Entering its 20th growing season this year, Keizer Nursery has added all the supplies necessary for hydroponic and soil-based indoor gardening. Perhaps appropriately, they’ve also expanded to have an indoor shopping area that will be open year-round traditionally the nursery has closed in winter and have also added more space for their traditional outdoor offerings.
They’re also expanding their accessories line to include more pots along with tools, lattices and others the idea being making Keizer Nursery a one-stop shop for gardening needs. The owners aim to be the local authority on indoor soil and hydroponic gardening.
Alongside all manner of flowers, fruit and vegetable producing-plants, shrubs and more, the additional growing supplies include hydroponic systems, grow lamps, nutrients, containers and even bat guano “one of the best fertilizers out there,” according to Duane Zitek, who is partnering on the venture with nursery owner Cyndi Michael.
“People can grow all year round,” Zitek said, adding hydroponics can create more than one bloom per year.
“Also, they’re cleaner, there’s way less pest problems and it’s more self-sufficient,” he added. “Everything’s on timers so all you have to do is feed it once a week, putting in fertilizer and water.”
Some of the plants Michael has for sale can be found at larger retailers, but she said the difference is knowing exactly where her plants come from. Her mother, Martha Marx, grows about half the stock herself.
Michael said the rough economy has taken a toll on her business she closed her west Salem location last year but thinks more business can be generated from folks looking to grow more of their own food, be it for economic or sustainability reasons.
Or just “they know what’s going in it,” Zitek said.
He said advancing technology in the indoor growing industry over the past two to five years have made growing indoors, particularly the grow lamps, more cost-effective. The lamps now use less power than they used to, he said.
Brands the nursery now carry include BotaniCare, General Hydroponics, Humboldt Nutrients, Foxfarm and Sunleaves. They can order out-of-stock items via catalog.
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They’re also expanding their accessories line to include more pots along with tools, lattices and others the idea being making Keizer Nursery a one-stop shop for gardening needs. The owners aim to be the local authority on indoor soil and hydroponic gardening.
Alongside all manner of flowers, fruit and vegetable producing-plants, shrubs and more, the additional growing supplies include hydroponic systems, grow lamps, nutrients, containers and even bat guano “one of the best fertilizers out there,” according to Duane Zitek, who is partnering on the venture with nursery owner Cyndi Michael.
“People can grow all year round,” Zitek said, adding hydroponics can create more than one bloom per year.
“Also, they’re cleaner, there’s way less pest problems and it’s more self-sufficient,” he added. “Everything’s on timers so all you have to do is feed it once a week, putting in fertilizer and water.”
Some of the plants Michael has for sale can be found at larger retailers, but she said the difference is knowing exactly where her plants come from. Her mother, Martha Marx, grows about half the stock herself.
Michael said the rough economy has taken a toll on her business she closed her west Salem location last year but thinks more business can be generated from folks looking to grow more of their own food, be it for economic or sustainability reasons.
Or just “they know what’s going in it,” Zitek said.
He said advancing technology in the indoor growing industry over the past two to five years have made growing indoors, particularly the grow lamps, more cost-effective. The lamps now use less power than they used to, he said.
Brands the nursery now carry include BotaniCare, General Hydroponics, Humboldt Nutrients, Foxfarm and Sunleaves. They can order out-of-stock items via catalog.
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