Dutch buckets are probably the most versatile for bigger plants. In a power cut you can water by hand or have a 12v pump/battery for backup. I...
Garden Pearl is a good one for hydroponics and limited space as it stays low. You`ll need to raise the light for single stem toms to prevent...
Its worth noting that convection currents are much more difficult to initiate in horizontally orientated air spaces compared to vertical ones....
You might find 6 is too many when the roots get going :)
Taking the bottom leaves off might improve airflow around the plants. It`d be less favourable for fungus and keeping leaves off the soil is good...
Never write off a tomato plant, they have a strong survival instinct. Here`s the stem of the repaired plant with the tape and splint removed, it...
John`s advice is spot on, i`d pick the strongest sideshoot and take off the rest so theres no competition for resources. I had a few broken stems...
The main benefit of aeroponics is in the rapid, abundant root growth and the type of roots it produces. All things being equal, environment wise,...
I run high pressure aeroponics (80psi during each misting). While it does speed up growth it wont cut years off a plants natural growing time if...
The best plan is to find a sparky registered with the "competent persons scheme". If you do the work yourself and something happens your insurance...
Hi HG, I was aiming that one at Kristen :) I do most of my cloning using mains water, which comes out of the tap at 75psi. Its a pretty basic...
For cloning and basic aero you dont need anything special. Here`s my "thrown together for 2013" sprinklerponics setup comprising a single spinner...
Looks like blossom end rot to me. Its usually caused by a calcium deficiency in the soil but can also be caused by irregular/insufficient watering.
I dont think heat bothers them too much, we have a leaf cutting bee nesting in a hole in the mortar in the shed wall (single brick), it must be...
Pretty much. The plants perform the expensive compression phase for free (liquid to gas ), which takes a lot of energy but again its provided for...
Thats the electrical fan energy required to heat the soil mass by an equivalent 1000w or 3,413 btu in old money. To raise or lower my soilmass...
I use about 19w of electrical power to put 1000w of energy into the soilmass. The system thrives on high air temps and high RH as the bulk of the...
There are only a few shcs systems in the uk that i know of that use the original method developed by John Cruickshank, who sadly passed away in...
There`s barely enough sun to heat it in the summer these days :) David, before you go raiding the bottle banks consider the soil under your...
Here`s the strawbridge design but i wouldnt expect too much from it...
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