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SM90 is made specifically for spider mites and will not inhibit transpiration like Neem will. I can't speak from experience, but I'd be hesitant to spray an anti-transpirant on my plants right as they should be ramping up bud production. Additionally, SM90 works well for PM and boosts root...

Growing is less social, and more technical. This is the same reason that guys typically dominate the IT world. Sure there are women who do it, and do it well - but generally speaking, it's an activity that appeals more to a guy's mindset.

Not trying to state the obvious (which didn't occur to me when I was working to set mine up) but - you can only employ a float valve if the level in your res. is pretty much constant. My res drops by a couple of gallons each feed cycle - but only for 5 minutes or so. Connecting a float valve to...

1. You should check the Ph of both your res. and the runoff 5.8 - 6.1 is ideal 2. The length you veg depends on a number of things, but with 400w lights, I wouldn't veg beyond 2' or so before switching to flowering as you will lose out due to poor penetration. On my first grow I vegged to...

Is it possible the plant is root-bound? I haven't ever grown in soil - hydro to start and now aero - so take my input with a grain of salt, but the general rule of thumb for pot size is 1 gallon per foot of growth. If it were my plant, I'd flush with plain PH'd h2o for a few days and see what...

I have been wondering about this very thing, I have a couple of plants with massive root systems in flower right now and had wondered what would happen if I tried this. I'm assuming there would be some recovery time required before throwing it into flower, but... More interesting still would...

1400 is pretty extreme, but so is 280 (based on your feeding of 1/5 of recommendation). I was concerned when my TDS got to 1300 the other day, and I'm in week 7 of flowering. During veg I kept it around 800, but guys like Earl appear to keep theirs around 600 and some around here claim to have...

Yeah, somehow I missed the bubbleponics part of the OP both times I stuck my head in here. Disregard my advice.

Sweet is organic.

In my room - the green stuff on the block was a dead giveaway. I was growing with a drip system though.

Leave it on, you'll get algae otherwise. You might want to cover the top as well with panda plastic or something similar.

Thats likely not a good thing. Is your system light-tight? What is your res temp? Anything above 70 (65 is ideal) and you may run into issues. I've had good luck with h2o2 and SM90 for fighting algae, etc...

Have you checked Craigslist for food grade 275 gallon syrup containers? I used two of these for my aero setup instead of building the setup you proposed with pond liner. They ran about $90 each. You can see what I'm talking about on the first page here...

I'd be interested in seeing more pics also. I, too, have come up with a system that I believe avoids many of the issues associated with common aero systems - it's always good to see others who have taken their own approach. The free exchange of ideas is a great thing.

WTF? Was the original post fed through some sort of online translation engine?

Well, all of this certainly proves my theory that Jesus was, in fact, the son of a lawyer and rode a T-Rex to and from school. Yay religion! Boo science! I'd debate, but I'm off to fill the res. of my aero system with bong water and Jager - some guy told me it's the hot setup and will result in...

Use plant yoyos - I have them supporting several 4' plants in 2" netpots (not in a Aerogarden). They're about $2 at a grow store.

Everything I've read suggests that bleach will kill your organics. The other side of that is that the organics I used on my last round were fine with the tap water I used straight from the faucet. The question that needs to be asked is - what concentration results from 3-5ML per 50L? Tap water...

RW = Rock Wool. Be sure to follw instructions and flush your RW with Ph'd water before you use it - I failed to do so the first couple of times and ended up adjusting my PH down twice a day for a month or two until I flushed it really well. Also, I've never grown with E&F, but RW holds a great...

One other thing to consider - you don't have light penetration to your roots do you? I had this same issue before I abandoned my 4" tube aero for a better design. I suspect that light penetration, among other things, caused my issue.