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Maiden wrote:Wow

This is a HUGE roots system. How much money i will have to spend for a beginner setup ? I have 0 experience. Also, what are the advantages of hydroculture?

It's an easy setup to do, I made my entire system from Home Depot and Walmart for 30$ total! Really easy! Depending on your type of plant will depend on how big your reservoirs needs to be. You then fill the water up so it's barely touching the bottom of your container to hold the plant. Fill the container holding the plant with some hydroton or something non organic and place your plant in it. The idea is the roots grow through the media into the water. Mix a batch of nutrients (it needs micro nutrients because there is no soil and then your normal fertilizers. I use a brand called EZ-Grow), mix them to the appropriate ratios. Get a air pump you can use for fish, run some tuning into the water to provide the roots oxygen, plus it circulates the nutrients. And boom there you go


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You use EZ Grow? How does it work? And, to add something to what bvalente said, you do not have to use an aerator.

It is called the kratky method. You just let the water level be four inches below the bottom of the net pots, therefore letting the roots get oxygen.

Haha katya its aite . Every one here hav the seeds but not the plant !. So I don't think ill get any tips . And ever since I ordered the seeds from ebay im not sure its a Carolina reaper cause u know its a new species.i got to say im not excited as I was n da beginning

Yeah, so many people on ebay sell because they can get away with it.