The art of hydroponic gardening often involves green growing techniques, so it is logical that Stealth Hydroponics Inc., a manufacturer of hydroponic systems, would show its commitment to the environment in its products and practices.

Stealth Hydroponics developed its line of indoor gardens to use energy-saving Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), designed to replace High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lights or metal halide lighting systems that most traditional hydroponic systems relied on for growing. When Stealth Hydroponics developed its Bubbleponics™ hydroponic feeding method it also incorporated CFLs into its innovative design.

“We have blown the myth that indoor growing needs HPS lighting,” Stealth Hydroponics’ founder and President, Martin Wiggett, says. “While some plants do better with high intensity lighting, most do fine with low heat, energy-efficient bulbs.” Lights sold by Stealth Hydroponics still use low wattage, but they output high lumens and in the correct color spectrum to mirror natural sunlight needed during the various growth stages.

“We have helped save our customers millions of wasted watts of electricity in the U.S. and Canada, and by extension, thousands of dollars,” Wiggett says.

Stealth Hydroponics is a member of the local Waste Knot organization, whose programs are designed to develop relationships within the local business community (Washtenaw County) to increase waste reduction and recycling activities.

The commitment to waste reduction is serious business at Stealth Hydroponics. The company has eliminated the use of environmentally unfriendly Styrofoam™ peanuts as a packing fill used to protect fragile products, such as light bulbs, during shipping. Wiggett says that a combination of expensive brown paper and the non bio-degradable peanuts had been used, but these have been replaced by shredded cardboard boxes that are either received damaged from incoming shipments or are over-sized and, therefore, not economical to re-use.

Wiggett explains: “We are located in an industrial complex with other businesses that have stopped throwing their cardboard boxes into the garbage dumpster and now give them to us to shred and use in our packing. In this way, we save even more waste from entering landfills.”

Stealth Hydroponics is also lending a helping hand in the fight to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and thus, reduce its carbon footprint. The company tries to locally source most of the components used to assemble its hydroponics growing kits. In this way, it is contributing towards lower fuel costs that are incurred to transport parts to its Michigan location.

You can get more information about and Hydroponic Growing Systems by visiting SH Hydroponics