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Thanks for your thorough reply, CaneDog. Last year I researched how to buffer the coco coir and came up with adding calcium to the mix but I'm not finding my notes on how much. The pepper plants didn't seem to have any deficiencies. My problem seems always with tomatoes. I've often thought of...

I didn't add any other supplemental. Perhaps, It's time I should think about applying tea. I'm curious what could lock up nutrients? The pine fines are "aged". I was under the impression that containers shouldn't contain more than 10 to 15% compost. Here in Ohio, we usually have a moderate dry...

Actually, I'm not sure about the nutrient deficiency with those tomatoes. I should have spent more time diagnosing, but frankly, that happens to me every year with tomatoes. I'm just resigned to killing them in August. That was the longest run I had with them, however.

Those measured amendments were for my 7-gallon bags. I also had three 20-gallon fabric bags I used for tomatoes that grew to 8 feet then slowly from bottom to top turned yellow and died mid-August. I believe that was caused by a nutrient deficiency. I don't recall where my notes are on amending...

I want to recharge last year's pots for this season. Here's the mix I used. 30% coco coir 25% rice hulls 25% pine fines 20% leaf compost with the following amendments to each container 1 cup azomite 1 cup humate 1 cup kelp meal 1 cup alfalfa pellets The results were not impressive but I had...

I'm using coco for the first time this year.    I've hydrated a 5 kg brick, subsequently realized it needs to be buffered and or washed. The 5 kg brick hydrated to just about 18 gallons of media. Using litmus paper I tested the coco in distilled water that looked between 5 and 6 ph.  I have...

I did overstate the mix. Sorry my mix was 20% compost. 

So I've got some numbers on re-amending my container mix for the second year yet I can't remember where I got these numbers. For every gallon of soil 5 ounces of aeration and 5 ounces of compost. 10 gallons of soil would then need 6.25 cups of aeration and 6.25 cups of compost or .4 gallons of...

I'm going to plant almost 40 containers ASAP!  Didn't really plan on painting but it could be an option if I want the 7 gallon size. Thanks. 

that's almost 100% against. I really wanted to do the 7 gallon but the black, well kills it for me. 

I'm looking at buying some plastic grow bags again this year. I can get 5 gallon white and 10 gallon white, yet the 7 gallon bags at my local hydroponic store are black. I'm of the opinion that black absorbs radiant energy and gets hot whereas white reflects radiant energy and remains cooler...

I wonder if hardening off has something to do with what type of light is used. I just put out my seedlings yesterday. Cloudy all day with the occasional peak through. They got 8 hours at least with no trouble. These were started from seed Mid February using an HLG 100 3000K LED. Sorry didn't...

I have a 3000k HLG100 and it kicks my Naga, Jalapeno, and lemon drop into flowering like crazy at the beginning of winter and now again another flush of flowers. However the Naga drops them probably because I don't have enough control over the other 8 parameters.   

I learned a lot of very useful information from watching videos with Dr. Bruce Bugbee of Apogee Instruments Inc. via Youtube. There are several videos, sorry you'll have to watch a few, but I believe he gives the basics for understanding Lighting and how it pertains to plant growth. There's a...

I found that leaving peppers out one full cloudy overcast day seemed sufficient for hardening off. Maybe starting super hots soon might be good if that's your goal.

I've got some end rot on Poblanos and various others. We had over an inch of rain last Wednesday followed by 95F temperatures. This season has been like that. A lot of rain over a couple days then dry for a bit. The 5 day forecast looks dry and 90F temps. I'm wondering If the next watering I...

good work,THANK YOU! Now I wonder how much of a pest they'll be. 

I'm now thinking it looks very close to a treehopper.

Thanks, I'll probably have to do just that. O.S.U. should have an office, If I can capture one. They are super had to focus on with my phone camera. Maybe 2-3 mm long. They fly away If I try to capture.  Here's another shot but not super helpful. They have a teardrop shiny black shape viewed...

sorry I'm trying to ID the bug perched in the crotch of the tomatillo branch in the center of the photo. They're very tiny and hard to see details.