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.
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
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
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...
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...
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.
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...