The UK Growers Thread!

switch

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Have any of you grown with LEC/CMH lamps yet? I keep seeing these maxi bright 600w CMH bulbs advertised, theyre for a standard magnetic ballast with E40 fitting but theyre 100 quid a pop, would like to know what sort of results they give before waxing 200 on a couple lol. Surely 600w cmh would be better than 600w HPS? Ive no experience with CMH so glad to listen to any advice on these
 

MrZoot420

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anyone growing in hard-water area like east Anglia got any advice or warnings for using hard-water if there is any good bad side effects
 

switch

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anyone growing in hard-water area like east Anglia got any advice or warnings for using hard-water if there is any good bad side effects
I live in a hard water area too, my tap water ec is around 0.7 so unless you use a reverse osmosis filter (i wouldnt bother) youll want to use a nutrient line which is designed for Hard Water. I use Plant magic range, good value and for hard water, with great results. You shouldnt need to use a cal/mag supplement with hard water as it already contains plenty of this.
 

switch

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That 7.3 reading is your PH mate, not your EC lol. You dont need to supplement with cal/mag at all, if anything hard water areas have too much of it.
Buy yourself an ec meter like a bluelab truncheon to get a clear picture of how much nutrients are going into your girls each watering. Its kind of important.
 

MrZoot420

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That 7.3 reading is your PH mate, not your EC lol. You dont need to supplement with cal/mag at all, if anything hard water areas have too much of it.
Buy yourself an ec meter like a bluelab truncheon to get a clear picture of how much nutrients are going into your girls each watering. Its kind of important.
fuck my life lol
 

MrZoot420

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That 7.3 reading is your PH mate, not your EC lol. You dont need to supplement with cal/mag at all, if anything hard water areas have too much of it.
Buy yourself an ec meter like a bluelab truncheon to get a clear picture of how much nutrients are going into your girls each watering. Its kind of important.
so basically what your saying is my nuts are useless and what im doing is pointless til i get ec metre and plant magic nutes
 

DST

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Thanks mate, I'll be fine tho more worried about fucking catching coronovirus there than the case tbh.

How's you been anyways? Can you do your job from home and that?
Cool. Well keep us posted.
Aye, I work from home anyway. Everything on phone or laptop. The first 2 weeks was crazy. Was busy as fuk then lost about 20k in new business since all the companies put hiring freezes on (really bad having to tell folk they aren't starting that great job they thought they were....ffs, soul destroying for then. Then the core people who work for me is reduced by about 30%. Clients just letting go of freelancers/external workers. Now its dead, loads of projects on hold, so just bits of admin really.
We've definitely not had it as shite as the UK though.
 

switch

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so basically what your saying is my nuts are useless and what im doing is pointless til i get ec metre and plant magic nutes
No mate, i dont know what nutes youre using or anything about what your doing so relax it might be fine lol. What system have you got going on? what medium you using, what size tent, what lamps etc
 

DST

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Have any of you grown with LEC/CMH lamps yet? I keep seeing these maxi bright 600w CMH bulbs advertised, theyre for a standard magnetic ballast with E40 fitting but theyre 100 quid a pop, would like to know what sort of results they give before waxing 200 on a couple lol. Surely 600w cmh would be better than 600w HPS? Ive no experience with CMH so glad to listen to any advice on these
I have been using cmh 315w's for a while. definitely cooler than a 600hps. you can get DE630w cmh ballasts as well and i have heard good things about them. you can grow decent weed with the 315s. I have been mixing my 315s with 600w hps but I think this summer I'll swap out the 600 for another 315w.
i have the Phillips 315w as well as lumateks 315w bulbs. Seem ok to me.
 

rollajoint

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DST still kicking about in the threads fair play dude . Yorkie and the lads still about ? Still have some seeds in the vault of yours lol . This thread dont seem as active as a few years ago . Hope all is good lads. Brings back some good memories this place !
 
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DST

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DST still kicking about in the threads fair play dude . Yorkie and the lads still about ? Still have some seeds in the vault of yours lol . This thread dont seem as active as a few years ago . Hope all is good lads. Brings back some good memories this place !
no one is really posting that much. Sambo when he's had a fee vods lol.
 

conor c

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What size of filter you guys using for your rooms/ tents out of curiosity i need a new one but not sure on size im thinking 8 inch or above rhino or something like that ?
 

JimmyNuggs

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o_O
I REALLY hope he is called Sam....
Lol
Alright and good morning Brits!
Cant believe I just found the UK contingent on here.

Not that it matters too much but am down bottom end of the island (Devon!) currently looking over a very calm channel smoking my last BBXXL

Have a great day folks...

Btw I don't know if offer is still going but I 'registered' a few weeks ago for a freebie from Seedstockers...

Well fuk me it turned up today, figured a Spanish company wouldn't likely send freebies and esp not to UK, but sure as shit: a BCN critical xxl auto landed.
Thank you seedstockers for not forgetting us Brits.

Enjoy your days folks.
 

DST

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o_O
I REALLY hope he is called Sam....
Lol
Alright and good morning Brits!
Cant believe I just found the UK contingent on here.

Not that it matters too much but am down bottom end of the island (Devon!) currently looking over a very calm channel smoking my last BBXXL

Have a great day folks...

Btw I don't know if offer is still going but I 'registered' a few weeks ago for a freebie from Seedstockers...

Well fuk me it turned up today, figured a Spanish company wouldn't likely send freebies and esp not to UK, but sure as shit: a BCN critical xxl auto landed.
Thank you seedstockers for not forgetting us Brits.

Enjoy your days folks.
Sambo, Rambo, he has been called a lot of things on RIU lol....those are avatar names though. You would need to ask him what his real name is yourself. If you rub the side of a vodka bottle he sometimes appears on the thread:)
 

KK26

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Accomplish hmm.

I've been putting these lot off for the last few days so decision time.

Water or get my arse moving to chop these.

Something is really telling me to chop because the extraction fan fucked up this morning and the tent was blown up like a giant balloon stinking to high heavens. RH had shot up to 82%. Have got it lower using a replacement fan but I do need to chop.

Yhey are 9 weeks all with milky trichs with splashes of amber so that's fine with me but can't be fucking arsed.

Tomorrow my accomplishment will be concluded I hope.

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JimmyNuggs

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Cut n hang it, 2 mins....
Mind you, a dry trim is a bastard though...
maybe water & leave til tomorrow!!
What strain is it ?
I got me a Krippleshock in same nick (@7wks too!), mostly cloudy now, but not too frosty: so giving em last full day of light n feed. Chopping in morning!
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Love the action shot!
(:
 
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