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Old 04-26-2021, 08:09 AM
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I prefer mine neat.
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as long as you do it responsibly.....there is no wrong way to drink it
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Somebody's gonna read this a year from now, attempting semi-hydro for the first time or honing their growing skills... all of a sudden feel like they've fallen down the rabbit hole. They put whiskey and ice cubes in their SH mix?!?
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and then drink it ?!?!? HAHAHA
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Brings a whole new light to the watering with ice cubes, doesn't it?
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Now that my plants are outside for the summer, I have learned a new "feature" of rock wool cubes: maple seed germinate REALLY well in it!
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Bill... EVERTHING germinates in RW! Maple helicopters??? We took out about a fifty-60 foot one, stupid silver maple last year. Nirvana this spring! The real deal maples... not nearly as invasive. Whoever thought up silver maple should be strung up!
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We just had a very gnarly maple removed. It was in terrible shape after living through many hurricanes. A sweet gum went with it. Both had their roots soaked in salt water during the Isaias storm serge last year.
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After a few months of experimentation, I'm blown away by the results.

Old roots branch out like mad, new roots pop out like crazy.

I tend to prefer a layer of rock wool at the top of the pot; it seems to give better results (in my conditions) as new roots directly plunge into the moist wool and grow better than those looking for a way through LECA.
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