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    Fels Naptha as bug spray

    Looking for feedback and has anyone else tried this. This takes care of spider mites, as well as replling deer. Instructions 1 Unwrap a bar of Fels Naptha soap and grate 1/4 of the bar into small pieces using a cheese grater. 2 Fill a pot with 1 quart of water and...
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    What kind of pump should I use? How much air does each bucket need?

    I use simple aquirium pump's from W--L--M--t. Cheap and work great. Keep a couple in reserse incase of a burn out. And use black hoses cheap a h00m--d-p00t. Clear will alge up.
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    At what level should the nutrients be in the bucket?

    Alge growth was driving me nuts un-till I hit on not letting net basket sit in the water. After good root growth, as stated above, leave the water low so the root are in it. No more alge.
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    Start growing with leds - they are unreal

    Re: start growing with led's...they are unreal The guy probaly a dip.. But.. I've picked up a few led panels and giving them a try. My first experiment will be veg with flo. The a timed mixed with HPS 400 and leds. I stuck a led panel between ( under ) a couple of plants and look like that...
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    Is there too much air

    I feel the main problem is algea. I've used hygrowzine and hydroguard (works great). I'm using white buckets. I'm looking for panda buckets or I'll just get black one and paint them white on the outside. Once I fixed this problem the roots started to take off. I was getting very excited due...
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    Is there too much air

    DWC= Deep Water culture. It's hydro in a bucket. You hang your plant in a basket and bubble the nut solution.
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    Is there too much air

    Hi all. I'm getting a little problem. I'm wondering if I'm bubbling too much. I'm using DWC and fill the buckets up to the bottom of the baskets. I've had two air stones in the buckets at a time. I would but one into each, but when one is remove I wind up with a spair. The air pumps from...
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    Passive Hydro

    Wow... Would grodon rocks work (red clay pepples). Funny point. I'm tying a different aproce to seedlings. I've left them in rockwool, then replanted into larger rockwool. I left then in the seedling try on a heating pad and just keep filling the pans bottom with water untill there's a 1/4 inch...
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    Algea-I'm gonna lose my mind!

    Well Here's the update. I bought a nutriant kit that contained floro grow, bloom, florolishus(sic). And a packet of micro nuts. After doing some extesive research on the net confermed Danks info. Yup, hit it right on the head - Pythium "root rot". The roots wher very pulpy and looads of goop on...
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    Algea-I'm gonna lose my mind!

    Hi Dank and HHW, The water temp is pretty stable around 65-75 deg. The roots have this brown pulpy stuff coming thru the basket slats and down the roots. It also feels slimy. I had the green algea and it was no problem, wipe out the lip of the bucket and poured some H202 03% and It's gone. The...
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    Algea-I'm gonna lose my mind!

    Hi all, Well I'm off to a good start in my medical growing. Can clone like a pro now:cheesygrinsmiley:. But... algea is driving me up the wall.... I clean every thing. New hoses and stones. Cut out covers from the panda film I have to cover the base of the plants in the baskets. I've used...
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    Hydro set-up... ANY GOOD? HELP

    lowes cost more than home depot. most of the other stuff you can get at walmart. I keep only two buckets to a pump. If you try to plumb more in it will steal air from you down line buckets. besides at $11 per air pump from walmart its cheaper than the ones from the hydro and they pump good. get...
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    Hydroponics Garden Homemade System, good enough?

    cheap and simple-DWC (deep water culture). Get a few 2.5qt and 2 1/2 gal buckets w/lids Home depot. 4" net baskets. Sample pack of floro grow. Air pumps large ones hoses stones (Walmart). but... BEFOR YOU GET ANY THING. BUY A GOOD PH METER (HANA AND UP) AND PPM (tds) FIRST..... And read.. I...
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    2nd Harvest - Feed Back

    Hi All, latest harvest. Those that would check out my photos would see the hell I went thru to start. I still don't know what type of indica this is ( I'm starting a stavia(sic) in 2nd stage now). These shots are chopped in a very poor way. I didn't take the pic, but... any way. I would like...
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    2nd Harvest

    Hi, All lasted harvest. Those that would check out my photos would see the hell I went thru to start. I still don't know what type of indica this is ( I'm starting a stavia in 2nd stage now). This shots are chopped in a very poor way. I didn't take the pic, but... any way. I would like some...
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