Recent content by Tilopa

It has been 6 days of germination, about 85% have sprouted, most by the third day. I'm germinating in Rapid Rooters, and the ones that have not germinated I've open the rooters to see inside and the seeds have not even cracked open yet. Should I take them out and soak them in water? Or is there...

You were right it did not work. I was able to get the water temp in the freezer down to 15 Degrees F but the air going through 50 feet of copper and into the bucket did not change the temp of the bucket water one degree. I came in today and my bucket water temp was 88 F, so I ran out and bought...

Retarded question, once I actually did this it was obvious. How do you delete a post?

This is probably a trivial question but this is my first DWC and don't want to F*** it up. I'm ready to put the clones (in rock wool) in the net pot bucket lid but was not sure if most people set the clone in the net pot directly (sitting on the plastic), and then put hydroton on top, or put a...

Ok, I'm definitely going to give this a try, but I won't be able to get to it until this weekend. But I'll let you know my results.

I'm planning a DWC with 5 gallon buckets. My biggest hurdle to overcome (especially this time of year) is the heat of the water. I had the idea of taking a small cheap chest freezer (about 7 cubic feet) and drilling holes in it and attaching my air pumps inlet hose into the freezer. Then...

So, I'm about to start up a Under-current system after several years of dirt growing because I have heard so much about how yields are better with the DWC type system. But I wanted to know what people feel about the quality of the bud with the increased yields? On the one hand it makes sense...

My vegging plants are infested with something and I'm not sure what it is. I think it is Thrips. The little critters look like little larvae, they are clear white and long oval shaped, very tiny, only visible with 30x mag. Please help me identify this and what I can do about it.

Sorry for the delay in responding and thanks for all the replies. More details about my setup: 100 gal reservoir that I change every 7 days. Nutes are Cutting Edge Solutions base, plus Uncle John's blend, plus hygrozyme, plus just starting using Bloombastic. Plants are about 3 weeks in...

Thanks for the reply. I check my PH about every other day, and it always tends to rise. Usually when I check it it's about 6.2 to 6.4 and I then bring it back down to about 5.8. It is rarely ever below 5.8 and usually a bit on the high (non-acidic) side.

I have some sort of plant disease I believe. My leaves show blotches that progressively get worse - pics attached. I have researched from good and thorough sources and cannot find the cause of this particular leaf symptom. The leaves start off with only a few blotches (which are kind of a...