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Cray throffy, huh? Damn. I have no idea WHAT the fuck that means, but it certainly doesn't sound good. What were you spraying the plants with neem oil for? My best advice it to prune back the mother plants to undamaged growth and veg them until they recover. It'll probably take at least...

This ckt is designed specifically to allow the fan/s to run at a limited speed when the air temp was below the setpoint. I thought that's what you wanted. If you only want the exhaust fan to run at a limited speed when air temp is below the setpoint, you'll need a thermostatic switch with...

If it works for you, great. I prefer not to do it that way for a couple of reasons, both those I've previously mentioned and limits on plant portability. I like to be able to move plants around in case of uneven development. My dehumidifier takes care of any humidity issues I have, which due...

If the stem tip is brown & squishy, it's rotted. Cut it back until you see no more brown matter in the stem. Remember, the rooting medium should be kept just damp, never wet or saturated. Were you getting fungus or algae? Algae is green- and won't generally cause much problems for your...

You need to familiarise yourself with some basic electrical concepts. The most important is the current carrying capacity of the house wiring and any cabling or connectors you use to run all your stuff. Current is expressed in Amperes (often abbreviated amps). All devices intended for use...

Bargain. Not a fan of coconut coir. It will break down into little fragments that may get caught in pumps. Use an inorganic medium. My op is in a single room and has its own run of 10ga Romex cable to the breaker box and its own circuit breaker. Never, ever run extension cords...

No wucking furries. :) No problem. Thanks for the thanks. :) Is that what me mum meant when she said I was goldbricking? ;) Thanks, but no, please. If I got paid to do this, it'd become a millstone- really fast. I'd feel obligated to answer promptly and extensively- and I'm a...

BTW, if you're concerned about what's in your tapwater, your local water utility will do analyses frequently- many publish that information on their website or will provide it on request. If you're using bore/well water, your local university's agriculture/horticulture dept or county extension...

I don't think it'll work. I have yet to see peer-reviewed, replicatable evidence that bugs are frightened by electronic devices. Now, the zappers that attract bugs with light & fry them with high voltage are another story- but those are not much use in a grow op, where there has to be a...

I use 40mm rockwool cubes that are individually wrapped in plastic; this prevents knitting between neighbouring plants. See the link to my cloning thread in my signature. Breaking roots will stunt the plant & slow growth.

Electricity use alone is not going to be a cause of you getting busted. Power companies as a matter of course do not report customers to the cops, especially not if you pay your bill, in full and on time every time. You're just a good customer. You'd have to have bridged out your kWh meter...

Hydroponic nutrient mixes are all more or less the same. They're solutions designed to present N, P & K to plants in certain ratios along with some micronutes. Often, pH buffers are included. A TDS meter will give you an idea of the concentration of nutrient salts in the solution by virtue...

That's right! If the plant is thriving, does not show signs of nute burn or deficiency, the nute strength is correct. Remember what I just said about 'too little, just right and dead? It really is that simple. If you're burning plants at 400-500ppm, there's something else wrong. Bad meter...

A plant that's not getting enough nitrogen will generally appear yellowish/sallow. If you run your tanks at 1000ppm, you simply won't see nute deficiencies. In most cases where a grower thinks they've seen deficiencies, 99% of the time, it's a pH problem. The magic number for cannabis in...

While we're on nutes, I think it's appropriate to comment (again) that plants are not V8 engines. Plants do NOT do better with more 'fuel.' There's a bell-curve to plants; too little, just right and dead. You will lose more yield by nute burning than by slightly underfeeding. It's much better to...

On Gnatrol: It's a competitive bacteria preparation. From the MSDS: H2O2 will kill the Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria.

Thanks for the praise. :) All my flowering plants run at 1000ppm. Mother plants run at about 1200; they're under 24/7 light and don't mind the stronger nutes. I spoze they could run at about 800, tho. Yep, outdoor plants will do fine with muni tapwater. My veg garden does fine with...

Heh, thanks- but to be deadly honest, I don't need the $ that bad.

Just a garden variety 10L/day dehumidifier from the whitegoods shop. I think this one is a DeLonghi brand. Dehumidifiers are useful even when your ventilation is working properly, especially during lights-off in cool times of the year. During lights off, your thermostatically controlled...

Fytocell is usually found at hydroponics shops. It's available rather widely in Australia, but if you're not in Aus, you'll have to check the web to see where it is sold in your area.