Recent content by Cap'n Jack

Congrats, you are in the minority. I saw 10 of them returned in six months at the shop I worked at. Never one Nanolux or Energystation. We never moved a lot of the Solis Tek ballasts, but they work great and the one guy I know that runs them likes them. I run ballasts with fans and just keep...

300watt setting is just to run a 400w bulb dimmed.

Been out of the game working for a caregiver as an assistant for a while, but I'm back. My roommate and I are both medical, so we can have 12 plants blooming and 24 vegging with seedlings not counting against the veg numbers. w00t Veg is built. We have: - Two 6-bulb t5 fixtures over a 5 foot...

Lumatek isnt even UL listed. Those pieces of shit fail about 30% of the time within a year.

"super lumens" is junk.

google "lumateck sucks" Go with either Nanolux or the energy station "e-ballast" (known as the "iphone ballast" on the west coast.) if you want bang for bux

I have some in solo cups in my closet right now. Slow as fuck. It was showing roots in the rapid rooter plugs. Same level of rooting as my Girl Scout Cookies and MOB at the time they went into solo cups. EVERTYTHING except the OG is puttng roots through the slits in the bottom of the cups into...

Pulling through the filter then pushing through the hood is the best way to contain stink while also cooling a hood with only one fan. The logic being there is only one ducting junction that could possibly leak unfiltered air to the intended stink free zone. You might push a small amount of...

Sand adds drainage when it settles in. So no clogging there. Like I said, pool filter sand for the most inert stuff and playsand if you wash it. Anything else might bring salts or pH issues to the party.

Been AWOL for a bit... I use a pillowcase in a bucket. Holes in the bucket. Pool filter sand is cheep. Anywhere that sells pool stuff has it. (Walmart, Lowes, Home De Pot.)

Recently started working with a caregiver. I have my own small medical deal going, my friend just needs help. He has two bloom rooms, each have 4 1k watt HPS's and 2 1k watt MH. Veg is 2 1k MH and an 8 bulb HO T5. When a row is harvested, the other two slide down and a row moves from veg to...

If you are antsy to harvest, chop the tops on most, but give one an extra week. You won't regret the 7 days. Otherwise wait a week to chop the colas. I'd give the bottom branches 2 more weeks, maybe 3. If you need to start the next run asap then just skip the extra time and use the bottom buds...

The purple isn't always nute deficiency. It is sometimes due to low temps, or in my case, strain. Skunkberry has purple veins start to finish.

I always had good luck with those $2 Walmart rooting powders, then I heard about bubble/mist cloners using straight h2o. Since then I use plain vermiculite or 50/50 MG seed starting mix and medium grade perlite in little plug inserts for those trays that take humidity domes. (The inserts come...

I got my order 14 days from when I dropped the money in the mail.