NorCalHal
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As I stated bro, you are years behind us. Noone uses Ebb&flo with 4" cubes ONLY anymore, that is late 80's stuff man.
I was just in the 'Dam and nowhere did I see "cubecaps". I know DNA personally.
Now, I will concede that if I had a greenhouse full of tomato plants, and all I did was ebb&flo 4" cubes, your product might be a benefit.
But, if you transfer your cube to another medium ( I use 2 gal pots with shreaded rockwool), then your argument is pointless.
As soon as I transfer my cube to its own pot, within 2 weeks the canopy is large enough to block light to the pots, thus killing off "the deadly,gnat breeding algea" and all is well.
Fungal gnats are more of a problem with DWC or grows using grorocks. But, American Agritech beat you to the punch with "caps" that fit net baskets.
Have you ever tried H2O2? Kills gnats and thier larvea with the quickness.
And please, again, you do not know me or how long I have been at the game.
This is my 24th year growin the mighty herb.I HAVE done articles for Maximum Yeild. Cmon man, where do you think Max is at??
And yes, I started hydro by using ebb & flo tables with 4" cubes as the only medium. If you would have came on the scene back then and introduced these caps, I might have fallen for it. But I am older and wiser and just plain out know better.
And I have used "covers" for algea when I first started. And yes, they worked, but there was no difference in plant health or yeild. Just a PITA putting them on and off during harvests/planting.
Now, lets get to your "facts".
You mention numerous mags that have articles about your product. Well my friend, they are not articles, they are advertisments. You paid to have "cubecaps" placed in the mags. BIG difference between advertisments and an article.
And about mjp, ya man, I know what it is, remember, I mentioned it to you!
And I have never seen no "cubecaps" on mjp bragging about a new "invention".
Look man, I understand your game. More Power to ya. It is just the fact that you come in here and tought these caps as the end all be all of algea and fungal gnats. You then proceed to slam me and tell me I don't know what I am talking about and I have 2 grows under my belt with 7 plants?? Foolish.
I do believe that your little caps do help prevent algea, thus taking ONE of the breeding grounds for gnats out of the equation. But, as I said, these are only good for folks that do a whole cycle growing in nothing but cubes, which, most folks do not. Most of the smaller growers here use DWC, and yes, have fungal gnat issues. Go address that.
What you should have done is try to sell your "drip caps", that ,my canadian friend, has my interest. I am VERY interested in those, as that is my method of choice, drip over rockwool. I like the idea of evenly spreading the nuits over the whole cube. Currently, I use "feed spikes" that tend to only feed in one spot and then trickle down, thus missing 95% of the top 4x4 cube when feeding.
So, good luck on your venture. Stick wqith the Drip caps and ditch the Covers.
If you REALLY want to help out the community, breed a strain that loses all it's leaves the day before harvest.
I was just in the 'Dam and nowhere did I see "cubecaps". I know DNA personally.
Now, I will concede that if I had a greenhouse full of tomato plants, and all I did was ebb&flo 4" cubes, your product might be a benefit.
But, if you transfer your cube to another medium ( I use 2 gal pots with shreaded rockwool), then your argument is pointless.
As soon as I transfer my cube to its own pot, within 2 weeks the canopy is large enough to block light to the pots, thus killing off "the deadly,gnat breeding algea" and all is well.
Fungal gnats are more of a problem with DWC or grows using grorocks. But, American Agritech beat you to the punch with "caps" that fit net baskets.
Have you ever tried H2O2? Kills gnats and thier larvea with the quickness.
And please, again, you do not know me or how long I have been at the game.
This is my 24th year growin the mighty herb.I HAVE done articles for Maximum Yeild. Cmon man, where do you think Max is at??
And yes, I started hydro by using ebb & flo tables with 4" cubes as the only medium. If you would have came on the scene back then and introduced these caps, I might have fallen for it. But I am older and wiser and just plain out know better.
And I have used "covers" for algea when I first started. And yes, they worked, but there was no difference in plant health or yeild. Just a PITA putting them on and off during harvests/planting.
Now, lets get to your "facts".
You mention numerous mags that have articles about your product. Well my friend, they are not articles, they are advertisments. You paid to have "cubecaps" placed in the mags. BIG difference between advertisments and an article.
And about mjp, ya man, I know what it is, remember, I mentioned it to you!
And I have never seen no "cubecaps" on mjp bragging about a new "invention".
Look man, I understand your game. More Power to ya. It is just the fact that you come in here and tought these caps as the end all be all of algea and fungal gnats. You then proceed to slam me and tell me I don't know what I am talking about and I have 2 grows under my belt with 7 plants?? Foolish.
I do believe that your little caps do help prevent algea, thus taking ONE of the breeding grounds for gnats out of the equation. But, as I said, these are only good for folks that do a whole cycle growing in nothing but cubes, which, most folks do not. Most of the smaller growers here use DWC, and yes, have fungal gnat issues. Go address that.
What you should have done is try to sell your "drip caps", that ,my canadian friend, has my interest. I am VERY interested in those, as that is my method of choice, drip over rockwool. I like the idea of evenly spreading the nuits over the whole cube. Currently, I use "feed spikes" that tend to only feed in one spot and then trickle down, thus missing 95% of the top 4x4 cube when feeding.
So, good luck on your venture. Stick wqith the Drip caps and ditch the Covers.
If you REALLY want to help out the community, breed a strain that loses all it's leaves the day before harvest.