@ajinil So it seemed for a while that I had gotten everything under control, but eventually they came back with a vengeance. I even tried to put this glass dome over one of the plants to see if I could at least spare one of them via trapped humidity, and have used far more of the spray than the bottle instructs is necessary, but they just won’t go away, and at this point I would say my plants are essentially on their way out. The only thing that I can think of that I haven’t tried is something with the root zone. In my case particularly, since the water level drops over time leaving a gap between water and the lid of the DWC, I’m thinking maybe the little buggers are managing to hold on to the relatively ’drier’ top portion of the roots. And considering that my plants came from my garden, not seeds, it may be that I needed to do a little more prep to make sure there wasn’t any necrotic root mass that came after transplant and initial leaf die-back on which the mites would thrive. This round may have been a bust for me, but hopefully we can figure out how to control these things.

@ajinil So far so good, though I think I went a little above and beyond the call of duty with my application of it. There is still some webbing and specs all over the leaves but I can’t find movement, and definitely not fervent spreading like before. I think something else I have done that has helped in the preventing re-infestation realm is adding a humidifyer in the room. In my experience the little buggers come out as soon as it gets dry, same for you? I’m hoping that with increased humidity they won’t repopulate now that I have (hopefully) killed whats there. But I’ll get back to you with a little more time to see how things pan out. And I picked it up at the local hydro supply store but it is this: http://www.spidermitekiller.com/

ps. your Jalapeno looks awesome!

Hmm that is such a strange problem, I’ll see if there is anything else i can do… you may want to try making another account though, this system can be a tad buggy at times..

I’m happy to hear that your tomatoes are doing well, what are the compost pellets that you use? If your tom is doing well without removing them then you should probably go that route in the future, the unestablished roots in seedlings are really susceptible to stress which can lead to the plants not being able to adjust to the change in environment. Changing nutrients is usually something I play by ear because it depends on the plants (green leafy things don’t necessarily need the bloom stuff, fruiting plants however definitely do need them). Tomatoes love a pretty rich nutrient mixture, and in my experience they don’t mind the full nutrient mix early on, but you can wait a couple of weeks usually, if you see flowers definitely use the bloom. For a more precise guide you may want to check to see if the producer of your nutrient solutions provides a nutrient schedule on their website, if they have on it tells you what to put in each gallon based on what week you are in.
Watering timeframes really depend on your system if yours is anything like the traditional WF drip systems, continuous watering shouldn’t cause any problems. So long as the water is flowing/ dripping/ otherwise aerated, most plants shouldn’t complain. Rule of thumb, roots should always be moist, the more ’active’ the water is the better.
Hope that this helps!

Hey ML, saw this post, weird problem! Changed your status in the system so hopefully you’ll be able to post now, give it another go. Hope your plants get settled into their new home nicely, and can’t wait to see your build!
-J

Let us know how it all turned out!

recycle, recycle, recycle! let us know how things turned/ turn out!

You might be surprised at how much root density you can sustain utilizing drip hydroponics, without aggregate between the roots they really nestle together. I had two tomato plants growing in half of a wine bottle that produced a few tomatoes, my biggest issue was a lack of light, not root-lock, they got a solid 3-4’ tall: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oxgaNTKlP48/TdvWalCVScI/AAAAAAAAAV8/t4pq47z1DCU/s1600/IMG_6299.JPG sorry for the bad picture, it was a little rushed at the time haha.

good luck!

Great! More incentive to keep it consistent, I have been really busy the past couple weeks but have been cataloguing a bunch of things I plan to cover, so hopefully I will have a new post up in a couple of days and then I am thinking I will try and publish one weekly. I totally agree, I hope that with the next iteration of windowfarms.org there will be some niche for the other topics, while windowfarms are certainly the most basic, variable, easily fit in city spaces, and a great starting point I don’t see why the community shouldn’t delve more into these other topics, but for the time being feel free to open discussions on my external posts. That’s great, you are definitely off to a good start with all of that in your garden!
I unfortunately didn’t yield any jalepeños in my jungle, I contracted a huge spider mite infestation pretty early on that killed off the majority of my plants, and because of a variety of reasons I didn’t have time to really tend to it :/ . I did get a few tiny ones from my farms in the fall though, we didn’t have supplemental light at the time though so they were only about half-sized.
Thanks for reading!