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Old April 11, 2015   #8
luigiwu
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Originally Posted by kayrobbins View Post
I am so glad you posted this. Larry's system looks great but when I watched the video and saw that the water was exposed in the spaces between the growing container all I could think about was what a great mosquito breeding spot. That is what living in Florida does to you, always worried about mosquitoes.
I can understand. The funny thing is this pvc rig was the first one I made and since then, all my rigs have been the open u-shape gutters. I was also initially obsessed with (not) mosquito breeding, but I'm in the north and after a while, practicality won. The u-shape gutters just are much more flexible going forward (allowing diff plant spacing.) I just use mosquito dunks and I do cover the exposed parts the best I can. I can understand why its more of an issue in Florida. This video is a LONG one but one of the best, imo as its very thorough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CclTbusP7Ms
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