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Old 07-02-2012, 08:54 AM
Mattm Mattm is offline
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Thanks for your response. Here are some better photos. I need to start filtering my water, I use as much AC water as I can, I get about 10 gallons a day in this heat. Real briefly, below is a list of problems I had and will be correcting. I was able to pick some great tomatos for about 3 weeks. Everything is rotting now due to tropical storm debby, my nutrients washed out and I was out of town for 7 days. My wife was adding almost no nutrients due to a miscommunication, or (she was pissed at me for being out of town). Either way:
-lack of air circulation, plants were smothering each other
-no sun shade
-brocolli and basil were planted too close to the tomatos
-irregular PH count in nutrient tank
-not enough calcium nitrate
-cheap trash cans that I used for 100 x stock solutions leaked, also with humidity and heat produced mildew, photo included
-troughs not covered well enough cuasing a ton of algae
-My overall setup needs to change, some form of trellis for plants,
-I will be buying a more poweful pellet gun for the iguana infestation

I'm pretty physched about starting over with a more streamlined system. Also, any suggestions on seeds, do you think I should try indeterminate? What do you think about 5 or 6 inch PVC instead of my troughs? Do you think it will be too small for root mass?
Thanks
Mattm
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