Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

SupraSPL

SupraSPL

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organic 200x aloe powder, reasonable price for a small size and the site gets 20% promos sometimes. Cheap organic coconut oil too if you are into that. Free shipping no tax.

http://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-organic-organic-freeze-dried-aloe-vera-powder-50-grams-1-76-oz-pwdr?SourceCode=INTL405&CAWELAID=417113317&catargetid=530002460000095110&cadevice=c&mkwid=Iy2cPqB5&pcrid=67697603287&gclid=CjwKEAiAmuCnBRCLj4D7nMWqp1USJABcT4dfCATCO9C7uRdv8aF_HVZ3uYiG29d-Vgdn4YsEaVSCIBoChvTw_wcB

I agree the skins are not very palatable and the texture of the aloe gel is...not too great LOL But if its good for me I eat it.
 
D619

D619

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zonderkop said:
In general, LEDs produce little heat. I can't imagine it increasing your grow room's temps more than a few degrees, at most.
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I can tell you first
Midwest Weedist said:
I noticed the led talk, obviously this isn't the forum, but can someone help answer my question?
I've run into a future problem with the heat from my 600 watt and only having a 15 amp circuit to run everything in my apartment aside from the kitchen on. We have no central air so when summer gets here, I'm mostly fucked to try and run a 5000btu airconditioner plus 600 watt hps, 100 watts in centrifugal fans, my gaming computer, TV, and all of my girlfriends hair appliances.

So, is the hype about the lack of heat with the upper models (I've been suggested to look at Apache and Area 51) true? If so I'm going to feel stupid for buying a 600 watt kit then turning around and buying an led, but if it keeps me from having to stop my hobby, so be it. I'll get a second job before I quit growing
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I needed extra amps in my place, since I wash my dishes by hand only, I never had any use for my dishwasher. Looked at the main panel and a 15 amp breaker was dedicated solely to the dishwasher , so I was able to use that. Not sure how your apartment is wired but take a look.. If you haven't aleady. Never used LEDS, but I can tell you that a 315 lec lamp runs hotter than my air cooled 600 hps.
 
hyroot

hyroot

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D619 said:
I can tell you first


I needed extra amps in my place, since I wash my dishes by hand only, I never had any use for my dishwasher. Looked at the main panel and a 15 amp breaker was dedicated solely to the dishwasher , so I was able to use that. Not sure how your apartment is wired but take a look.. If you haven't aleady. Never used LEDS, but I can tell you that a 315 lec lamp runs hotter than my air cooled 600 hps.
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I've seen the lec 315 ( 325 watts) up first hand and it runs much cooler than a 400w hps. It's impossible for a 600 watt hps to run cooler given the efficiency since a 600 watt hps puts out about 400 watts of heat.
 
D619

D619

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well I did a side by side comparison. The temperatures measured higher under a 315 lec under a non air cooled hood vs an air cooled 600 hps. Of course the 600 watt bulb runs hotter if it wasn't being air cooled. That's all I'm saying.
 
hyroot

hyroot

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D619 said:
well I did a side by side comparison. The temperatures measured higher under a 315 lec under a non air cooled hood vs an air cooled 600 hps. Of course the 600 watt bulb runs hotter if it wasn't being air cooled. That's all I'm saying.
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you should probably get a speed controller for that fan. If it cools too much. Below operating temp. It can cut down on spectral output by 10%-20% and the glass already cuts off 15% spectral output.
 
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earthling420

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I was thinking about several things and wondering
Can you put make a tea out of anything? Just one ingredient? with or without areation.
Is it more efficient to use a tea instead of topdressing?
Can you mix almost anything into a tea or best to keep it minimal?
 
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earthling420

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Is diluting a SST necessary?
Is it possible to store a SST?
Good news, I find baby worms in my dirt from BAS :) Also found them in the dirt I made but unfortunately they'll die cause drying the dirt out from being too wet. I don't think I can save them. From what I understand if dirt goes anaerobic it's best to dry it out and rehydrate with tea.
My seed popped! Back in the game boys! lol

edit: forgot who mentioned it but I ordered some mycogrow soluble from fungiperfecti.com
seems like good stuff. ill get it soon. Thanks to whoever brought it uo in another thread :)
 
a senile fungus

a senile fungus

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Quickly source of calcium? I'm getting some spots on older leaves, looks like calcium def.

I have oyster shell meal, gypsum, and dolomite lime chunks but those all take too long to break up and become usable in the soil.

What about topdressing with kelp meal or alfalfa meal?

Could I make a tea with the kelp or alfalfa?

Or should I just grind up a couple egg shells and bake, then dissolve in vinegar and dilute and water in??

I'm picking up more EWC next week but would like a quick fix if possible for now.

I do have calmag, but I'd like to fix the issue instead of just pouring in calmag.

I use straight RO water right now, so I guess it could be that.

Also, temps are low, from 60ish to 68ish. Not sure if low temps could be contributing to/antagonizing a nutrient's uptake.
 
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hyroot

hyroot

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earthling420 said:
I was thinking about several things and wondering
Can you put make a tea out of anything? Just one ingredient? with or without areation.
Is it more efficient to use a tea instead of topdressing?
Can you mix almost anything into a tea or best to keep it minimal?
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it depends on the tea. A nutrient tea will have faster results than topdressing. But topdressing will last for the whole grow. Where if you only do teas. You'd have to do them almost every watering.

I did a compost tea vs topdressing vermicompost. Topdressing had much better results.

sst or coconut water in tea form is the only way to go.for that aspect.

you can brew just about any plant material except for citrus and potatoes. But the leaves from those plants may be ok. I.dont know if leaves on an orange tree have citric acid or not though. I doubt they do.
 
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earthling420

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hyroot said:
it depends on the tea. A nutrient tea will have faster results than topdressing. But topdressing will last for the whole grow. Where if you only do teas. You'd have to do them almost every watering.

I did a compost tea vs topdressing vermicompost. Topdressing had much better results.

sst or coconut water in tea form is the only way to go.for that aspect.

you can brew just about any plant material except for citrus and potatoes. But the leaves from those plants may be ok. I.dont know if leaves on an orange tree have citric acid or not though. I doubt they do.
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Awesome, thanks for the kickass reply Hy. Good stuff.
 
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