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  1. fat sam

    I need some hard evidence.....help?

    once the bud is cured toss it in the freezer if you plan on keeping it for more than a few months, it WILL keep it fresher than non freezed bud
  2. fat sam

    yeah, its my first post, get off my nuts

    first off try and get some good genetics, then you need to figure out how big your grow area will be, then you can decide what light to get, go with soil your first time, if you get some quality soil like fox farm it has lime in it so you dont need to mess with ph to much and its full of organic...
  3. fat sam

    planting companion plants around pot to repel bugs/pests...

    i have had good luck with onions and garlic planted around the garden, pretty much anything with a funky smell works to repel bugs, catnip seems to work also as do chili plants and mustard
  4. fat sam

    how much power is too much power??

    i just moved from my 1 bedroom apt where i was running 2-600's now im in a 2 bedroom condo with 3-600's with no flags, but then again im in cali where they really dont trip on rooms, but a general rule of thumb is 1000 watts for every bedroom in the house, so a 3 bed house can run 3x1000 lights...
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    east bay water help

    oh yeah the house is a condo, i looked for the water softener tank but dont see anything on the supply lines, the water comes in the house in this little outdoor shed on the back deck that has the water heater in it then the hot and cold lines go in to the wall so if there is a water softner...
  6. fat sam

    SMALL grow tent BIG light.

    i have to agree but in your situation i would leave one of the vents on the hood with nothing on it and have the fan sucking on the other side and then blow it out a window or through the roof in to the attic or something, if your only venting from the tent to the room then the hot air is just...
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    east bay water help

    so i just moved to a new place and im having water trouble, the ph out of the tap is 8 and the ppm is between 38-40.....not to bad sounding right???? well heres the problem, it practically kills every plant it touches, i started some seedlings and used tap water with a few drops of ph down of...
  8. fat sam

    Yet another lighting question...

    if your only using one light hps is the one to get, but now a days a lot of the digital ballasts will strike both lamps so that advice is almost out dated, as far as what light to get you need to go by how big the grow room is and how many plants your going to grow, i would suggest a 600 hps...
  9. fat sam

    My First Coco Grow!

    oh yeah if you think the buds look good now wait until the last 2 weeks when they start to swell and the trichs look like snow
  10. fat sam

    My First Coco Grow!

    dont worry about a little n deffiency this late in the game, i use coco in fabric grow bags and get some great growth rates....almost as good as my old flood and drain, but yeah with coco watch out for mg def. and ca. also, coco has a way of locking out trace minerals for some reason, also next...
  11. fat sam

    marijuana bust, saw the same pics on this site!!!

    probably some tweeker facing an under the influence charge was the rat
  12. fat sam

    +Rep for finding a Deal

    look up mgssupply on ebay, i got a quantum 600 watt ballast, bulb and hood for 289 out the door
  13. fat sam

    Looking for a light setup for five plants.

    the pic on top is all i have seen, most people custom make the multi cfl holders your thinking of, also the reason you want to do that is because a cfl has to be within a few inches of the plant to do any good where as an hps has a ton more penetrating power so it can be hung up higher, for that...
  14. fat sam

    Germ. / Seedling Help

    i pop mine in paper towels then put them 1/4 to 1/8 deep in soil with no light, just use a spray bottle to wet soil until they come out, also dont pack soil around them to tight
  15. fat sam

    what marks the transition from seedling to veggie

    yeah its when you start seeing rapid above ground growth, when its a seedling its main energy goes in to growing roots, so for a week or two not a whole lot happens above ground then once the leaves take off you know its in veg
  16. fat sam

    am i using too much electicity?

    well think about it like this....if you were not growing would you be afraid of the power bill??? probably not, plus i doubt you run the ac 24 hours a day
  17. fat sam

    600w MH bulbs

    yeah a 400 will do just fine for mothers, plants in veg can do with much less light than budding ones
  18. fat sam

    Preferred method for hanging reflectors?

    you could always use a long curtain rod and hang the reflectors with rope then just spin the thing to reel it up, check out urban grower on youtube...thats where i saw it, i had trhe same thing with the yoyo's, they strip out quick, im back to chains
  19. fat sam

    Help!!HPS or CFL in this situation

    hps or mh will beatthe shit out of cfl's every time
  20. fat sam

    LED Lights

    i think led's are the wave of the future.....just not yet, but in a few years there will be some that put down some fire, i was reading about this company that is working on a led that puts out 200k lumens and uses 200 watts, but so far it only lasts for a few minutes, i would bet that in about...
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