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  1. Al B. Fuct

    Do you mist your hydro plants!??

    Misting usually causes more problems than it solves. It's certainly not necessary except in cases where you're trying to rescue a plant with root damage or save a clone which is rooting too slowly and is using up all its stored nutes. In those cases, foliar feeding can be very helpful, but...
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    rockwool/drip system question

    compost the clippings. Of no use for cloning since the plants they have come from have been flowering. That's fine for plants in pellets which are under 24/0 lighting. Plants should not be watered in lights-off periods. It's possible that more airstones may allow more airflow than one. owing...
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    To aero garden or not....

    That's just amazing. The 'always short' situation is pretty familiar, tho. I can barely manage to keep a bud in this place for me.
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    Al B. FAQt

    Bag it using the same bags I use for other common rubbish disposal and put it in the bin.
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    Al B. FAQt

    Only RIU admin has access to user data (eg IP addresses), but if you're nervous, you can access RIU with a proxy. That's not a luxury car. ;) It does not bode well. :lol: When they've lost all their leaves, or the growing tip is cooked, that's about the time to call it. Plants which struggled...
  6. Al B. Fuct

    How do i make my 400w HPS air cooled

    I bought ready made cooltubes from the hydro shop.
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    Al B. FAQt

    thanks. :) Do you reckon? By my maths (and without much more commentary about it), I'd have to be making about $500/day to beat what 'pushing a couple oz' earns me each mo. Also, figure that my working days 'pushing a couple oz' can be as short as 30 mins or up to 12h/day for a couple days...
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    Al B. FAQt

    I can't find on that site where any costs are cited for a system which would supply me 23kWh per day. Can you? I get mains power for my op for about 5c/kWh, so it's a real horserace between mains & solar overall cost, which is really all I'm concerned about. The rest of it is tree-huggin' hippie...
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    Al B. FAQt

    I give cuttings 6h in darkness immediately after cutting only. His clones are 10 days post cutting. Wilt that happens several days after cutting will not be cured by giving a dark period; it will be stem rot from overwatering and should be addressed as in the last post. I will this time, but if...
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    Al B. FAQt

    How close? Buds harvested prematurely will have a lot of dark green leaf compared to light green seed bracts and much less resin than when properly finished flowering. Chlorophylly taste comes from the dark green leafy material, which has not only lots of chlorophyll but a lot of cellulose...
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    To aero garden or not....

    pssssst- get a garden hose. :D The price of an aerogarden could fund a simple watering system ($100) that properly supports cannabis-sized plants AND with the $200 you have left over, buy you 3333.33 hours of running a 400HPS at 15c per kWh, the better part of a year's worth of flowering. No...
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    To aero garden or not....

    Holy crap, your local price is $650/oz?! The only place on earth I have seen a price like that is in Hawaii (Oahu). That's the price they get from tourists. I've always thought it was amazing that 400/z has been the prevailing price in SE Australia for some years, but 650? Wow.
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    How do i make my 400w HPS air cooled

    That's great news! I understood that Corning stopped making the Bake-A-Round in 1985. This might explain why there's so many on Ebay labelled as 'vintage.' If the item you saw in WalMart is not the Pyrex branded unit, I'd make double sure it's made from tempered glass suited to baking (might be...
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    Al B. FAQt

    The linked PV system in aerial photos. It's effing HUGE. N37° 00' W121° 47' - Google Maps
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    Al B. FAQt

    heh, send him this link, he'll appreciate it. ;) The combo isn't available yet. If you want what I have, you'll have to purchase the AAW and cooltube separately and fit them together yourself. I need about 23kWh/day to run my op. The amount of solar generation equipment necessary would be...
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    Al B. FAQt

    yep, this one will do that. $A40 ($US29.90) from Jaycar Electronics in Australia, costs about $A10 ($US6.50) to ship to Nth America. Honestly, it makes no difference either way. Before it has leaves, the seedling doesn't care about light. However, once there's seed leaves out of the hull...
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    humidity...

    Here's another one, not sure of the source, not as readable as St0ney's. I think St0ney made up his chart from this one.
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    Al B. FAQt

    Yes, that's about the smallest I'd consider using. That size will allow 4 plants per sq ft. Not necessary, in fact, this lid would limit the number of plants you could fit in a 3x3 to 24, where you could otherwise put many more plants in the tray. The point of growing plants in standard pots...
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    Al B. FAQt

    Around 1-1.25z/plant, about 23-29z per tray. No, he's a movie character. No, he's slightly dead. Yes, he and his band 'Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts' have in the past been stupidly drunk at The Bridge Hotel in Rozelle NSW. I don't cocktail but I have on occasion had to be the alco-hauler...
  20. Al B. Fuct

    1000W HPS or 6500K CFL'S for vegging

    Adding CFLs to HPS is like adding a model airplane engine to a 747. Yes, start them under CFLs, but veg & flower with HID lighting.
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