for hydro/aquaponics roots should be white, when they get dark in color in that type of setup then nutrient uptake will suffer
there should be no visible bugs in hydro/aqua because they are feeding on roots or nutrients and will soon overrun things (i use gammarus "shrimp" in organic systems to...
i have been told to top plants when they reach the 4th - 6th node
right now i'm on 7th - 8th node, but my plants are only about 7inches tall (internode is less than 1cm, closer to 4-5 mm)
is it too early to top/fim?
also,
i know that more than 7 fingers on the fans is normal during veg...
right now i have both normal and wp plants; the growth rate is the same on both (i'm leaning towards the wp showing better growth rate)
(i work in commercial aquaponics (produce) greenhouse and i push pruning to its limits to encourage growth)
from what i can tell the stress that caused the wp...
just started growing again after 10 year hiatus
grew from seed and made clones (jack the ripper, TGA seeds)
about 80% of the clones had whorled phyllotaxy (triple leaves) and i'm wondering:
roots established (notice the normal spiral phyllotaxy (2 leaves) under the whorled
week 2 (pruned)...