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So I just went and bought a soil pH probe. Soil is sitting at around 7-7.3 pH depending on the pot

Hey everyone! Im having a hard time nailing down what the issue in my room is. I'm NOT a soil grower and have been having problems with the ones in dirt. I don't think this is an over/under watering thing, but I suck with soil. Maybe a lockout? Here's the specs: FFOF with 20% perlite Ph water...

that's a nice rack system... legit.... but 2.3gpw? That'd put you above Heath Robinson, and he had a more efficient light spread... I'm not hatin, I just don't see it... maybe I'm missing something?

I recommend to just tear a tiny corner of the cube off and loosely plug the hole with it. Putting soil on it is generally not a good idea, as you don't want to introduce any potential pathogens the soil may hold, into your hydroponic system.

Lush- chillers hardly make any noise, especially compared to an inline fan. TGH- Yeah mini fridges use quite a bit of power also... Most chillers are more efficient that the standard mini-fridge, but the fridge is dual purpose... so take that as you will. In the end- Plumbing a fridge...

You could get away with running a 1/10hp chiller if you insulate your rez and remove it from your tent/room. I can chill my 40G rez by 15F with an EcoPlus 1/10th by doing that. That should put you in your target range of 66-68F.

I would say you have alot of powder/salts buildup there because you didnt rinse your perlite. Al used the floc pretty much just as a filter, and to weigh the pot down. Since you don't have the problem of your pots floating in the wilma, and since you're using perlite, I would look into a "pot...

Just put the filter at the beginning of the line If you run passive intake. Filter<Fan<Out If the tube is going straight up the heat will help it get there also.

Here's an excerpt from the Al B Fact thread- page 34 How he uses Rockwool Flock- Yep, perlite will work pretty well. It can escape the pot drain holes, so a 25-50mm layer of floc, tightly packed in the bottom of each pot, keeps the perlite (or Fytocell) in the pot while allowing water to...

Al B used straight perlite for his flood/drain trays. He only used rockwool to stuff the drainage holes in his pots, and to clone in. He filled the pots with perlite, set the rockwool half way buried, and flooded the tray until the water was JUST BELOW the rockwool. Rockwool can get...

If you have an air cooled hood, you should run one 4" for just the hood, one for exhaust.

Usually that'd be a sign of PH being off, but since you say its steady 5.8, I'd check the underneaths of the leaves for possible insects. Do you have a good meter? If you're using the drops/tabs, your ph may be off.

E.C- Not good, dude. The only time i've ever seen r/w at the bottom of a pot is when Al B Fuct used it to stop his perlite from falling out of the drainage holes.... It holds alot of water, and shouldn't be planted into when it is soaked like that. AL B Fuct (look him up) soaked r/w for clones...

Ty- With all your lights, you're running 182w. If you're hellbent on using floros, I would suggest getting a 4x4 T5 that pulls only slightly more juice, but will give you more lumens, and a better coverage area. Optimally, you'll be best off getting a small HID ballast... they are more...

Actont is pretty spot on here. Here's my take on it, since you didn't say your genetics- For Indicas, I'll let them get to 10% amber to get more of a couchlock. For Sativas, I'll harvest as soon as they're all cloudy. It keeps it an "uppy" high, but lets you know the plant lived it's full life...