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curious old fart

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Littlegrower I didnt see your reply, Can grow bags be moved easily in your opinion?
I have never topped b4, and know I should. I guess I am scared....lol. I dont wanna mess em up!
The 3 gal bags will work fine and can be easily moved in April. Your 3 ltr is only about 3/4's of a gal.
Any upgrade will be welcome.

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bajafox

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baja- sounds good man! everyone here really supports those pest strips, kind of wish i could use them for my gnats but my grow is in my room with the exhaust going into it..
Thanks man, I'm definitely going to use those soon. I just need to time it right. I decided to switch my lights to go on at night instead of the morning to get ready for the summer so I'm going to use that 24 hour down time to make the switch :leaf:
 

billcollector99

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8 plants in 5 gal's wont fit in my tub (I know shitty space).
I am vegging 19 hrs a day, I go to bed at 1 am and get up at 6 and so do they. I dont wanna have lights in there to on and off while they are asleep.
Thanx for this information. I will have to figure something out, maybe shorten the days, and lightproof (if possible) the shower area.
Is 5 gall big enough for a huge plant outdoors. At least I hope they get huge!!
I could light control them totally in my shed, but that is where I had that mite problem, and I never wanna have that again!!

I owe you reps as I have to wait, but thanx anyway for the insight. You saved me a harvest with that advice I bet!
If you use a 5 Gallon smartpot, you can easily grow a 7-8ft plant. They are roughly the same size as a normal 5 gallon, but they will grow a much bigger, and healthier plant!!
 

Heads Up

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Nice pictures, I have the Heribei going now, that seed cracked and had a taproot out in less than 24 hours. Thats all the info I have personally about anything with sannies seeds, but so far so good. All of the seeds look mature, the freebies are the same, mature. I got Madonna x Anesthesia freebies myself. Something for me to play around with in the future.
I have a question for anyone who can answer it. First let me tell you what Im going to be using, Trinity from Roots Organics, Great White, and Hygrozyme. I have seedlings ranging from they just broke soil yesterday, to about 8 days old. Shit I need to keep better track of my plants ages. Anyway, when do I start to use these products? I am pretty sure I can use the Great White mycos now, but Im not sure about the other 2. I know some of you use the hygrozyme, so any info on that would be helpful. As for the Trinity, I just wanted to try that out, the ingredients seemed right. A link to that...
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/roots-organics-trinity.html
I use straight up mycorrihizae powder, one scoop per gallon of water, to that I generally add molasses. The bacteria in the mycorr eats the sugars in the molasses and in turn gives you more bacteria in your soil. I use it on my seedlings once they are a few days old and then I feed them that same solution here and there all through the grow. I add hygrozyme to my feed nutes and maybe one other time a week. It gets way to expensive to use hygrozyme all the time so I settle for twice a week. As to the trinity, not familiar with the stuff. Hope that helps.
 

Heads Up

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Has anyone tried the plastic grow bags? I need something that I can reshape or that is really tall to fit 8 in my bathtub. I want 5 gal or bigger
I've used grow bags several times with no problems. I don't know if you could use a five gallon bag and move it once filled with dirt, a ten gallon bag is not moving unless you want to mess up your root system, they are huge, I have ten gallon bags I was going to use in a scrog but will probably use them outdoors, give them to my vietnam vet buddy this summer. One tip about grow bags, make sure you get the ones with white outsides and black insides, the black outsides absorb too much heat. You can get them cheap and different sizes at htgsupply.com.
 

Dezracer

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I have used and am currently using some plastic grow bags. I said I wouldn't use them again but later decided they're ok. My only complaint with them is they have no handles and are thin so can be awkward to pick up. With what 3&5gal pots cost compared to grow bags, ill probably pick up some more. I need 10 so it'll be a big savings to use the bags.

I hadn't noticed Sunpulse saying you could run the 3k bulb through the whole grow. That's kind of cool.

Wanted to say thanks to the seed fairy! My package arrived today in great shape and the seeds look great too.
 

billcollector99

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I've used grow bags several times with no problems. I don't know if you could use a five gallon bag and move it once filled with dirt, a ten gallon bag is not moving unless you want to mess up your root system, they are huge, I have ten gallon bags I was going to use in a scrog but will probably use them outdoors, give them to my vietnam vet buddy this summer. One tip about grow bags, make sure you get the ones with white outsides and black insides, the black outsides absorb too much heat. You can get them cheap and different sizes at htgsupply.com.
IMO a grow bag cant match the growing capacity of a smart pot or an airpot.
 

billcollector99

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I have used and am currently using some plastic grow bags. I said I wouldn't use them again but later decided they're ok. My only complaint with them is they have no handles and are thin so can be awkward to pick up. With what 3&5gal pots cost compared to grow bags, ill probably pick up some more. I need 10 so it'll be a big savings to use the bags.

I hadn't noticed Sunpulse saying you could run the 3k bulb through the whole grow. That's kind of cool.

Wanted to say thanks to the seed fairy! My package arrived today in great shape and the seeds look great too.
I can provide you with some custom sized smartpots, for the cost of materials and a nice smoke sesh, lol... way cheaper than buying growbags or smart pots from the hydro store, or online ;)
 

duchieman

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Hey guys, how's it going. So much to catch up on but I'm on my way out to see a friend. I too am waiting for my harvest and relying on elsewhere but lately I've had to go to other elsewheres because my usual friends friend couldn't get to the second half of his harvest. You see, he buried it and the ground has been a wee bit hard around here lately. Well with a little bit of thaw like weather the last couple of days I think he's been able to chip at the frozen tundra and get to it cause I got a call today saying it's back on, LOL. Anyway I couldn't help laughing at the picture of some guy doing everything he can to thaw the ground out, priceless. So do you guys think it my be a little better and smoother than the first batch?
 

Dezracer

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I can provide you with some custom sized smartpots, for the cost of materials and a nice smoke sesh, lol... way cheaper than buying growbags or smart pots from the hydro store, or online ;)
Really? What material do you use for your smartpots? I am trying to move away from soil for the most part right now but will always have some plants in soil so those could come in handy. I've been wanting to try the smartpots for a bit too after hearing people rave about them.
 

duchieman

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Hey Dez, what's the JDB and did those come from Sannie or a nice fairy. I have 1 CBH up and 1 planted, 4 Extremas are up, and I'm saving my heri's for a single run.
 

billcollector99

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Really? What material do you use for your smartpots? I am trying to move away from soil for the most part right now but will always have some plants in soil so those could come in handy. I've been wanting to try the smartpots for a bit too after hearing people rave about them.
Poleysester Felt, from the fabric store. They work identical to the ones in the hydro store.

Here is a pic of one in a 2 gallon i made.

 

Heads Up

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They look great 99, what did they cost you to make them? I might be interested in several. I'm using three gallon smart pots now but would have liked them to be a bit wider.
 

littlegrower2004

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Littlegrower I didnt see your reply, Can grow bags be moved easily in your opinion?
I have never topped b4, and know I should. I guess I am scared....lol. I dont wanna mess em up!
i didnt really move mine much but when i did it didnt seem like it was too hard or that it damaged the roots. i personally liked them because they can be trimmed easily to a different size height but can continue having the same size width. they can be akward to move thats for sure since there is no handles and if its a bush then it will be hard to get around them to reach the sides. you definetely need not to be afraid of topping, its about the only way you can keep your plants at a manageable height until april. you can basically cut your plant anywhere and it will be just fine, as long as its not the main stalk haha. ive been taking numerous tops off my plants to keep them under control. as long as you have new growth below where you cut then it will be good. heres a pic of my area stuffed with plants that get cut alot.
 

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