haha i know all about days like that. be thankful you got through it all
very nice update, you plants are looking a ok, very healthy. looks like your soil has cooled off nutewise.
the concept of watering per wicks is definitely a great one. hope you can get it working. it might help if you take pencil size twig, attach the wick rope to it with some duct tape. then use the twig like a needle to get the wick into those holes at the bottom of the pots and back out on the opposite side leading to the next pot. this might help with the actual wick action. you could also put the open parts of the wick into some lose fitting tubing to stop evaporation of water on the way to the plants. but you probably need wider strips of wick material? just some thoughts, i'm very interested to see you make this work, so i can copy it lol.
I had not heard of this product before
I would think on that some more and try and discover why the others are not performing as well then. That would have my interest up. I would be trying to find out what I did wrong with the other soils OR what is in the Westland soil that is so good
Thank You
Funny you should ask just now. I had a hard time with first companies online order form and kept getting rejected. Sooooo, I went to another company and ordered through them This particular company did not have the convenient little currency converter on their site so I use an online one. I entered Euros to be converted to Dollars. I then went out and bought a prepaid Visa card for a little over that amount. I place the order twice and twice I get an email from the company (fairly reputable company) saying that the card has been rejected. He explains that the card company does not tell them why it is rejected. So, I call the card company and they tell me the merchant is trying to hit the card for $3 over the amount. So while trying to figure out why the merchant was trying to overcharge me a friend on another forum discovers my error. I needed to use British Pounds, not Euros. So, this has been all my fault. So, I email the company and tell them I am sorry and that I am a meathead (ok, I didnt say the meathead part to them) and I tell them about my mistake. This morning I have an email in my box from him and he says no problem and that he gave me a 10% discount and my stuff is on the way.
Look at it this way, you have a bigger pump for that bigger hydro that I know you are dreaming about.funny story tex ... i must admit am same when it comes to niggely little detail's ..i ordered a pump for my hydro set up but put the wrong order number in and ended up with a 1000 l/ph when i only needed a 500 l/ph so was stuck with it till i got more money to by the 500.
i was too ashamed to ask for the smaller one and a refund so just kept it ..it's gathering dust right now lol
that's good your getting freebie's too ..we all love a freebie
but being in a small apartment i cant justify the electricity usage ..it might raise some eyebrow's at the electricity company ...paranoia maybe ..but to be on the safe side the 900 watts i use now is fine
.The wind made taking photo's a right pain in the ass. here they are 
