Let's face it. Growing weed IS WORK!! It's work no matter what your method. I've never had a "JOB' that was as rewarding as the WORK I put in to growing. So next time you think it's too much think again.
I seen the mites in your firs pics and the root rot sucks too. Good luck getting rid of both. They are relentless problems. I've learned to settle for controlling them. It's been a constant battle.
I can't figure out why people think they need some fancy and expensive contraption for clones. There has to be hundreds of cloning methods out there. Why do people think that the more money they throw at em the better they grow?
Just keep this in mind. The most common accident in indoor growing is an electrical fire that starts in wiring that you thought would be fine. Check your chords, plugs and outlets or anywhere there is a connection for heat, They should not be hot to the touch slightly warm is as hot as it should...
If you are blowing a 50 AMP breaker you have something seriously wrong somewhere. I have worked with electrical wiring for a long time. Without seeing your wiring I can't give you any advice about how to fix it. What I can tell you is a breaker is just a warning that the fire is soon to follow...
I tend to start different plants at different times. I like being able to change things up the way you can with single buckets. Right now I'm using Aeroflo ripoffs and like them except for the fact that I can't change things around as much.
I've been reading a few threads on RDWC and I'm having a hard time seeing the advantage to doing this over just using single buckets. Can anyone enlighten me?
You are a lucky man to have things dialed in that good in such a small res. Tells me you have some grows under your belt. However in general the larger the res the easier it is to keep stable. My advise for a new grower is to use a larger res.
Right now I use T5's for veg. I have 3 4' 4 bulb fixtures for a total of 648 watts. The fixtures were about $200 each. Now when I have new bulbs in them all they work very good. The problem I see is the fact that t5 bulbs lose brightness quite quickly and should be changed at least as often as...