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The ones on the left (first picture) look over watered. The picture on the far right (last picture) seems like the color is just new growth. I would try to let the plants go almost limp before watering. But don't let them go too limp, or they wont prop back up! ;)  I lift my pots to feel the...

I use FFOF, been u sing it for years and years. However, it is very hot. I ran water through pure FFOF and measured the run-off (this was years ago), and it measured around 3400 ppm. I like my water/feed/run-off to be closer to 1500...   When I use FFOF now, I buy one full-sized bag of FFOF plus...

I don't mean to hate, but I think 99% of the population would recommend against systemics on edible plants, lol... Also, one of the first google searches for imidacloprid is that is has low toxicity, but still extremely toxic to bees.   Just throwing that info out there.       .

  Removing flowers won't generate more flowers. What comes out in the near future would come out regardless of how many flowers you pick off, except that everything you pick off won't be there. People usually pinch off flowers to stall the fruiting process for one reason or another.   If you...

The plant would drop them if they didn't contribute to the plant's system, or if the health of the plant (overall system) isn't good. However, your plant seems very healthy and looks to be making good use of all of it's assets. Kudos on keeping your plants ultra happy.   I might remove lower...

I've run more than a few different versions of hydroponics in my time and I have come across this before, too. In my situation, when the air stopped pumping into the water because I punctured the line and didn't notice for two days, the roots started to rot, releasing material into the water as...

Have you pulled any of the plants out of the pots to look at the roots? - make sure there isn't any root rot from staying damp too long, etc...   Just another idea       .

  That'd be a lot of chairs.     If it was a dosen or so, you could stagger them into a few groups, but yeah, won't work with 60 - probably too late in the season to stagger that many     .

Not to sound too ghetto, but if I only have a plant or two, I just put a patio chair over it so it blocks the sun from roughly 11 to 3, or so. I put the plant straight in the ground where it's going, then add the chair for a few days. Can move the chair slightly to change the hours of shade as...

My [latest] mix is pretty simple:   1 bag of Promix HP (3.8cf) 1 bag of Fox Farm Ocean Forest four or five HEAPING scoops of crushed pumice (perlite works too) a cup of azomite dust a cup of humic acid   mix together and done. I've tried many soil variations, I find this to be the easiest for me...

... never surrender!           .

IMO it's not the peppersd causing the hemeroids, instead the peppers are irritating an open sore that already existed, and people may have simply not been aware of them before eating the peppers. In fact, they should be thanking the peppers for indicating they have possible health concerns like...

Copper is generally chosen by particular growers such as bonsai enthusiasts due to its gentle cohabitatoin (non-sexual definition) with live plant tissue. In other words, concerned plant people use it often because it is very safe for plants. Some metals react with plant tissue causing problems...

I'm not really offering advice either way, I'm NOT against recycling, but I used to recycle soil for my medical plants (I use medical plants as an example because they're even more sensitive, better than false positives). I also used almost the same original mix and also paid a pretty penny each...

I get my best results with 78-80 degrees, varieties will vary, of course.                   .

  I have been playing with seeds for some time now, and I found that the difference bewtwee 50% success and 100% success is usually (but not exclusive to) temperature. I have a temp regulator connected to my heating pads and keep the temps between 78 and 80 degrees. For a good while now, I have...

If the light is too much, the leaves will bleach and/or curl. If the plants look good, so are you!       .

  My wife and I spent two hours in the Miami Airport, and it was FAR too long. Every person who works/lives there (whom we met, talked to, or observed) was extemely rude.   I ordered food from a restaurant (with a smile, mind you) and the most polite response she had was... "fine."     edit: I...

I'm not sure how much this fits the topic, but I just buy a bag of seed-starting mix, some worm castings, and add a little old soil. The mixture is about 40-55% seed-staring soil (store bought, could just use peat with perlite), 20-25% worm castings, and 25-35% recylced soil. Oh, I do also add a...

I take last year's soil, and recharge it over and over again. I add fox farm ocean forest, a little cocoa coir, worm castings, crushed pumice, a touch of azamite dust, and humic acid. This is only for mature plants.   For seedlings, I buy a bag of seed-starting mix and mix that half and half...