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  1. gtran

    Question about overloading your electrical breakers?

    Im running a 400watt digital ballast grow light with an air pump and fan. Every now and again the breaker will pop and shut off everything in my bedroom where my setup is. My question, what can i do to make my bedroom able to handle more electricity? I dont want to worry about the breakers all...
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    My first auto grow - some questions

    I wouldnt give any kinds of nutes for at least two weeks after sprout. It is very easy to burn auto flowers so start with 1/4 strength and work your way up from there. Autos are good for people just starting out but they are naturally low yielding plants but if you know what your doing your...
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    Basic Hydroponics Questions

    No need to feed the plants until at least two weeks, the plant contains food in its tissue so all you need to do is water it. Some people add a little bit of cal mag to the water but thats it until it grows its third pair of leaves. The three part system is the way to go and using a root...
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    Very slow growth help please

    The plant is wayyyyy over watered, overfed (nute burn), and is suffering from extreme heat. Your gonna have to stop watering so much and tone down the amount of nutrients, plants will grow just fine in the soil itself so you want to use minimum nutrients.
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    New SOG Grow design Ebb and Flow

    If your looking to maximize your space for more plants then a long thim container is the best way to go. If you can, make sure all the roots are growing in one direction so the chance of them getting tangled is minimum. Obviously more space between the plants means more light penetration thus...
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    Very slow growth help please

    Since it is a cutting its possible that you wont see any vertical growth for a few weeks because the plant is still rooting itself. Wait another week and if now growth has happened then dig it up and see if its rooted. Its best to start from seed if this is one of your first times, makes things...
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    water question

    If your growing in soil then that drain water is no good, water isnt expensive so its best to use it fresh as much as possible. Most people would say that 86 is to hot but i now live in the southern part of the US and i tried a grow over the summer where its almost 100 every day for 4 months...
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    2 general questions

    Lifting the net pot everyday isnt that bad of an idea as long as your careful, you just don't want to rub the roots up against the open holes or get them tangled in the air line, like superstoner said, you can add a valve at the top or you can disconnect the air stone at the bottom of the bucket...
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    DWC feeding plants

    Topping off is alot easier to do if you have a PPM meter. Sometimes your plant wont take up as much nutes as before or it might take up more, im hoping you have a ppm meter....... You dont want to wait to long to refill becasue if the roots have to stretch down to reach the water then it causes...
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    Need opinions and advice for my RDWC design.

    First thing your going to have to do is allow more space between bucket if your expecting to grow plants that will yeild 7-9 oz which is very hard to do in a 5 gal bucket unless you have a high yielding strain and your grows goes perfect. For this specific setup your best bet is to top feed...
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    very high tds tap water

    You never want to start with water that has a high ph or tds in your case, that causes trouble down the road with ph and accurate readings. Your best bet is to get 5 gal containers and fill them at your local walmarts, grocery stores etc. A 5 gal jug is 7 dollars and 5 gals of reverse osmosis...
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    Help a brotha out

    That pretty much always happens at the end of a harvest especially if your flushing the plants, no worries start clipping
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    Stealthy way to dry?

    Easiest way is to go grab a 2x4 and some screen from Lowes or home depot. Build a little box and staple the screening to the wood. Put that in a small closet or bathroom and run a dehumidifier at 50 percent with a fan blowing from under the screen and the buds will be completely dry in two...
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    Please Help. 7 Weeks flower but they look to be ripening FAST. PICS!!

    You can go ahead and harvest those babies right now if you wanted to without question, let them go about another 1 MAYBE 2 (eventually they start losing thc if left on the plants after peak harvest time) and you should get a very strong couch lock high. Best to use a 200x when identifying trics...
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    first grow couple questions

    Just saw the second set of pictures and it looks like you plants are wayyyy overwatered, thats what makes the leaves droop like that but the plant still manages to look healthy. Ease up on the water and check to make sure it is draining properly. Looks like you might be able to pull an ounce...
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    first grow couple questions

    You cannot let any light get to the buds while they are drying, you hang them upside down in a dark dry room with a fan constantly blowing over them. After about 5 days youll want to stick the nugz in a brown paper bad to suck out all the last of the moisture, in no way shape or form should you...
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    NFT system advice

    When the water drips down from your line and breaks the surface of the res it is technically creating oxygen.......unfortunately if you want a big plant with nice buds then your gonna need more oxygen in your water so i would for sure add at least two air stones. If you can put ten air stones...
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    Why do these plants look so different

    The reason the plant on the top right of the first picture looks so different is because that is a sativa strain while the other three are all indicas. You can tell the difference becasue sativa plants are tall with skinny leaves and indica plants are short and bushy with fatter leaves. All...
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    lst,am i doing this right?pics

    Plants are a little small but look healthy, either you flowered them wayyyy to early or you started from clones by the looks of it? What kind of pumps, lighting, nutrients, are you using? Ill be able to help out alot more if i had that info. Best of luck
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    42 watt cfl light equivalent to 150watts and it contains 2700 lumens ok 4 1 plant?

    The cfls are fine for the first couple weeks of veg, but if your plan on using them for flower as well then youll run into some problems. My roomate did a grow with all cfls and they where not powerful enough to make the plant transition into flower properly, it took about a month for the plant...
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