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Well it's a holiday weekend. I wanted to get some yard work done. I have at least 15 plants that need to go outside. I didn't want to hand mix some potting soil. I picked up a cement mixer from Lowes. I will also use it to do some concrete work. I must put it together. Will post a pic of it...

I find good deals on timers for my pumps. I have had some others, but the very cheap Christmas light timers. Not even worth posting pics. Here is my first good one I got this year. This runs my ebb & flood setup. Here are the 2 I just picked up the other day. May use this one for my...

My dad had these plants. I told him to dig them up to keep them from spreading. Does this look like potato blight? Looks like it to me. It was spreading to his tomatoes too. The roots and potatoes looked ok. Just the top sides of the plant looked bad. It was spreading to the other night...

I was over my dad's house and he dug up some onions for me to plant. He insisted I take some home. I just finished planting them. These are in a 25 gallon bucket.

My house has water about 280 ppm. I was at my dad's house in Anaheim, California and his is 510 ppm. What is everyone else's water look like? Please post. Thanks.

Well I broke down and picked up a EZ-Cloner. I got it on sale for $99. It is a 16 site unit. I also picked up some hard collars for it. I don't like the soft collars. No one around locally could match that price. http://www.discount-hydro.com No I don't work for them or receive any thing in...

I sprouted seed in a bowl or RO water about 5 days ago. Today I just put 16 seeds in potting soil and containers. Went to a friends house for a family dinner. We had green tomatillo salsa with jalapeños in it. It was a delicious green salsa. I came home and took my seeds out of water and...

I went to my local hydro shop. Just picked up a used LED light. It was $30.00, and it works. Could not pass up the good deal. http://shop.haightsolidstate.com/Haight-Solid-State-PPF-400-LED-Grow-light-PPF-400.htm If it fails, I can always repair it. I will use this for seedlings.

Well I was at the store yesterday and couldn't resist the big Pablano peppers. I picked up 2. My kids have never had stuffed peppers. Here is the finished product. We ate the first one so fast I couldn't get a pic. I will include my list of ingredients later this evening. Tasted great. This...

I have heard great things about ezclone's Clear Rez. I know a lot of people think it is just bleach. It is not just household bleach. It contains HOCL (hypochlorous acid). Household bleach contains HOCL as it's main disinfectant. Imagine if you could make your own...

I have heard of people using non ionic surfactants to help soil that won't soak up water. I have some old peat moss like this. I want to buy some Sorbitol 20 to try this. It is a non toxic, plant based, and edible. You can buy food grade stuff cheap. When you mix a little into the soil it will...

Well I ate, and used almost all my cayenne pepper I grew so far. I only managed to end up with 2 pieces that I dried. I'm starting small scale. I'm not planning on selling my powder, just using it. Here is my cayenne pepper plant. It is now out side awaiting a bigger pot. All these peppers were...

I originally had solar installed to offset my high electric bill. This is before I had any grow lights. Now I am really glad I did. Here my grid-tied system is producing 2.2KW of power at about 10am. 90% of it is back fed to my power utility. Anyone else have solar power? It was the best...

I wanted to setup an ebb and flood setup. I am testing it with Lucky Bamboo cuttings. They have no roots, so we will see how this experiment works. Once the test is complete my peppers will have a new place to grow. Empty flood table. Here is the flood table full. Here is the storage...

I just started my first Tea brew. Will post pics in a little while.

I tried to grow a plant from one of these peppers last year. No luck. I also gave my friend some seeds. He grew a plant and gave me this pepper. I have been told it may be an AJI Amarillo. Does anyone know what this is? Pepper has the heat on a Jalapeño. While dissecting this pepper for...

I finally put together all my photos of the nutrients I use on my peppers and tomatoes. I'm always open to something new. I have a friend who swears by earth worm casting. I have not tried them, but want to. Anyone else out there have any suggestions? Here is a photo list of my stuff...

Has any one got into grafting peppers? I have a friend who has done tomatoes. He says you can also graft pepper plants. Here is where my friend gets his grafting clips. http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-6971-silicone-grafting-clip-15-mm.aspx I think I may want to try this. My grandfather used to...

I finally pulled out my Kickstarter project that I backed. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/netaqua/netaqua-web-enabled-irrigation-controller?ref=search I picked up a Roslen automation device for a sprinkler system. Since we are in a drought here in California, I won't be using much...

Well I picked up some pieces, bucket, net pot bucket lid, and a General Hydroponics kit #4116. I think 4116 is the new number for the kit. I have also seen them with 4115. Example: http://www.amazon.com/Farm-Kit-Item-4115-Hydroponics/dp/B0002JAY6E ***** I have some hydroton already. Just...