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if you see little gnats flying around too, it could be fungus gnats. The adults don't harm plants, but they lay their eggs in soil and as the larvae feed they can harm the roots of your plants- I'm guessing that they are consuming beneficial fungi as well. I had that problem and treated...

I'd like see it if you have a picture... Using 4 (or 3) legs so it supports itself is a nice design- but I'm not understanding how you are piping the air into the lift tubes. can you explain how that is done?

If the problem is nutrient lockout, adding more nutrient probably would make the situation worse. I did PH the soil with a calibrated digital tester and it is at 7.0- a few tenths lower would be better but it's not far off the mark. I 'grow my own' vermicompost and have plenty fresh worm...

i'm sorry... i didn't mean to disrespect. I thought I was addressing your questions as well as other responders in the context of my first reply. I really appreciate you taking the time to consider my problem and your questions are very helpful - asking the right questions is the most...

not yet- the mix is supposed to be a little hot so I want to be careful

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Thanks to everyone- some good ideas here. The mix I am using was recommended by an experienced grower as a complete mix that performs well from veg to bloom using no additional nutrients. I've seen his growing room and he is getting VERY good results. The soil was mixed about 3 months ago...

I recently moved from a CFL growing box to separate growing tents for vegging and flowering. The vegging tent uses a single high PAR 200 watt induction grow lamp, and the flowering tent uses a 12 X 54 Watt T5 fixture (1/3 daylight+2/3 soft white). I am growing in a soil that is Pro-Mix +...

that would probably work just fine too. The multiple bins and deep bottom bin is mostly for user convenience... the deep bin collects any liquid for worm compost tea. the multiple stacked bins is supposed to make it easier to collect castings because you can add another 'reactor' bin...

I was looking at commercial worm bins but decided to DIY using the basic design of the OSCR (Oregon Soil Corporation Reactor). I started with Sterilite stacking storage containers from Walmart. They come in many different sizes so I was able to get a deep container for the bottom that...

Those plants look pretty healthy! I'm certainly no expert having one inside grow with a homemade 6X 43 Watt CFL grow light. I tried to grow organic for In my veggie garden and secret garden too. Starting off with no nutes in your water is the right thing to do for seedlings, but it...

I am doing a small organic CFL grow box and just transplanted from pint size plastic cups to 3 gallon root pouch pots. The soil mix is roughly equal parts peat moss-perlite-vermiculite-compost, with an addition of ground dolemite lime. PH is measuring 6.75. I had been watering the pint size...

nice tutorial- thanx!

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