Search results

I missed that you said the ph meter was soil...yeah that probably won't work. If you use distilled, rain, or RO water I think you can get away with using certain formulas and not have to worry about PH or TDS. I have never done it that way, I am too anal with checking everything, but you...

The main thing is just keeping enough distance so that they don't get too much heat. 2 feet is probably pushing it for intensity for seedlings, but it will probably work. After you get your first set of true leaves they are ready for HID in my opinion, before that either leave the light as far...

yeah, you definitely want to keep a little bit of distance between an HID and seedlings. IF possible, use some floros for starting the babies out and then switch to the HID...OR make sure you are like 2-4 foot away. I guess you probably know this now. Isn't it great how experience is such a...

I have basically used this same sort of setup before (hardware-wise). 1. The plants will go good in the plugs for a few weeks. I usually wait until you see roots coming out of the bottom or sides and then transfer the plugs to the net pots with additional medium (silica stone, hydroton, or...

http://www.e-conolight.com/Product/EProductDetail.asp?ProductFamilyID=22&FGNumber=~HP400 Those are only 6.95 All I've ever used is the cheapies, but from looking at the specs on the hortilux it would probably yield $80 more worth pretty easily if you had a SOG and were utilizing all of your...

No nobody knows. I believe that you will see quicker, faster growth the longer the lights are on, but just through qualitative evidence it seems that plants will end up doing better in flower if there is some dark period. I used to do 24/0 all the time, now I tend to do 4-6 hours of dark and...

Yeah, do whatever you feel like...everybody has an opinion on this. Why don't you compromise and do 21/3.

Yeah, I read a lot when I was a kid before I learned how uncool it was to be literate. I forget how uncool it is and sometimes spew forth a lot of incomprehensible garbage. Oh, I think he IS talking about that paper that you find in the puddle. I hate timers as well, and I feel I need another...

A good scrubber will work, but depending on the size of your room you might need "one the size of you" as Hydro so eloquently put it. The homemade type scrubbers are really only sufficient for small enclosures or closets unless you make a big one and stuff it with carbon (as many have done with...

Except that the attic is usually warmer than the rooms below (heat rises). On my closet I used to grow in I used an axial type fan (large computer fan) on the intake to actively pull in air. If you leave the TV on to cover up the sound of the fan running it should still be pretty stealth...

That's a hella lot of lights you got there. How do you keep that cool? Yeah there were a lot of details that were wacky like that (loose bracket on lamp causing it to rest on glass if you didn't reach in and move it)on the initial trial run, but I determined what I needed to (in my mind). The...

The bake-a -round does get brittle after a few years of use though, mine shattered last week! boo-hoo

I didn't realize there were so many types of fluorescent tubes! I just always use what's cheap. Fortunately you can get GE T12's (I'm talking 4 foot) for pretty cheap and I forget the warmer spectrum lumens, but 3050 for the daylights and they have them pretty much anywhere for a good price. PP

You can always do 20/4, 22/2, 19/5, etc... There are no rules. 18/6 seems to provide for a healthier stronger grow (IMO)- for whatever reason (roots?) although 24/0 will sometimes put more growth on. I think the strain has a big effect on some of this and this is probably partially (if not...

That is great advice from 420 guy...as long as you can handle the heat. This was basically the arrangement I started out with. The cheap 400W light I bought from there in 2005 is still going strong. The euro reflector needs ventilation to really make it "work" so you will also have to have...

Run a fluorescent tube vertical up the wall behind the plant.

Yeah, maybe they were junk. Don't they have guarantees on those? Send them back.

They are like a caricature of the band they used to be at this point. They are just doing it for the money.

Your plants are prob fine, hydro nutes at this point will probably burn them. Wait until the switch to flower or until they start to show deficiency.

Like everything, it totally depends on strain. My general guideline for short plants (not necessarily plump) is to veg to 3rd-5th internode and then switch to 12/12. Most of the time this will get you a plant with minimal side branching though. For plump, the best idea is to top or tie down...