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  you can grow flowers to attract lady bugs to your garden.  then you need to collect only 1 female  and 1 male ladybugs in order to produce eggs.      things you need - small pot + soil mix - green bean seeds - clear small plastic box (e.g. 15cm x 15cm x 15cm) - 1 female & 1 male ladybugs  ...

it's cool, right?  i only know the name in Thai language.  it's called เต่าทองลายหยักเหลือง.  

  i have 2 species of ladybugs      

aphids is asking for help but ant can only walk around.  ant cannot do anything!!  

hmmm...  make sure you use insecticidal soap correctly.    in order to be effective, soap must come into contact with the pest.   don't spray whole plant.   just spray the infected area.    even though it's insecticidal soap, it can  harm your plant.  anyway i prefer other method to detroy pest...

  nope.   

plant uptake increases from a dry soil to moist soil.          to avoid nute burn, calculate ppm nitrogen first.          

  it's better for the planet, use coco coir instead of peat. perlite?  not good for health.   it's too easy to inhale perlite dust.  u have to wear mask.  :party:

fruity  HOT!  :onfire:

  nope.   different media require different technique to grow successfully.   super compacted media like clay soil contains very fine particles.  they can hold more water, more nutrients but the big problem is air flow. u need to be careful when watering the plant. u need a way to provide enough...

        here is my lychee plant.  i did air layering a couple weeks a ago.      

in my climate, most pepper variety usually take 1 to 2 weeks to germinate including capsicum chinese e.g. reaper. this pepper variety is my only exception.  it took 1 month to germinate.      

  many people say you can't grow pepper in compacted media. but wait!  is that really true?  i can grow pepper in clay soil without any problem.  as long as root can get oxygen, pH is in optimal range no need to worry about compacted media.

  it's already proper media.  if it's not proper media, how can he grow pepper plant up to this size?

add carbon

  nope.   - if you use double cups method, put root ball in 1 cup above water level.  leave the gap about 0.5cm - stop watering

  no good.  root of healthy plant should look like this. if you can't see very small white root hair then you do it wrong  

the key is to increase calcium uptake.  

please note that hydroponic nutrients can be used with soil too.  take a look at this http://npk-industries.com/omina.html

just use soda bottle and hydroponic nutrients like this