Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
I've heard of many more growers using ladybugs indoors because they are cheaper and easier to get, and you can keep quite a good number of them around. I've used them myself in the past, not in my grow, but at a commercial greenhouse where I used to work, and they were very effective. I get an infestation of ladybugs in mhy grow twice a year, don't know where they come from, but I consider it good fortune and they really knock down the pest population!
what about praying mantis nymphs i quess you might call them,he is putting a ooth in the garden 1 a month so its a continous hatching of mantis about 200-300 per oth hatch,they can survive in a hydro envirment,once they been feeding 10-15 days they seem to be able to float really good and use your plants to climb up onto the tops,when they first hatch they float like canoes ,he told me some drown but not many.also when you are running your water cycle to turn the fan off,he got regular light with no air cooling so he dont kno how it would work with aircooled lights.
i was over at his place today.he just got a heater for his rez.
i TOLD him to buy the titanium heater but he dont listen to everything i say and he got the glass one thats like 15$ cheaper.
n he got it and aint no way its gonna work cause its for a fishtank.
the good news is hes realizing more and more everyday about hydroponics itself,i gave him some info i got so he can get his stuff going the right way.
like with the heater i sat down n told him the titanium will be able to take MORE ABUSE then the glass one,it can get dry n not bust,he got the glass one n i dont beleive hes happy with it either so u quess hes sending it back for the other titanium.

before i leave i have talked him into getting a pc so he can be more in the circle then he is now.
thanks for the info ,if you have any info on the mantis let me kno he cannot use the ladybugs for some reason he didnt explian to me.