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    Pee on your plants?

    I did it last year, diluted it out to 10%. Urine has the majority of plant nutrients found in human waste, and doesn't have to be composted. It seemed to work ok but I still had to add phosphorus and calcium. This year I'm just using a GO box kit from GH.
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    Fixing leggy chillies

    big pot low stress training weeping pepper flowing through typhoon rain storms roots holding many tasty pods
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    Good?, Bad?, Definitely Ugly...

    Do you have any Cottonwood trees in the neighborhood?
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    soil Geopot/Fabric Pot (watering and soil question)

    I am using ocean forest in smart pots and have noticed that it really absorbs a lot of water. The first watering always made the soil float around until it soaked in the water. Getting a good rain helped alot. goc
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    Need HELP with something eating my plants

    I've had simular damage, in one case it was the leaves bumping against the cage, in the other case it was a squirrel nibbling on the leaves. I hope things go well for you. goc
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    How Much Light is Enough?

    Lets first consider spectral effeciency of Metal Halide: Metal Halide Spectrum: All spectrum from 630nm to 500nm is wasted It is about 24% effecient at making it's light. And HPS: Again all spectrum from 630nm to 500nm is wasted. HPS and MH are both gas discharge lamps and be mid-20% eff. for...
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    How Much Light is Enough?

    I've seen many questions about how much light is enough, and I thought I would add some additional facts to the discussion. How much light is enough? Let's first consider the Sun. The Sun is considered a black-body emitter with a temperature of 5778°K. On a perfectly sunny day as sea level...
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    Attention Chicagoans...

    It was a good time! Thanks for the seed AJ, I will enjoy growning them out. It's good to have the chance to breath fire with you guys.
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    Attention Chicagoans...

    I'm up for it, when's it going on?
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    Worms in my pots, I've got worms in my pots!

    I was thinking just to pull the plants and throw them in the garbage instead of composting them, but I'm not an expert... I wouldn't know about bleaching stuff, it might be bad for the plants.
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    Worms in my pots, I've got worms in my pots!

    I don't think it's the earthworms, I have worms in my planter and the plants couldn't look healthier, but I don't use woodchips as mulch, I mulch with cut up weeds that the worms then eat. It kind of looks like Phytophthora Blight that came in with the Tomato plant especially the white patch on...
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