ldnsharkkid
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Hey al, did you see my question about handwatering freshly transferred plants into the flood table?? Sorry to bother you its just im in the process right now lol........only if you dont mind
I hand water vegging clones in a flood table, make sure you have your drainage connected and youll be fine. DHey al, did you see my question about handwatering freshly transferred plants into the flood table?? Sorry to bother you its just im in the process right now lol........only if you dont mind
I don't know what a vortex is- is that a brand name?Yea thanks for the help. Yea I already have 2 sun systems, both are hooked up to a 6 in vortex.
Air cooled hoods don't flow air as well as a cooltube; their metal bodies can heat up from radiant IR as well, allowing some lamp heat to convect into the room's airmass, defeating the purpose. If your hood remains cool enough to lay your hand on & leave it, it should be working fairly well, though.Are cool tubes alot cooler and glass shield'd hoods?
huh. I saw that and I (thought I) responded to it. The reply has gone missing..Hey al, did you see my question about handwatering freshly transferred plants into the flood table?? Sorry to bother you its just im in the process right now lol........only if you dont mind
A spray bottle set to shoot a straight stream would do pretty well. Maybe an old dish soap or water bottle would do. Anything which will allow you to precisely squirt a bit of water to just dampen the pellets will do.Hi Al, sorry to bother you again just a quick question, i am about to put my rockwool cubes in clay pebbles 1/2" above flood level as you said but how do i handwater for a coupla days without soaking the rockwool cubes? Any advice is appreciated, thanks
I haven't posted any. Will if I can.Were Are The Pic.'s AL B.????~~Later~~~Hatch~~~
Hey,
Hopefully you remember this from a few pages back...I was having problems controlling my soldering iron top temp with the dimmer...anyway I have wired 2 up to an incandescent bulb...I think both dimmers I tried are faulty. One just turns the bulb on without an increase/decrease in intensity. The other turns on at full intensity about half way. Do you think that they are faulty? I only paid about 6 bucks each for the dimmers? I figured that they should at least work though...lol.
Thanks.
Does sound like a very good price. If the hoods can keep their cooling air flow separate from the grow rom airmass (with inlet and exhaust ducting) and remain cool to the touch, they should work pretty well.Id rep that, but I cant. Your a fucking genius man. I wish I didnt already purchase these 600's, but I got hell of a deal at $80 per light. I can rest my hand on the glass but then again its only a 600.
Far too much! Prices vary, but I've seen them from $160-200/ea.How much do those adjust bat wings cost?
Around $60-70.Whats the average cost on a cool tube.
How wet are you leaving the cubes after you are waternig them? They must not be left saturated. Without a pic, I can't really make any better guesses.Any idea what Im doing wrong?
I must have! Sorry.Sorry to bug you, but did you miss this?
Yes, I do think they're faulty. You might, however, just for curiosity's sake, try them with a 100W light globe and see if they behave the same as with a 25-40W lamp.Hey,
Do you think that they are faulty? I only paid about 6 bucks each for the dimmers? I figured that they should at least work though...lol.
OK, I hope that sorts out the EC scale question.I put 61ml of solutions A&B into 20L of water and the PPM went to exactly 1400...
My pH is 8.5 at present. When I mix for 1400 with Canna Flores, I get a pH of about 6.3. Takes about 10-12ml of the pHDown sauce I have to shift that 125L @ 6.3 to 5.8.My PH starts out at 8.2 and requires a lot more adjustment. That is a regional issue however.
+ rep, Your the man. My hoods dont have their own inlet. They have vents on top of the hood, so they draw warm air out. Im using hydro huts Xl(Flower), L(veg) I have temps 75-77 and I can touch the glass lens, its warm but Im able to hold my hand there. One day I want some of those bat wings and cool tube setup's with some 1000's. Your grow room is candy to my eyes. I love clean tidy shit and you have that dialed in. I Cant wait till harvest so I can dedicate my roommates room as my grow room and kick him out. Good luck thanks again for the great help.Does sound like a very good price. If the hoods can keep their cooling air flow separate from the grow rom airmass (with inlet and exhaust ducting) and remain cool to the touch, they should work pretty well. Far too much! Prices vary, but I've seen them from $160-200/ea.Around $60-70.
Your temps are moderating rather well, but when air cooled lighting sources its cooling air from inside the room airmass, room airmass temp stability can suffer.+ rep, Your the man. My hoods dont have their own inlet. They have vents on top of the hood, so they draw warm air out.
Im using hydro huts Xl(Flower), L(veg) I have temps 75-77 and I can touch the glass lens, its warm but Im able to hold my hand there.
Works pretty well for me.One day I want some of those bat wings and cool tube setup's with some 1000's.
thanks for that; I aim to keep my shit tidy.Your grow room is candy to my eyes. I love clean tidy shit and you have that dialed in.
I absolutely SNORTED when I read that. You ratbag.I Cant wait till harvest so I can dedicate my roommates room as my grow room and kick him out.
no worries.Good luck thanks again for the great help.
it would be well in excess of 40-45C inside of 1 hour. Forget it. You'll need either aircon or ventilation. You will not have a successful grow with 2kW in an unventilated space.Hello Al
how hot would it get in a closed room ( no in or out vents) using
two 1000w with adjust a wing reflectors, using the super spreaders.
how about with cool tubes, no aircon
So, you germed your seed, got a roughly 1/4" long taproot out of the seed and planted it in the holes in the RW, right?As requested pics of the RW (seed is germinated and planted in RW which is visible in pic)
WAY too wet. No wonder nothing's happening. The cube must only be damp, never wet or saturated. No way a seedling will take enough water out of the cube to justify watering 2x/day. For this situation, cubes on a heat mat (you DO have a heat mat, right?) will only need about 5-10ml of water/day, on the very high and outside... They may not need water every day.which Im now watering twice a day (I water from the top of the RW with a measuring syringe, when water is shown in excess at the bottom of the RW I stop, when I cant feel moisture on the top of the RW I water. What you think?
yep, fine.Also is it permissable to have the RW holes that wide and open for the seed to be in direct light like that shown in the pic (the seeds are 1/2 inch below the surface).
yes of courseCooltubes must be able to source cooling air from outside the grow room airmass and dump it outside it as well.
i am trying to figure out if it is at all possible to avoid it.If you can establish the airflow necessary for cooltubes, you will also be able to ventilate the room.
Click the silver scale to the top right of the posts on one that AL has written and it will allow you to rep him or anyone that writes a post.I know i ask a lot of questions, but it is much appreciated. Ive been wanting to give you rep points, but i dont know how.
You will either need an aircon unit or you will need to ventilate the space, it's that simple- no way around having one or the other.i am trying to figure out if it is at all possible to avoid it.
2 screws through the ref into the cooltube.Final request (for now), have you or better yet would you, post something on how you put the batwing/cool tube fixture together.
The 'spreader' was really more a 'shade' than anything else. It blocked about half the light to the plants nearest the lamp tube. I always thought it was of dubious benefit, but I was given a pair to try out, and so I did. They did nothing for temp control. I would not use them again, with or without cooltubes.Do you find that the spreader component is lacking now that you dont have it, or could you put it back if you could.
Cooltubes must be able to source cooling air from outside the grow room airmass and dump it outside it as well.
If you can establish the airflow necessary for cooltubes, you will also be able to ventilate the room.
So, you germed your seed, got a roughly 1/4" long taproot out of the seed and planted it in the holes in the RW, right?
WAY too wet. No wonder nothing's happening. The cube must only be damp, never wet or saturated. No way a seedling will take enough water out of the cube to justify watering 2x/day. For this situation, cubes on a heat mat (you DO have a heat mat, right?) will only need about 5-10ml of water/day, on the very high and outside... They may not need water every day.
yep, fine.
However, you're not growing an aquatic plant and don't need to give anywhere near as much water as you are. You should not be able to shake any excess water out of the cube- it must be damp, not wet or saturated.
You should not be able to shake any water out of a cube which is just damp.Yep I have germed and placed in RW.
Yep I have a heated propagator with a mat in it.
At first I was worried that the seed would die if it had got to dry due to the heat but from now Ill make sure the RW is only damp.
well, um, thanks for that, but I sure wouldn't take a bullet in the ass for me.Man Im happy to hear from you thanks so much Id take a bullet for you in the ass LOL.
As alway you da man!
yep, fine.Oh I almost forgot is it ok to have the lights on 24/7 for these seeds?