Growing Environment
Water
Understanding How Water Type Impacts Your Gardyn
Water type, defined by water’s hardness level, is a key factor in determining how smoothly your Gardyn runs, how healthy your plants grow, and how muc...
Discovering Water Quality: pH and EC
You know clean water in your Gardyn is important, and you also know tap water is the best type of water you can add to your Gardyn . If you want to ...
Do I need to measure my water's pH levels?
No! We designed the Gardyn system to be as simple as possible. Our plant food plus our plant-based water treatment solution, HydroBoost , are special...
How Does the Environment Impact Plants' Growth?
Environment - or in the case of your Gardyn, room environment - is one of the key factors that affect plants' growth. While your Gardyn controls much...
Optimal Temperature & Humidity Ranges
Temperature and humidity are two key characteristics within the environment that will determine your sprouts' and plants' growth levels and overall he...
Maintaining Airflow for Healthy, Productive Plants
Airflow is a critical factor to plant health in a myriad of ways: good airflow acts as natural pest prevention, encourages growth, and lets light reac...
Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Green Algae: Why It's Important to Cover Open Slots
If you're seeing a bright green growth on top of your yCubes/rockwool, it's almost certainly green algae. In early stages, it can appear just like the...
How Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Impacts Your Gardyn
In Gardyn, your nutrient solution (plant food dissolved in water) directly feeds your plants minerals, so there’s no need for a complex soil food web....
Identifying and Understanding Edema
Noticing some leaves curling up, or bumps on some of your plants' leaves? One explanation might be that your plants have edema. Rest assured, edema is...
Understanding the Light Schedule
Sufficient light is crucial to growing healthy and thriving plants. Your Gardyn’s light has two modes: Schedule Mode and Manual Mode. In Schedule Mode...
My plants have dried, burnt, brown, dead, crunchy, or crispy leaves - what's wrong?
There are lots of ways you might describe this on plants older than sprouts ( when sprouts turn yellow or seem to wilt , there can be different explan...
Can I switch my lights to go on at night instead of during the day?
Unless your Gardyn is in a dark space during natural daylight hours, such as in a basement with no windows, we do not recommend switching your lights...