Highlanders Perpetual. BB,Ice,Void,Qleaner and Some of Chimeras' Strains!

I had several I had cloned before. I got clear slime so I dumped everything cleaned it good. The cuts I got now I haven't cloned before. Lost all my genetics at this point. So glad I have cuts to friends to hold on to

Yeah voidman it's not so much the lighting as other factors. If I'm in no hurry I'll just use ambient lighting, only takes then a few days more

Cool. I'll work on the other things. The light is for the mother plant and clones are just off to the side. Going for more bubble wands now

Sounds like pythium to me, pretty common in cloners and hydro set ups. Once it is in there it's hard to get rid of even scrubbing really good. Bleach it good when it comes down from time to time too.
There is the h202 method but really that will kill back the main population but it will still come back. I would suggest using either aqua shield or hygrozyme, I know there are others but I know for sure these two work for sure. Basically a compost tea that will eat the pythium, this is the better long term solution. Still change out your water at least once a week and re-inoculate every change.

It should be mentioned that these same compost teas are what you would use to break down old roots and other organic matter when recycling soil (as per another conversation). They can also be used to control leaf fungus and blight as a folliar.

Thanks.

I used to change my water every day or two. Lately Breen once a week. Could be part of the problem.

I've seen the thread about the beneficial tea. Sadly I'm broke and those ingredients are expensive. How do you keep bennies alive if you use chemical frets?

Hey hey hey... Still alive and lurking. Man, babies are a lot of work sometimes, lol.

Hope everyone is doing well in here. I just picked up a new tent the other day to veg in (plants are much happier in there with more space and better air circulation/temp control)... gonna be setting up my flower tent in the next few weeks once I have some time, too. I can't flip the switch on anything until mid December, so no real rush. Just chopped that Sour Flower the other day, though, and she is slowly drying up in a closet in the back room. Hoping to get a mere 1-2 ounces, but hey, it beats paying for it.

Shitdammit, so much to do today. Wish I could hang and shoot the shit with you all today. Such is life! I'll be lurking, tho.

What kind of tent? I was looking at them on eBay the other day. Pricing on them seems absurd. In some cases a smaller tent costs more than a bigger one.

I want one at a decent price for decent quality

Voidling said:

Thanks.

I used to change my water every day or two. Lately Breen once a week. Could be part of the problem.

I've seen the thread about the beneficial tea. Sadly I'm broke and those ingredients are expensive. How do you keep bennies alive if you use chemical frets?

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The aquashield is around $10/quart and only use about 1 tsp per gallon so it lasts quite a while and I can vouch for it's equality of effect. The hygrozyme is way more because it is the "industry standard".

The thing about bennies is that they still can do their thing for the root mass but your right the chem ferts will kill them, you just apply them more often to have constant benefits (opposite feeding sched). When you use organics they thrive in the medium when dialed in. That is where water quality comes in to play as the chloramine in water supplies will kill your living rhizosphere too. It's a cat and mouse game lol
You can look up your city water makeup. Every water municipality is required to furnish the lab results, as long as it is reasonable in mineral content you can get by with a simple carbon block filter like on an ice maker or a britta. This is important because using chem is already an unfriendly environment for bennies killing them in the water with chloramine (doing its job) is counterproductive. Every bit maximizes the effort, but you can still benefit without this step. It's noticeable when given a tea they just look happy, like they are praying to the light. lol

I bought my tent on CL for a good price. I had no probs with it.
Today the main zipper is coming un-threaded. Ill get a needle and re-sew it b4 it gets worse.

I can't find adv online report of my water company. Any simple cheap test?

I'll have to look into organic hydro if my test turns out well.

I'm not in a legal state stop weary of a cl trap

Oh that sux!
I get so many deals there!
Ebay adds shipping to the price making it way more, and mostly new ones only.

If you call them they will mail it to you, people get them all them time when installing water filters.
TDS/ec meters vary in price and quality, but in general aren't worth cost unless your running hydro or uber anal about everything. I would assume your probably ok most people are and you would know if the ca/mg is off by much. A simple britta pitcher will get the chloramine out.

I've got a tds meter but that doesn't show chlorine or chloramine does it?

I need a new water filter anyway, I'll go take a look

Nope it wont and unless your on a well you have it. To what degree, like I said is kind of negligible it's really more important to treat it and that is simple enough with carbon filtration. What I was more leaning toward with that comment is that many people filter out everything and put back what is necessary but all this can be complicated and unnecessary as the main thing to get rid of is the chloramine which is just a stabilized chlorine so it wont evaporate out. Thus the simple filter, to keep the rest of the trace minerals.

That's plenty of light for cloning... they only need a tiny bit of usable spectrum

what do the stems look like? too much moisture = root rot/mushy stem, too little = wood -- are you using scarification?

Voidling said:

What kind of tent? I was looking at them on eBay the other day. Pricing on them seems absurd. In some cases a smaller tent costs more than a bigger one.

I want one at a decent price for decent quality

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This one is a 3x3 GrowLab... or something. I dunno. I'm not sure I like it as much as my SecretJardin. Those things just seem to have a better zipper system, which is often a fail point on tents, in my opinion.

Kiki007 once sent me a link to someplace in NYC that had good ones, in her opinion, for cheap.

edit: Bassman, I saw what you said about sewing your zipper after i typed that. I rest my case! As well, here is what Kiki told me, bless her heart:

gotham hydroponics in new york sells lighthouse hydro tents on ebay - dirt cheap!! I have 5 of them in my garage right now.... a 2x4, a 4x4, two 4x8s and a 6x6.... they make every size and you won't find a better deal... I pay 169..... out the door for a 4x8..... that's shipping too... no tax! it's the best deal anywhere and the tents have vents and pockets with the non-toxic mylar finish inside.... they're great! So if you're looking to add to you set up - that the place to go if you don't want to spend 300.00 for a bullshit 4x4.!

Heyy void. I just got q new tent really cheap. From virtual win hydroponics. $88 shipped. Cheapest I've seen. 60" x 34" x 36". Free shipping. And they have bigger ones. $10 more each size up. I'll let ya kno how mine is wen it arrives. Ughhhh. Goin into work in an hour. Then working till 9. Then goin hone and comin bak at 10:30. They got midnight madness tonight at the college. The kids want me to come and judge the dunk contest. And get in a sumo suit and fight a co worjer. Lmao. Ughhhh. I'll be there till 1am. Them bak at 9am the next morning. Ughhhhh

Chb sounds like fun minute the work hours. Let me know what you think when you get it.

Bobo thanks. I really like Gotham customer service, I got mutt fan and scrubber from them.they refunded some money bc manufacturers description was wrong. Just didn't know about tent quality. I'll bee saving up my pennies for a tent

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This one is a 3x3 GrowLab... or something. I dunno. I'm not sure I like it as much as my SecretJardin. Those things just seem to have a better zipper system, which is often a fail point on tents, in my opinion.

Kiki007 once sent me a link to someplace in NYC that had good ones, in her opinion, for cheap.

edit: Bassman, I saw what you said about sewing your zipper after i typed that. I rest my case! As well, here is what Kiki told me, bless her heart:

gotham hydroponics in new york sells lighthouse hydro tents on ebay - dirt cheap!! I have 5 of them in my garage right now.... a 2x4, a 4x4, two 4x8s and a 6x6.... they make every size and you won't find a better deal... I pay 169..... out the door for a 4x8..... that's shipping too... no tax! it's the best deal anywhere and the tents have vents and pockets with the non-toxic mylar finish inside.... they're great! So if you're looking to add to you set up - that the place to go if you don't want to spend 300.00 for a bullshit 4x4.!

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Heyy void. I just got q new tent really cheap. From virtual win hydroponics. $88 shipped. Cheapest I've seen. 60" x 34" x 36". Free shipping. And they have bigger ones. $10 more each size up. I'll let ya kno how mine is wen it arrives. Ughhhh. Goin into work in an hour. Then working till 9. Then goin hone and comin bak at 10:30. They got midnight madness tonight at the college. The kids want me to come and judge the dunk contest. And get in a sumo suit and fight a co worjer. Lmao. Ughhhh. I'll be there till 1am. Them bak at 9am the next morning. Ughhhhh

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Maybe Ill just buy another tent instead of building a box?!?