I started my first invetment with $1000 about 3 years ago. I've grown ever since concurrently after the completion of every cycle. I'm already at about 5000 and still not where you are in equipment. This is because I am always buying a new growing system until I find the system that works best for me. I think I've found that said system and it incorporates a high tech passive ebb and flow which I built myself with the assistance of a brilliant person named Krypto from ICMag. He created a post known as the Krypto Ultimate Controller. Nonetheless these are my own personal endevours. I recommend you stay with what you have for the purpose of experience. Grow your bud with the CFL's but grab a few clones before flowering for your next grow and then you can compare for yourself the power of (HPS-) and its DeaMon like effects. But most importantly - DOCUMENT your grow on a piece of paper daily as in temps, pH, TDS levels and moisture. This way you can easily tell if something is about to go wrong later down the road. The best defense is the GREATEST OFFENSE - ALWAYS PREVENT as opposed to treating...

Good Luck and I KNOW YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL!!!

Leave your existing fan for your carbon scrubber and later down the road purchase a 265cfm dayton ($70) with two 6 inch to 4 inch duct reducers for your lights. I always keep 2 - 265's in my tent for this purpose... Just hang them with plastic ties.

What brand of chiller did you pick up and where did you find it? I'm having the same problems but I just can't afford another $300 purchase.

ebay 160 plus shipping (EU CL-85) it works nice, but i have a cooler for a res too.

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Time is going by really really really really slow. I think where dieing, I am pretty sure where dead. Whats the score of the red wings game. Please send recuse.

Hey man I feel you, I'm about 3300 deep into my pot investment (1000W HPS with 12 plants) and just started flowering a week ago. Just keep telling yourself it will eventually pay off and find a way to dig a little deeper.

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I have ran into a problem and I dont know how to handle it. here is the a link the post under plant problems.

Input on what my problem is. pics

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Time is going by really really really really slow. I think where dieing, I am pretty sure where dead. Whats the score of the red wings game. Please send recuse.

Sorry to see your having more problems...I seem to be following in your footsteps so I hope you get it sorted out.

International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums - The Complete guide to Sick Plants,pH, and Pest troubles!

There's a couple pictures that look like what your plants are going through, might be worth a look.

All the best!

Sometimes getting into a new type of growing just goes this way the first time, but the experience leads to future sucess. I think it was my 4th outdoor grow attemp before I finally had a sucessful harvest with some bag seed. Then with my next two attempts, I wasted two different orders of high dollar seedbank strains due to my mistakes. Finally, my last outdoor grow was a sucess, but it was with bagseed again.

My current indoor grow is my most costly attempt to date and I seem to be on the right track, but I realize that I now have quite a bit of experience from my past grows where I was not always doing things correctly. I know how to grow in soil or soiless mediums now, but I do not think I would do so well with hydo until I had a few hydro grows under my belt.

I guess I am trying to say that if you just keep trying and working on it, you will eventually realize sucess. With RIU, I think the experience and success can now come much faster because of the huge collective wealth of knowledge that it can provide. You are doing the wise thing by seeking advise from a lot of different growers. Perhaps just a heartier strain on your next grow would make a difference.

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Im subscribed... looks interesting...

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Day 49

switched out 4 gallons from the 7 gallon with the extra nutes

2:1 ratio GH-Bloom:Micro
3ml SM-90

PH 5.71
PPM 248

Bumped th PPM up yesterday as the plants started to look sick, and this the only thing that is low/wrong (was scared to burn them - and was thinking the ppm was tell me "FEED ME" and that was not the case). The problem looks like a Potassium (K) deficiency from the info that I have read. Will see what happens with the extra nutes.

Root spray mxter I have been using
4-5 drops sm-90
3-5 oz's Zero ppm H2O
Ph'ed 5.6-5.7

Root spray really helped clear up the problem.

note: I had some extra nutes/h2o in a 1gallon bottle that is added to the spray bottle and that is the nute burn you see on teh bottom leaves (did this a few weeks ago). So dont mixed any nutes to spary for the roots, I learned.

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Time is going by really really really really slow. I think where dieing, I am pretty sure where dead. Whats the score of the red wings game. Please send recuse.

Seems to be looking good now, love the white roots . Did you foliar spray your plants at anytime? When using h2o2 and sm-90 you were adding it to the res? What mixture did you use the spray the roots?