Double
Nothing
or
A Grower’s Life
by Casey Jones Fraser
In hydroponics—as in life—
it always pays to have backup
Are your grow lights on? Are you sure? Maybe your timer, ballast or lamp is failing right now and you’re sitting here reading
this article! I’m not trying to make you paranoid, but experience has taught me that indoor grow gear fails—fans burn
out and air stones quit bubbling. And to make things
more complicated, we cannot predict which items are
going to break down next or when it’s going to happen.
If you take your garden seriously, you won’t mind paying for insurance in the form of some spare gear. Here
are several items that occasionally fail and some suggestions for dealing with—or even
preventing—catastrophes.
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Maximum Yield USA | March 2012