You looked and you cant see me ever talking about it?? Well DAMN... That is definitely evidence!!! Of the fact that this site has crashed and/or been totally wiped by a fucked up backup at least twice since 2008. It isnt my fault that Rollitup cannot keep their backups working properly. They probably are using the IRS protocol manual. Not exactly like I fucking care. The shit I wrote back then was hardly noteworthy.
When I came here in 08 I participated quite frequently in general chat and associated boards while I was learning how to grow. But if you have been around for any period of time you will soon realize that the conversation never changes on those pages. A week from now the same questions will be being asked and answered. And a month from now, and a year from now and 3 years from now. You can only read the same threads for a period of time before becoming bored to tears.
I was a student and then a teacher of growing but I became bored with the never ending conveyor belt of people who have a plant sitting in a rockwool cube in a puddle of water and wondering why the plant is not doing well...
The air cooled lights are ducted through the room to reduce the heat that the ductless air conditioning has to remove from the room. Room is sealed so no smell escapes. The room even has a working hot and cold wash basin which is awesome when you are running flood and drain. Other components are a 45 gallon RO tank for the flood and drain, 2 - 1000 W lights although I have 3 the temps can get too high if I need to knock the humidity down.
I prefer growing the plants up, cutting clones and vegging them while I flower the plants to determine which are female. Then you dispose of the males while growing the rest and keep the others for mothers or backup. I prefer cloning after that because you never have to worry about wastage of food/water/CO2 on male plants. Flood and drain always seems to bring bigger yields although I have tried dirt farming. Dirties have it much easier in the buffer zone of plants being happy