Recent content by Actinolite

Just keep an eye out for signs of them going hermie. Nanners and the like. Plants, especially that far along, really don't like going from flower to veg to flower.

While it's possible to have spores "stuck" on your fan and spread around that way, they won't germinate and spread like they do on plants, PM needs living plant matter to actually be active on

imo putting screens in to block roots causes more problems than it's worth. the roots will just grow in to the screen and turn it in to a wad of roots. you're better off either using large enough piping that the roots won't be an issue or just pulling them out of the pipes every few weeks. also...

This depends on what you're trying to grow and what their temperature requirements and light requirements are. Some plants will only grow properly with the right photo periods, other's don't care. If you're trying to grow anything photo period dependent you'll need lights to mimic the right...

It's hard to get everywhere they could be, they don't move far or fast but their eggs go everywhere and can survive a long while. Last time I went through this it was only after weeks of daily leaf checks under a microscope or magnifying glass looking for any dot or anything that moved that they...

Not to sound like a dick but then you didn't clean enough. They don't live without living plant matter & their eggs are destroyed pretty easily with either harsh chemicals, H2O2, Essential oils or some kind of fogger. They are honestly not that difficult to remove if you aren't doing some sort...

It's not so much that hard water is more complicated, its just that you've gotta figure your own out, each source is a bit different in composition so you gotta just mess with your nutrients until you find what works. Spring water or tap water would certainly be easier (though spring water is...

If you're gonna use hard water 100% you've gotta try and work with it. Its certainly not the best but not everyone can afford or deal with an RO system. Hard water isn't the end of the world, but definitely makes life challenging.

Dang kratos that's as thorough and detailed as one could hope for. The one thing I would add (sorry I'm not as good of a writer) is to be mindful when working with hard water of the amount of pH adjustment you're doing. You'll find you have to add a lot of pH down to hard water, and the pH...

You never know, today might be the day he's like "hey I wonder if anything has changed on RIU"

I've gotten fully on board that "nothing goes in without being washed" life and man, people think im crazy, but it just is how it has to be

That's pretty much where I'm landing at. Unless I find or think of a new recipe I wanna tinker with, environmental perfection is really the goal

The title pretty much says it. Are you good with your IPM? Religious, kinda lazy, or completely non existent until a crisis? I've had a pretty long bout of pest issues, from PM to mites to various harmless water creatures I mostly ignored until they annoyed me enough to deal with, all of which...

It's a shame you feel that way. I don't think anyone here is trying to steal your work (at least in this particular thread). More so people are hoping to preserve it so they can continue to use it as a valuable resource. You did something few people in this industry do, provided science based...

That's a shame tbh. It was a really good resource for a lot of people with some really well thought information. Shame to see all that work go to waste. I get the frustration of people reposting your content but also can understand why someone would do that given how well put together it was.