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I use a hanna triple meter, well worth the money. You can get either the pen type or as I did a wall mount unit with leads that stay in the hydro all the time. I think I paid around $200 for mine if I remember correctly.

This is the Ecogrower by GenHydro. I believe it's considered a continuous drip system, not DWC. But what you are describing is a DWC, where the roots are constantly submerged in nutrient and it uses a bubbler. Maybe they have a similar name? If this is the one you have you will notice I left one...

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Actually MG isn't bad at the plants early stages since it's high in nitrogen but you're going to want to switch to something that promotes blooms once the first flowers show. that being said, I do recommend organic fertilizers overall. I think you get better results from organic. (with the...

sounds like red mites but I would need to see a pic to be sure

Gotta be tree rats. (squirrels) We had us a throwdown in my yard one year. little bastards kept digging in my pots up on the deck. never buried anything, just dug. I finally ended up trapping about 12 of them and carted them all over to Wisconsin on the other side of the river. figured that if...

Wouldn't surprise me, still had to go with the pots though. Transplanting later than now would be a waste, not enough time in the ground unless it's a short season such as the jalapenos. *edit* fricken just started raining as I typed this, no love in MN this year.

Well so far I haven't mis-stepped but the weather has been brutal. I gave up on the garden, too cold too late, and now too wet for most of it. I did manage to plant 4 jalapeno's on the high side of the garden but we'll see how it goes. The rest of the garden got a layer of weed block put down on...

The first thing that comes to mind is root rot. good drainage I trust? what type of soil / mix did you use? fertilizer? 8c is 46.4f so its on the edge of what's acceptable but well out of frost range. one or 2 nights at that temp probably wouldn't be too bad since the plants are mature but a...

Yep, it's the green one. I've grown them for a number of years. Very prolific with long narrow peppers and leaves. Fairly hot.

Well I've pretty much given up on planting a garden this year. It hasn't stopped raining in weeks now and the garden is just soaked. I've planted the hydro and I'm going to take my healthiest plants and do them up in pots so I can get them going. It's going to be one of those years...

Finally got the hydro up and running, actually I just got my plants in from CC but had the hydro up for a week now. The garden still isn't planted, we went from too cold to too wet. I'm hoping to get the plants in the ground tomorrow if it doesn't rain tonight. Craze spring that's for sure. I'm...

Ya it works in hydro because of the increased oxygen content. DWC setups have the roots in the liquid all the time and the plants love it but you have to have a bubbler installed or the root system rots. Same principle applies with my drip system. An air pump is used to force the nutrients up...

Got a 9.5lb turkey ready to go in the smoker in the morning:onfire:

Yep, gotta have the Q going for Memorial weekend. I picked up a 9.5lb turkey breast that I plan on smoking over apple wood on Monday. (rain off and on this weekend) I will be rubbing it down with a chipotle/brown sugar rub and basting throughout the day with a butter/white wine mop. Cant wait!

Ya it's a basic smoker that gets the job done. It was a gift from the folks so the price was right. Works for most things but you run into trouble when you start getting into colder temps as it's hard to maintain temps when you open the door to replace wood chips etc, which is about once an...

Just the Brinkmann ECB. It has served me well over the last couple years but I had to modify it a bit to get it to work the way I wanted. Namely I drilled 4 extra holes in the coal pan for air circulation and I added the lava rocks to the water pan to help keep the temps stable since you have to...

Well it's about fricken time we get a weekend that's not cold, rain/snow mix, or just plain cloudy. It is a glorious day here in Minnesota! :onfire: I had to fire up the smoker and today's menu includes pork butt. This was about 4 hours into the smoke with another 4 to go. I'll pull it and add...

This year the potentials are: Orange Hab Bhut Jolokia Red Savina Choco Hab Thai Dragon Indian PC1 Hawaiian sweet hot Hanoi red Santa Fe grande Jalora Jalapeno Long red cayenne Riot Tomato Only one variety and that's Delicious

I'm looking at another 8" of snow starting tomorrow through Friday with nothing above mid 40's in the 10 day forecast. Last year on this date it was 73f here and it hit 81f on tomorrow's date. Smacks of a La Nina year, cold and wet.