Jacob is a data team member at Hydrobuilder with 7 years on the team, working across product data, content, and web development. A tent grower himself, he brings hands-on indoor growing experience and a technical eye to the systems, equipment, and cultivation content he writes for the Learning Center.
Seeing crusty lines, pH drift, or rising EC? Learn how to clear nutrient salt buildup fast—drain and flush, circulate a mild acid rinse, sanitize, and reset…
Jacob Rodowick
The first thing you are probably wondering is what does integrated pest management mean? To put it simply, IPM is a holistic, long-term approach to pest…
Jacob Rodowick
Rockwool is one of the most widely used substrates in hydroponics — and for good reason. Formed by melting basalt rock and spinning it into dense…
Jacob Rodowick
Wondering how to get rid of root rot? If your plants are wilting and you just can’t figure out why, this condition may be to blame. …
Jacob Rodowick
Scale insects are small sap-sucking pests that attach themselves to leaves, stems, twigs, branches, and fruit tissue, feeding on plant fluids through piercing-sucking mouthparts. They are…
Jacob Rodowick
Leafminers are small pests that chew and tunnel holes in your plants’ leaves. They create a web of destruction that is not only hard to reverse…
Jacob Rodowick
Keeping your grow tent clean is essential for healthy plants and big harvests. In this guide, we’ll show you the best way to clean a grow…
Jacob Rodowick
There are several telltale signs that caterpillars are wreaking havoc on your garden. Usually, they’re most active during the hot summer months. If you notice that…
Jacob Rodowick
Thrips are tiny, fast-moving pests that can quietly devastate your plants—sucking sap, distorting leaves, and spreading dangerous plant viruses like tomato spotted wilt and impatiens necrotic…
Jacob Rodowick
Identify whiteflies, break their life cycle and clear them with sticky traps, soap, oils and bioinsecticides, plus how to keep them out.
Jacob Rodowick
If you have brown discolorations growing on the leaves of your plants, you may be encountering septoria leaf spot, also known as yellow leaf spot. This…
Jacob Rodowick
One of your many jobs as a grower is learning about and watching for plant illnesses, one of which is verticillium wilt. This soil-borne root illness…
Jacob Rodowick
