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if u have a mini/portable greenhouse (100 bucks) u could rig up some incandescant (yes incandescant) bulbs in there to extend the plants photoperiod,, not necessarily giving it usable light , but keeping the babies from going to bed at nite. for instance have the light kick on at 5 and turn...

the dry stuff works , if u know how to mix it properly ... i dont see how a large scale op could be done economically without the dry nutes ...

so far soo good with the marine cuisine ... i'm also liking it because it helps keep the ph down in the soil because the water and soil around here are in the mid 8's ph wise.. marine cuisine is an acidic fertilizer (most are) .. have moved to the liquid feedings with fox farms big bloom...

i'm also trying marine cuisine for the first time this year in a big outdoor planter box that also has pro mix hp ocean forest potting soil worm castings perlite pumice added dry 1-2-1 beneficials microcorrihzal (sp?) and bacterial innoculants. a couple pounds of greensand and...

i have some friends that swear by Dutch Master hydro nutes. and i have heard good stuff about House and Garden Nutes by Van de Zwaan but have never used them myself... if u look at the labels u'll find that a lot of the nutes out their liquid or dry are basically the same ingredients in...

nothing really , although u could make a foliar feed out of worm castings ... but a lot of serious soil growers get their supplies at hydro stores as well... from ur post it sounded like the friend was going hydro, but i thru in some soil recommendations also , just in case ... ur friend...

if u want to go on the cheap side and follow the directions look into this recipe below.. u can get all this stuff at a farm supply store.. 200 gallon reservoir changed once a week 12 weeks 2400 total gallons used total nutes needed 19.5# Peters Pro 5-11-26 hydroponic special (has micro...

check out jardiniercorp and their subirrigation autopots... its basically a double bucket where the top is the soil and the bottom bucket is a reservoir and the reservoir supply is wicked up via capillary action... will hold 2-3 weeks worth of water.. definetly recommend the shading, and...