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    Newbie question about tying up heavy buds

    Planning ahead for hopefully some heavy buds. I have read that one of my strains tends to have large buds on small side branches and this can be problematic. I have heard of people "stringing up" their buds to stop stems snapping etc. How do you do this exactly? What do you tie them *to*? I...
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    Newbie heat issue

    Yeah just I knock the power down a little during the day so it's less audible. Still running and creating negative air pressure, just not on full power like at night.
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    Newbie heat issue

    PS why anyone would run an air cleaner only from 5pm to 5am is a mystery ;)
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    Newbie heat issue

    Yeah my fan is obviously a lot poorer quality than yours. WIthout two double comforters and a couple of large towels tightly bound round it, it sounds like a jet taking off even at half speed (I of course have it on full speed at the moment). Combined with the two fans inside the tent it's a...
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    Newbie heat issue

    Thanks for all the helpful replies folks. GrowinDad, I fear a fan like that would produce more noise than is "permissable" - my neighbor has a bedroom window very near the open window to my grow room. Hence my pain at having to shell out so much - silent running fans are expensive! Nullis, I...
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    Newbie heat issue

    I haven't found nutes to be cheap, but as someone tells me in another thread, I shouldn't have bought the PK and flower boost nutes that I have shelled out good money for :( I also haven't found fans to be cheap. I'm looking at over $200 USD for a fan :S It has to be quiet, more powerful...
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    Newbie heat issue

    I should also point out that noise is a big issue. Last night I could hear the little clip fan through the ceiling, making a rumbling noise. I'm going to try and lift the tent up onto some celotex today to try and knock the noise down a bit.
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    Newbie heat issue

    Thanks folks. I do have an exhaust fan, but its both weak and noisy! Buying a better one costs the same as an oz, so it pains me to have to do so! Oh and it's a 120cm square x 2m tall tent.
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    Newbie heat issue

    Hi all Having problems with heat in my tent since switching to 12/12 and moving up to a 600W sodium bulb. Temperatures are running at 87-90 F (31-33 C) at the hottest time. I would like to have them on from 9pm but due to kids being around I have to do the watering and pumping out at 5pm...
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    When to add PK boost?

    OK, thanks, that's a good concise answer :) You live you learn, I have all the boosters now, I spose I might as well use them. I just have to figure out the best way for my autos (the photos I know what I'm doing with). Next time I will know better and will stick with my a&b. I'm thinking...
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    When to add PK boost?

    Lovely looking buds but again...."after the flip".....!!! I thought that posting in the autoflowering strains section meant I would avoid the problem of people not bothering to read the post properly before posting and giving advice that pertains solely to photoperiod strains.... /edit sorry...
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    When to add PK boost?

    Also, are you suggesting that I should *just* use base nutes during flowering, canna a&b, no boost, no PK?
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    When to add PK boost?

    My goodness! No, I paid nowhere *near* that amount. Less than half that, and got a bottle of their Flower Burst thrown in for free. So, no, I wasn't ripped off, but if you are buying yours from that hydro shop then it seems you are! I figure it does the same job as the Canna PK 13/14 and is...
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    When to add PK boost?

    I'm using Canna Coco base nutes so there is no bloom feed as such, just boosters to be added. I am (or rather, will be,) using Buddha's Tree PK 9/18 and Buddha's Tree Meta Boost. So you are saying watch for signs of P / K deficiency and add the PK booster then?
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    When to add PK boost?

    Thanks. I'm using meta boost and a flowering stimulator at the moment but they are still growing (I hope they stop soon or I will run out of room!). The meta boost states to use in week 1 then again from week 4 til the end. Given the autos have a short flowering period I guess I should only...
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    When to add PK boost?

    I can't seem to find any definitive feed schedule for autos. I am growing a couple in coco and flowers started showing 1-2 weeks ago. When should I add PK boost please?
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    Dilemma about switching light

    I thought I had read that the heat per watt was lower with sodium, good to know.
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    Dilemma about switching light

    With that in mind Don, do you say stick with MH for the first 2 weeks of flower then?
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    Dilemma about switching light

    Hence the dilemma. I don't want to give up on the autos. However, my photos are massive and *will* give me more than the 20 grams or so I'm looking like gettng out of my two autos.
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    LST *and* scrog?

    Presume keep tape in place permanently if they don't heal? Or give up on the branches, rip em off and wait for new growth? I'd rather not do that if I don't have to as I'm about to flip to 12/12
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