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    preservation Air drying and dehydrator.

    Hi guys, hope this the right section but just need couple questions answered:   When air drying, I mean hanging outside in the sun, do you cut the peppers open and deseed them? Or do you leave them as whole closed pods? I've got some hanging as closed whole pods and some deseeded. Ive had two of...
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    soil Problem with soil plant, blotches on pepper. Also a dwc question

    Hey guys   Having abit of a problem with some of my peppers. The first batch of peppers my plant put out looked really nice, very green very glossy and shiny. Its now put out some more pods which look very dull and have weird blotches on them. Overall the plant looks healthy. I'm also seeing...
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    How to I hold up my DWC plant

    Hi guys,   I've got a little issue. My dwc plant was started in a really small net pot, like 2". Its about 2.5 - 3ft tall now and the wind keeps knocking it over. I don't know how to keep it held up and still make it easy to change water. I have another net pot here which is about 5" across and...
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    Great White Mycorrhizae

    Hey guys i bought some of this stuff from the US. The container suggests 1 scoop per 10 gallon of water. That's really broad. On the next section it says 1 scoop is 1 teaspoon. How much of a teaspoon do I need to use for a 12L reservoir? Can a little too much of this stuff kill my plants?   Any...
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    Problems with dwc plant wilting

    Hey all,   Having a few problems with my dwc plant which is wilting. Before doing the reservoir change, a few days ago the plant seemed fine. It didn't wilt. Moments after the change it began sagging and looking unhappy. The water is exactly the same, filtered water I used last time, the...
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    Can peppers put out pods from previous pod point?

    Just a quick question from something I have noticed. My plants make buds, buds die, buds fall. None of my plants have put a new bud in an old bud location. Can and will the plant do so eventually? I've picked some peppers off another plant and the same thing, the plant just won't put any...
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    TDS EC, PPM conversions, feeding routines help

    Hey all, I seem to be starting alot of topics as I always need to know something new which isn't always available or in language I can understand!   I bought an el cheapo TDS pen off eBay. It reads in PPM. Now I've read there are different conversion methods and that EC is standard but ppm can...
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    hydroponic the order of nutrients added to hydroponics

    Just a quick one. Im gonna change my resevoir today and need confirmation on the order of nutrients. If adding calmag is this the first nutrient you add or the last nutrient after your bloom and micro. Ive seen it a few times written here but when I need it I can't find it.
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    My dwc setup smells 'wet' or moldy

    Hi all,   Its been exactly a week since I setup my dwc. Everything is going fine. The roots are a little brown but they were brown from when it was transplanted from dirt. The new root growth looks very nice and white with little hairs and stuff.   The plant is only small, I was going to change...
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    cloning Is an aeroponic system effectively the same as a cloning system

    Hey all just a quick question. I understand the principle of both systems and to me it looks like they're practically the same thing, in terms of a pump pushing water up through nozzles to create streams of water that hit roots/cuttings. Would this be correct?   Its windy as crap down here and a...
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    nutrients What are the go to nutes in Hydroponics for peppers, lettuce and the likes.

    Hey all, I started a dwc the other day, I was contemplating doing so since it is summer here now. Wasn't a bad decision so far, 36C today, water temp is 22.4C. Anyway I ended up going with GH FloraBloom and GH FloraMicro. I ditched the FloraGro since that's what most people here did.   Are...
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    Is this Bacterial Leaf Spotting?

    We've had some heavy rain, last week and this week. Now my plants are looking like this. I suspect its BLS or some other bacterial/fungal shit so I hit them with a dose of copper fungicide.   No visible pests. Apart from what you see in the pics, everything else is fine.  
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    hydroponic Information regarding dwc and hydroponics in general

    Hey all,   Just got a couple of quick questions. Ive got my self some equipment to do a single dwc setup just as a hobby on the side for abit of fun and what not. Ive got a couple of questions which may be floating around but I have not come across as of yet.   When people start a seedling for...
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    what size net pot for a single dwc

    Hey guys what size net pot should I use? Ive got a 17L bucket and some 78mm net pots but I dont know if theyre too small. It shouldn't matter should it since the roots grow into the bucket not the net pot.
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    fertilizer Fertilizer advice - How many types do you need?

    Hey all,   Recently I potted up my plants into some potting mix with perlite, fertilized coir peat brick and some dynamic lifter. Ive also put some epsom salts on the surface just for a little mag boost. The potting mix I used was specifically formulated for veggies and contains good amounts of...
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    pests Another type of bug lingering around

    Ive found a few of these around my plants. Some sit on flowers but usually just sitting on the tops of leaves. They either walk or fly to other parts of the plant if provoked. No idea what they are and not sure if I should kill or let be.   Anyone have any ideas? I tried to get the best pictures...
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    seeds Looking for seeds down Aussie way

    Hey dudes,   Just want to ask if anyone knows where I can find 3 of the following locally. Theres nothing on the usual sites showing the Carolina Reaper, brown moruga and in stock 7 pod primos. I found a seller on eBay who also has the seeds for the carolina reaper but based on opinions here...
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    New growth curling outwards

    Hey all,   Well its been about a week a some days since I moved my seedlings out to the dirt and everything is going fine. They are starting to get thick, almost doubled stalk thickness and the quantity of new bud growth on the stalks is impressive.   But I have noticed on most of my plants, the...
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    pests Anyone know this bug

      Anyone know what these are? They love my plants. Kill or let be.
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    I think I also have an Fe deficiency

    What do you guys think? Its comkon across most of my seedlings the new growth is yellow, somewhat. The leaves aren't deformed their shape and current size looks fine just they seem yellow. My watering plan is quite tight. Not sure what the issue could be. Those charts ive seen suggest either...
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