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Gro-n-again

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speedwell68 said:
That is the most flawed reasoning I have ever read.

You are growing in a closed environment, it's not the same as outdoors.

My tent and gear is washed and sterilised before the start of every grow. I also sweep around the pots regularly and clean up any mess straightaway.
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Everyone is freaking out because there's like a 1/4 cup of soil on the floor of the tent. No big deal! What's going to pop out of that 1/4 cup of soil that think will damage those plants? "Closed environment"....are they still growing in soil? The same soil that makes up that 1/4 cup?

I gotta say that the fan looked nasty but they're in veg and it's not like those fuzz balls are gonna get stuck to a sticky bud tonight. I clean fans at flip.

I used to be anal about sweeping around but I've started using pots that are so large that I can't get drip trays for them..at least not reasonably. So now I just lay heavy gauge plastic on the ground, set the pots on it and let the water run out on the floor. Makes a terrific mess with not being able to move the pots because of the scrog net. But the plants are fine...
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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Gro-n-again said:
Everyone is freaking out because there's like a 1/4 cup of soil on the floor of the tent. No big deal! What's going to pop out of that 1/4 cup of soil that think will damage those plants? "Closed environment"....are they still growing in soil? The same soil that makes up that 1/4 cup?

I gotta say that the fan looked nasty but they're in veg and it's not like those fuzz balls are gonna get stuck to a sticky bud tonight. I clean fans at flip.

I used to be anal about sweeping around but I've started using pots that are so large that I can't get drip trays for them..at least not reasonably. So now I just lay heavy gauge plastic on the ground, set the pots on it and let the water run out on the floor. Makes a terrific mess with not being able to move the pots because of the scrog net. But the plants are fine...
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BotaniGard 22WP. You're welcome in advance.
 
LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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Frank Nitty said:
Not me... I can't stay away from that room!!! My situation is different in that my tap water is fucking my shit up,and I don't feel like adjusting my water everytime, so now I'll just buy 20-30 GALLONS of DRINKING water and go from there, because my landlord is such a cheap bitch!!! She's complaining because she has to fix this shit... We don't even have CITY water, this is WELL and it smells like hell and egg shells!!! Serious sulfur!!!
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Ah, we own; but we also have a well. No sulfur problem though. I do bypass our softening system and run out the pipes a bit and our PPM is 220-250 depending on the season.

I use 1g water jugs and fill up right when I'm done with my watering. That allows the water to come up to temperature. I've also moved over to Maxibloom (I have Maxigro too, but will probably only use that for the first few feeds), I weigh and put that in the water in advance too...then there's no issue with dissolving and having to shake it and all that...time does the work.

I priced out the local supermarket 5g R/O thing, but it's 6$ per 5g refill and at that price, might as well just buy the jugs that are $1.09 each.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Gro-n-again said:
Everyone is freaking out because there's like a 1/4 cup of soil on the floor of the tent. No big deal! What's going to pop out of that 1/4 cup of soil that think will damage those plants? "Closed environment"....are they still growing in soil? The same soil that makes up that 1/4 cup?

I gotta say that the fan looked nasty but they're in veg and it's not like those fuzz balls are gonna get stuck to a sticky bud tonight. I clean fans at flip.

I used to be anal about sweeping around but I've started using pots that are so large that I can't get drip trays for them..at least not reasonably. So now I just lay heavy gauge plastic on the ground, set the pots on it and let the water run out on the floor. Makes a terrific mess with not being able to move the pots because of the scrog net. But the plants are fine...
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Letting the plants sit in runoff is a brilliant idea. Why didn't I think of doing that before!
 
shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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Whoa. It was more like less than 50 cents a gallon when I was doing that ten years ago. I'll look next time I'm at the store.
 
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Gro-n-again

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twentyeight.threefive said:
Letting the plants sit in runoff is a brilliant idea. Why didn't I think of doing that before!
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I didn't say that now did I..? My containers sit on blue foam board, keeps the roots away from the cold concrete and above the drain water.

Now explain to me how the soil the plants are grown in becomes toxic once it hits the floor.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Gro-n-again said:
I didn't say that now did I..? My containers sit on blue foam board, keeps the roots away from the cold concrete and above the drain water.
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That's exactly what you said...

Gro-n-again said:
I used to be anal about sweeping around but I've started using pots that are so large that I can't get drip trays for them..at least not reasonably. So now I just lay heavy gauge plastic on the ground, set the pots on it and let the water run out on the floor. Makes a terrific mess with not being able to move the pots because of the scrog net. But the plants are fine...
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