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Old 01-13-2005, 07:58 PM   #12
Hipwr_Bill
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Good Advice

It seems like they have covered the high points. I usually leave my bubbles on 24/7 and leave the water just below the bottom of the web pot after the roots have emerged -- I keep the water about a half inch up on the net pot till the roots show up. A little trick that works for me is I have a long funnel that I got in the auto department at Kmart and I use it like a spyglass to look in the bucket at the roots thru the hole where I add the the water and nutes which I cover when not in use. I also installed drains with plastic ball valves on the bottom of all my buckets so I can drain the nutes completely out and refill without lifting plants or buckets. About the nutes I have been using about 50 to 60 percent of the nutes recommended on my successful grows when I moved up to 75 to 100 percent of the recommeded concentrations my pot tasted really harsh and did not perform as well -- kinda like the plants were stunted. I use RO water and technaflora nutes for what its worth. Good Luck and remember if it works for you IT WORKS and if it doesn't work for you ----- well you get it.

Bill
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