Re: [CH] y'all and hydroponics
Chad A Gard (gard@indy.net)
Thu, 17 May 2001 11:51:55 -0500
At 1:21 AM -0500 5/17/01, raincrone@juno.com wrote:
>> Its "ya'll", ya'll.
>
>No, actually it's "y'all"; the apostrophe shows where the "ou" is
>missing.
Doesnt' that depend one what state the rest of the accent come from? I
mean, I would say y'all, as in "you all", but my friend John would say
"ya'll" as in "ya all".
My topic saver...
Anyone growing hydroponic chiles? I've been thinking about trying it since
last spring, but my financial life has been in turmoil. I think I'm about
ready to get several of the people who owe me money to finally pay, though,
and a hydroponics store just opened up between my house and my place of
daytime employment. Like it was meant to be.
I believe someone on the list sent me a picture of some habs he was growing
using NFT. I'm debating between NFT and a gravel-ish medium. I'll
probably go with a constant-drip using "hydrocorns", I think, due to my
frequent power failures - they tend to be short, but the likelihood of them
worries me using NFT or aeroponic-type setups, where you have nothing to
keep the plants hydrated without power...
Anyway, my biggest question is lighting. I'm limited in both my power
budget (I have 12 amps to spare) and my financial budget, and will only
have artificial light available. Will I be able to get anything to flower
and fruit with one HID fixture, probably a 400 watt, using conversion bulbs
when need to change spectra? Or would that night be enough light intensity
for most peppers? What about strawberries?
Chad Gard, CTS KB9WXQ
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