Recent content by LettuceLady

clean everything... start fresh... sounds like a good idea any suggestions on a good way to clean the accumulated salts from the metal omega trays?

new theory (re rw breathing): Is it possible my 3" rw is old? It's all been in the omega for about 70 days. When a plant dies or is otherwise failing, I've been pulling out the 1" and plugging in a new seedling. Does the wicking ability of rw deteriorate over time?

no darkening or fluffy fungals, just withered and separated from the root I covered the rw with plastic on the top, but since I did that the uptake rate of the nutrient solution has dropped off considerably. They're just not drinking it up the way they used to (and they're starting to look...

I thought h202 would break down too quickly (into water and oxygen) in the warmth of the reservoir.

omega system grotek's grow formula crop: lettuce medium: some in rw, some in peat plugs light: 2 600w hps bulbs, one red, one blue An algae coat started forming on the tops of all the media. I knew this was probably a problem, but my friend (who has a soil greenhouse) had algae...

I'm learning my hydro setting with seeds I can afford to kill :)

Hi, I started my first hydro grow on on October 28. I had started some lettuce and spinach seeds on paper towels, then transferred the largest sprouts to 1" RW. I tucked them all into my Omega machine (one of the big, steel, older-style models). Learning as I go - isn't that always the...