowing the CO2 ppm levels in your grow room or greenhouse has become increasingly simpler and more cost effective with the creation of automated CO2 controllers.

The RAD-0501 CO2 Monitor & Controller for Greenhouses and Grow Rooms was released 24 months ago. Since then, it has become one of the most popular products we offer. Today thousands of indoor gardeners rely on our CO2 Monitor & Controller to maximize their plant growth. What makes our CO2 Monitor & Controller so popular? Ease of use - Our controller can be up and running in minutes. Simply connect an electronic regulator to a CO2 tank, plug it into the controller, and plug the controller into a wall outlet. Done. Savings - We get lots of comments that our controller...

Author: Michael Forster, PhD, Edaphic Scientific  This is an abbreviated version of a longer article on the same topic which can be found here. Growers can artificially increase the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) available to plants to improve growth and yield. But at night, plants do not uptake CO2 for photosynthesis. Maintaining artificially high levels of CO2 at night may, therefore, be wasteful. Low cost technology is now available to automatically switch on and off the CO2 gas supply during the day and night. In this article, we outline 5 reasons why you may consider turning off the...

Composting is a common method for organic waste disposal. In composting, micro-organisms convert waste into useful products like fertilizer. There are 2 kinds of composting: aerobic (with air) and anaerobic (without air). Although both break down organic matter, aerobic composting depends on micro-organisms that get oxygen from the air, whereas anaerobic composting depends on micro-organisms that get oxygen directly from the waste matter. Aerobic Composting The advantages of composting is that it naturally kills pathogens like E. coli, converts ammonia nitrogen to organic nitrogen and reduces the waste volume. The disadvantages of composting are the loss of some nutrients including...