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Shopvac with a HEPA filter element. Home Depot sells both.

That reminds me. About a million years ago, sugar cane bagasse (a waste product of the sugar cane industry) was used extensively in media for epiphytic plants. Apparently there's an equivalent waste product from agave used to make nectar. Anyway, bagasse was not a whole lot more expensive than...

I used to grow a lot of sarrs. I don't know which bugs you're trying to combat, but pitcher plants probably won't measurably impact your pests. If you have fungus gnats, either switch to an inorganic substrate, or use Gnatrol (a form of Bacillus thuringiensis, which is a bacterial larvicide- not...

Sure, he says that now, because Bain isn't making its bucks off of enforcement and incarceration. Upon election, I expect his position would change quickly. The existing framework is far too lucrative to have it disassembled simply by executive fiat- even if that were possible. Presumably the...

"At least" five hundred dispensaries closed by DEA in Cali over the past 8 months. DEA will let them open and operate for just enough time for some capital to accrue, and then go in, shut them down, clean them out, and keep the cash. The pickings will be a lot easier here in Arizona due to the...

I like Home Grown, but I confess I don't do a lot of price shopping. http://homegrownhydro.com/ They were here before Prop 203, which speaks well for them IMO.

A little note about using tap water: the water sources for the Valley vary over the course of a year. Sometimes it's canal water, sometimes it's from wells- and the total dissolved solids (TDS) varies throughout the year. So- it may work well at some point, and then later you'll find out that...

The primary advantage offered by LED is efficiency. However, the initial expense is such that it takes a very long time for LED to catch up with any other form of illumination. If you want to start small and cheap, just go with CFLs, even hardware-store CFLs. You won't get much in the way of...

That gives me an idea for an experiment: "sandwich" the coco in the middle, with perlite top and bottom- bottom for drainage, and on top to keep down gnats.

SUPERthrive is such a "messy" product; the owner refuses to release the precise ingredients, and by doing so at least a couple of states (Oklahoma, Oregon, and Minnesota, IIRC) have prohibited its sale. The primary active ingredient (NAA) is a synthetic compound that is similar to IAA. Both are...

I am glad you weren't chased off. :) Having Crohn's myself, if I can be of further assistance, please let me know.

Understand that Crohn's is one of a very few conditions that is explicitly listed as being eligible for a card in Arizona (and several other states). First, get a copy of your husband's records. Ensure there is documentation that he has Crohn's (firm diagnosis by a physician- endoscopy, blood...

Yeah; that combination (only 30% strength GH nutrients, CalMag+, and a 0-50-30 fertilizer) is too low in nitrogen. You might look at a more "complete" nutrient formulation for flowering, or (if using GH nutrients for flowering) increasing the strength of that and backing off on the 0-50-30.

I'm wondering whether that's Alaskan Thunder Fuck or Matanuska Thunder Fuck. I don't even know if there's a difference; ATF/MTF is loaded with legend and lore anyway. The stuff that's in cultivation is probably not the same stuff as "true" MTF, but- no biggie. MTF grows strongly for me.

Little tip for you: distilled water and RO water (if the membrane is new-ish) both have no buffering capacity; this means that the pH will swing wildly when you add something that is acidic or basic. Moreover, pH probes don't work well with pure water. pH papers are much better at that sort of...

Look into a "zero waste" RO system. Unless they've changed in the past few years, the principle is pretty straightforward: the reject water from the membrane is pushed back into the supply pipes. It's only slightly concentrated over what the membrane gets as "fresh" water, and provided someone...

The filters are usually just activated charcoal, so they'll take out chlorine, but won't do anything for the salt content. Some filters like Britta will contain a filter puck that takes out dissolved solids, but it's an awful expensive way to make clean water. RO is the least expensive way to...

Several people offering clones on Craigslist; search for clones, kush, white widow, MMJ, under For Sale. Caveat emptor, of course, guys selling bagseed as White Widow or whatever.

Don't forget that much of that 1kw goes out as waste heat, which has to be removed by an air conditioner or home HVAC. Because heat pump efficiency varies with the temperature difference between inside and outside, it's tough to say how much energy it costs to cool the heat dump from a 1kw bulb...

AZCannaFarmer.com is filled with folks that left AZCS after getting fed up with Bill. Traffic at CannaFarmer is a bit slow most days, but at least there's no 'tude going around on there.