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Hi All,

Just built a basic ebb & flood table from a black plastic tub, and some plastic fittings.

I have 2 Nagas growing in it now, in hydroton clay rocks.  Started them in small pieces of a rockwool cube (small cube cut in half then quartered), and dropped them into the E/F system when they showed a little roots from the bottom of cubes( about 1 inch tall seedlings).

They look healthy so far with PH @ 6.0, using GH nutes @ lowest mixture(as per label)... BUT, they seem to be growing very slowwww.  Healthy colour, and tight nodes, but miniature looking.  Am I flooding too often and maybe stunting their growth?  I'm flooding every 2 hrs under 250w MH currently. 

I'll post a photo if that would help.  ...thanks in advance for advice!

  KJ

I tried neem oil spray, that didn't seem to phase them... then neem oil with garlic and chile soaked in the oil for 24 hrs.... this seemed to work at first, but it just doesn't eradicate the buggers completely, and every few days they seem to be re-populating.

 I think the spray is a bit harsh on my plant too, as I have to soak it down with spray on tops and bottoms of leaves and all every day or two, and the blossoming\fruiting has slowed alot last week or so since spraying with the neem.  Does anyone know of a good aphid killer that will do away with these little monsters once and for all, but will not kill my plant?

This grow has been one disappointment after the next from the get go... any help would be appreciated as i'm on the verge of throwing in the towel and starting over.  :cry:

  Jibby

Hi all!

 ... I've seen it mentioned a few times that GH Flora Mato and FloraMicro are a good combination for a hydro mix.

Can someone give me the exact ratios for veg, flower and fruiting stages that you've had success with?  How many mls per gallon of each?

 Thanks much !!!

       Jibby  

Hi all,  great forum you have here!  I need a little help with my hydro pepper grow.

I have 3 plants(1 fatalii, 2 jolokia) growing in 5 gallon pails, re-circulating deep-water culture hydro setup. The plants were started around beginning of June 07, and are indoors under, now, 2 lamps - HPS 400w and 250w. The plants are huge and very healthy, but there are no peppers to speak of yet.
They have all been flowering for at least a month now and most of the flowers just keep dropping off.

I have remedied the "too much heat" on plants with fans, cool light hood, etc... lowered the nitrogen in my GH nutes mix... just a week ago changed light from 24 hrs to 16(dark at nite)... humidity is good... no excess wind from fans.. and have been shaking plants, as someone suggested to release pollen, for a few weeks now(every few days).  I just started to hand pollinate about a week ago and still see many flowers dropping off daily.  >>> I am stumped, and don't know how much longer I can sustain these beasts at this size. They just keep getting bigger daily!

Oh ya... my PH is kept between 6 and 6.3-ish.  Seems I have to add ph down everyday to get them back to 6.0.  I also add hydrogen peroxide(3%) daily to keep the roots healthy(they love that).

Any advice on whats going on with the flower drop is much appreciated. There are maybe 10 peppers just starting out, but seem to be stalled or producing incredibly slow. I swear, a couple of flowers that seem to be changing to fruit have looked the same for 2 weeks now... yet I have to prune the leaf growth of all plants every few days... go figure  :roll:

 Thanks in advance for all replies!!  

   Jibby