No worries.

In the time I've been off the boards, I've also added a monstrous carbon filter to the exhaust from my flowering area. The Uvonaire 5000 just could not keep up with the massive 600CFM from the main blower and the output would get whiffy when there were a lot of plants in the last few days of flowering.

I went off rockwool as a primary medium some time ago. I now stuff pots with Fytocell, with just 25mm or so of RW in the bottom of each pot to keep the Fytocell granules from being rinsed out the pots.

Sorry to hear you've gone to soil. Much more work, lower yield performance, non-sterile out of the bag (even commercial potting soils have lots of microbial materials in them) and disposal issues due to weight. Sure, you can dump old soil in your gardens, provided your garden plants don't mind nute residues and you have the garden space to fill with soil. In an op like mine, where I'm disposing of 23 pots of medium every two weeks, I'd be raising my garden beds pretty significantly if I were using soil. I also already have problems with flood trays eventually cracking, partly due to weight of media & water; can't imagine what trouble I'd have if my pots all weighed 4x more.

What possessed you to switch to soil?

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We shall see. It's a bit of a mess at the moment and not worth photographing as I've had a couple of batches of clones fail in rapid succession recently along with a pH meter failure which caused me to shoot the pH too low in the flowering area & clone watering soln for a few weeks. Both are due to seasonal/weather variations. I have to manually compensate for lower air temps in winter (coming on as we speak around here), notably by reducing the number of watering cycles per lights-on and pay close attention to variations in tapwater pH caused when the treatment plant copes with pathogens washed out of the catchments when there's been a lot of rain- and we've been bucketed lately.

What I'm growing now- Sweet Tooth #4 from Spice of Life Seeds. It's a primarily indica hybrid with a kinda stoney high. Because of the great flavour & heady high, I'd grow White Widow again if I had the space and inclination, but the yields always disappointed me. I once had an F1 cross of Skunk #1 x White Widow made by a local mate which yielded brilliantly but still had some of the WW characters. Lost it for some strange reason, kicked myself over that ever since. Not replaceable.... oh well.

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I love winter temps & so do my plants, but the weather in U.K. for the past few days has been really hot, today my hygrometer recorded the MAX temp at 31C OH MA GYAD! I found my root riot cubes dehydrated.

Mmmm Sweet tooth not tried that yet speaking of which, Im in the mood for some Ben & Jerrys chunky monkey lick lick slurp slurp.

If you do get hold of the F1 cross of Skunk #1 x White Widow then show us pics.
Im considering growing Kali Mist, Super silver haze or Critical Mass not decided yet. Im in the process of gathering info on breeding strains so I know longer have to purchase 10 seeds for £££. Hopefully Ill get the hang of it quickly.

It was great to hear from you again

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Lol, I am growing white widow skunk. Also widow cindy, a cross of white widow and purple cindy. White widow skunk is white widow, skunk, and northern lights. Huge plant. Cant wait, my first time with her.

As to soil, I am medical, so I want to stay in my limit. The cops already sent a hello party to my door thanks to some nosy neighbor and the tv too loud. Long story. I am ok by them it seems. But no experiments for me. Four in flower, four in veg and clone as I go. Seven gallon grow bags. 600 hps and 400 mh for now. I am no where near comercial. rofl.

Cool grow update. Those huge filters are awesome hired help for a grow. My first ozone was a wherehouse size titan model that with a lid still would not have done the job. Had to take the lid off a smaller model. But I am small. Personal.

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Yeah, I know ya poms think 31C is a heatwave. *giggle*

We had a 45.1C day wrapped with a few 42-43C days last summer. Now THAT'S a heatwave, bro.

I will agree that change of season is a rough time unless you have perfect, year-round climate control, tho.

Unlikely, I'm afraid. The feller who I got it from is no longer growing.

Lucky you!

Oh, I see. Gotta do wotcha gotta do.

feckers.

yep, they sure do work, but they're not cheap. I'm looking into refilling mine when it stops working, but it's nearly as practical to just buy an entire new filter, considering the cost of new carbon granules and the mess factor involved with doing the refill.

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don't them big 150s or whatever they are called ... those 5ft monster filters... aren't those good for like 5years constant use?


edit: how can you tell when the scrubber isn't working.... do you not get too accustomed to the smells?
thanks

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I can't recall any mfr of the things giving any sort of estimation on how long they last.

That's my problem! I don't know how long they're supposed to last and I definitely can't trust my own schnozz to tell me when they're spent!

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ha ha! I know the feeling...
here's a bummer

from http://www.canfilters.com/faq.html

Quote:

How long does the filter last? The life of a filter is determined by the Of the contaminant, the relative humidity and the volume of air cleaned. Unfortunately there is no indicator light on the filter that tells you when it is ready to be replaced. Experience with one Can-Filter will give you an expectation for future Can-Filters in your particularapplication.

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Hey Al,
Just wanted to say thanks for all your info and your willingness to share it. Sadly, you left before I could get through those massive stickys you spawned. No big deal though. All I needed was in there. And there are plenty of your decipels who know quite a bit to help with the small stuff. Cheers and good luck in all your future endevors.
DS

And a bummer it is, too! Effin' good thing these jokers don't sell tyres. Imagine! "Our tyres don't come with a 'when to replace light' but you'll know when they're due for replacement when the tread flies off on the motorway. Experience with one of our products will help you when you own the next copy. If you live to tell about it, of course." I guess I'll write a letter to the maker of these carbon filters from jail. "Oh hey, your filters work GREAT... until they don't, that is."

Thanks for that. At least the threads have been maintained for your archival convenience.

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