Recent content by Ictus

haha, and is that part of a denture soaking in some bubbles? Sorry I haven't been active on this thread. I've been moving into the new house. my plants actually recovered amazingly well after losing most of their leaves. they're bigger than ever even though I haven't changed or topped the res...

Nice. I wonder how much your LEDs are really doing. It looks like the plants are mostly stretching up to the window.

You're probably right. I just checked the roots, and while the EC didn't rise much, they sucked down almost 2" of water!! That's way faster than normal. The roots submerged in water looked ok, but the air roots towards the top of the netpots were all brown/black. hard to say if its from the...

Well I untaped the cabinet and took out the no pest strip last night. My plants look like they were raped. The one on the right lots tons of leaves and generally looks fried: I don't know whether to blame the NoPest strips or the high temps and humidity that happened with the cabinet...

Also the design of my garage closets seems a poor choice; there's pegboard all over the place which provides a place to hide behind that I can never clean. Going to need to think about designing the new garage to have as few innaccessible nooks and crannies as possible.

Thanks for all the tips. Since my cabinet is so tiny, I think 2 days will be a pretty potent dose in there. Tonight will be the end of day 2. I think I will take the strip out tonight, seal it in a bag, and observe the plants a while. Maybe in a week or so I'll do another 2 day treatment. I...

The reason I got a bit scared of using the dichlorvos is because we temporarily have some chickens in the garage. We are technically not allowed to have em in this current house due to town laws, but they are allowed at the new place. So they have to stay hidden for a few weeks :) So I spent...

Thanks for all the tips. I've actually placed two separate orders already and gotten one order in. Decided to try an even mix of hot and non-hot. Here's what I'll be working with in my next grow: Low-to-Non-Spicy: Trinidad Perfume Tobago Seasoning Rocotillo Cheiro Do Norte Spicy: Peach...

Funny how a mite problem seems to always show up first as a sort of calcium issue. The first sign of trouble for the right plant was no growth and dying innner stem tips, a sign of calcium deficiency. Now the plant on the left has *some* leaves with the curly look that is classic of calcium...

Well it's been about a week and a half since the 1st neem treatment. Very mixed results so far. The plant on the right - which previously had by far the worse mite problem - lost most of the young and mature leaves at the top of the plant withint 1-2 days of the neem treatment. The plant on...

Wow that's a pretty neat setup; a true vertical LED grow. Nice growth too. Starting from seed was probably a way better idea than what I did, getting infested with mites etc ;) I'm sure that's alot of light given how close the LEDs are. Seems like a good case in support of my plan on trashing...

Ok I just found out that the ReptileBasic misters ARE the tefen cloud tops, in the black, 120degree variety. Good thing I didn't order the black ones from cloudtop also, that would have been redundant ;) Also looks like the pricing is pretty similar regardless of who you buy it from, but the...

Failed to get pics last night, doh! My wife ended up having to go back to the ER because of a leaky lumbar puncture from a few days ago... yuck, no fun for her! But I did get in a few boxes to play with :) I've been ordering a few misting nozzles from various companies to see how they compare...

I'll try to get some pics tonight. I think the plants are past the worst of the neem damage. I think I did use a little too much, since any leaves that were curled or cupped that had some neem puddle on the leaves really got burned up where the extra collected. it's most evident on one leaf on...

Well it's been a few days, and the plant on the right is a mixed bag at this point. Some of the brown, gooey stems have turned back to green which I take as a good sign. But many of the leaves look much worse, seeing actual brown scarring and wilting at the base of affected leaves. I'm not...