600w HPS / Turbogarden E&F / Feminized Mix
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ridinslab
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Ok I'm having a lot of trouble posting a detailed reply right now without closing it out somehow. So this time it's just gonna be a short one with some pics. I like the TG I just can't dose each strain Yeti. I got the new door in.
Starting a 2 week flush tonight. The water is 90 ppm.
Starting a 2 week flush tonight. The water is 90 ppm.
ridinslab
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So, I found a few webs and some spidermites tonight. Now I realize why my leaves were yellowing and dying so badly, as well as the speckling. I think I may harvest this week, I don't want it to get out of hand. Should I just crush them with my fingertips or spray them with water or what?
get some neem oil and spray them it dries the fuckers out and keeps them from reproducing...for future refrences i always spray that shit all over the floor area as well as around the pots I also get one of those yellow bug away thingies and hook it to my fan...it keeps every bug but fungus nats away I promise 
ridinslab
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Sound info brotha!get some neem oil and spray them it dries the fuckers out and keeps them from reproducing...for future refrences i always spray that shit all over the floor area as well as around the pots I also get one of those yellow bug away thingies and hook it to my fan...it keeps every bug but fungus nats away I promise
I looked into some pred. mites but I don't think the $55 for 2000 is worth it for as little time as I have left. I will probably get some neem oil and bug traps. You said you put the sticky trap right on the grill of the fan?well actually its not a sticky trap...it a type of tool that lets off a chemicla that kills all living bugs in the area if spreaded and the best way to do that is hang it on the fan...the hydro store will know exactly what your talking about if you tell them...Its like a white case whith vents with a yellow strip inclosed wich also attracts some pest because alot of flying bugs cant resist yellow
ridinslab
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Nice man I need to check into those. I've been spraying them with water nightly to slow the mites down, seems to have thinned them out although they have spread to almost all the plants. I'm going to give them a one week flush then chop.
After this one, I'm going to strip and clean the room and line it with panda.
After this one, I'm going to strip and clean the room and line it with panda.
ridinslab
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Thank you very much! The weight is going to be light due to a lot of things I didn't do as well as I could have... But the quality of these genetics is so apparent. I cut down 2 brown indicas yesterday... they didn't yeild much but the bud is frosty and skunky sweet!
I'm looking into buying a little shed for the backyard to flower in, use the closet for veg/moms. If I do it, things could get very interesting. I'm not decided on how I want to grow them, but I'm thinking use the TG and waterfarm in the closet and do a vertical coco/perlite run to waste drip out back. I'll figure something out
ridinslab
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Too kind Yeti... as far as advice man besides the usual checking ppm, tds, flushing res, etc., the 14 pots that come with the TG are small... don't grow from seed in these pots, I would only put rooted clones in them. They got pretty root bound in mine. If you aren't growing 14 plants, I would get some bigger pots no doubt.
I took a trip to the hydro store and picked up a few things... A new RO filter (got a great deal, no more hauling water!), some Einstein Oil, Flora Kleen, some Panda film, and a few other goodies. I chopped two early birds, nugs are being smoked right now...
Straight doja!!!The rest are in full flush with a clean res and 2 tsp. per gallon flora kleen. I sprayed them down with Einstein and some soap. I noticed one or two spider mites floating around the mom, so I sprayed her down too. She's growing some nice branches now and the clones are coming along nicely, I take a few everytime she needs a haircut. Currently, I'm looking for a nice outdoor spot to throw some of my older clones. I don't know what else to say guys... a few pics, enjoy.
yetibear
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Thanks for the in-fo Ridin, your grow's looking fine!!! no I'm not planning on doing 14, wont work in the area I have to work with, thinking of trying for 6! now with that being said, what size pots would you recomend? and if the replacement pots are taller then the pots it comes with will that be a problem?? thanks for your help man.
ridinslab
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Well the tray is 2 feet wide and 3 feet long so you have some room to play with. Your best bet would be to go to your local hydro shop and check out there pots in a turbogarden to get exactly what you need, cause it does have the drain fittings and the little res door notch. The bigger the better though, don't use the small ones. I really just used these because these plants were just the plants I didn't choose for the mother and I got a little careless, the hydroton didn't block all the light and air. If the pots are a lot taller than the tray, choose a medium that wicks moisture, a good soilless mix or rockwool. If they are just a little above, you'll be fine with hydroton.
I got 14 rooted clones ready to go in mine right now, I'm stoked. I will probably start a new thread.
ridinslab
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Probably your best bet man. I would also look into a drip kit for that. 6 hoses would be easy to maintain and would water the roots a little better. All you would need is a fitting/splitter for the flood fitting and the 1/4 hose.
yetibear
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thanks man, so you don't think the 8x8x8 pots will be to tall? also I want to stay with ebb and flo, its a little easier to work with, so I've been told anyway? also what do you think would be better the soil it comes with or hydroton?? again thanks for the in-fo my new friend. oh yea, more pics of your ladies please!!!!!!!! talk with ya next time. yeti
ridinslab
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No new pics yet, that will come
. My flowering room is being totally redone. I wouldn't run the 8 inch pots if you want to flood hydroton, the tray only fills like 4 inches. If you want to flood, get a bag of better soilless mix than it comes with so it will wick up into the whole pot. The guy at the store told me Botanicare packs Ready-Gro in their kits because it has the cheapeast shipping freight! If you use a mix in the pots and not hydroton, make sure you put some non metallic screen in the bottom of the pots so that none of your medium goes into your res.
yetibear
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not what I wanted to hear but then again better to know about it now than after, thanks again man! so are you thinking that 8 inch pots would be to tall?well I found some new pots size is 6.5 inches wide and 7 inch's tall, do you think these will work with hydroton or not?? I would really like to use the hydroton balls instead of the soilless stuff! but still open minded to both? getting ready to start it up in the next 2 weeks, thanks for your help Ridin.
ridinslab
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Basically, the tray floods about 4-5 inches. So if you want to use the balls, make sure that the pots get almost all flooded. On the opposite end of the spectrum, rockwool, you would flood about one inch. I would recommend those 8 inchers with soiless mix for sure. But thats just my take.
hello everyonei have the TG and 1st time using it managed to have 13 going right now but don't think they will be getting enough light once they fully flower they are in 3rd week; have Barneys seeds when i went to amesterdam....1 morning glory and 1 night shade and the rest are OG kush from canada, I am using the triflex products with LC and sweet and tg bloom, they are lushing with green the kush and NS have crystals and look like the picture from barney, the MG is a sativa and growing taller...I will post pictures later...I wanted to only use botanicare products only but the store didn't have but gallon size hydroflex didn't want to buy that much so the guy at store said that tg bloom is as close to hyroflex I took his word ...what your advise on that? for lights i am using a 400 watts hps with a 40 watts mh with 2 flouresent tubes, which i am going to change to grow light tubes this weekend, more light better....liked your idea for holding the plants up with the wire fence piece i think i am going to do the same...last year i grew 5 plants in soil...they were awesome