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Anytime you use a synthetic nutrient you need to do a flush on a regular basis. Synthetic nutrients create a build up of excess salts if they are not flushed. I run DWC and I find that if I do not flush every two weeks the salt buildup will.cause major lockout problems. I use Conni, Big Bud...

You're in Denver as am I. If you need some help installing a few breakers and running electric let me know and I'd be glad to help. when I first got into this I asked the local hydro shop if they had any grower friendly electricians. The hydro shop reffered one of their regulars and he...

I'm using the system and running perpetual. Once I have everything completed I'll post some pics but here's how the system works. Clones start their life a tray of rapid rooters. After roots pop the clones are moved to flood trays where they will spend 1-2 weeks in 6" pots of hydroton...

You're going to get a lot of opinions here. I might as well add in mine. How tall are your ceilings? How much light can you run? What's your budget? I built a DIY undercurrent system that I'm doing a SCROG with right now; I'm not even going to try and guess what the yield is going to be but...

They're watched closely. I live in an MMJ state and grow legally. I do what I'm allowed to and got a visit from the PO-PO one night. They said they couldn't tell me who tipped them off and I left it at that but I noticed I had been followed a few times prior to that by a car I've seen...

As said in earlier posts T5's do not penetrate well. I use T5's in early veg and that's it. The T5's keep the internodal length incredibly tight in early veg but they don't do crap for plants more than a foot or two tall. In a tight space with a budget you should be more concerned about...

Disposition props to you for posting a great thread that has hopefully given several people great ideas for building their own DIY undercurrent. Thanks to this thread I was able to build my own UC DIY system. I made a few updates to your system and will post pics in a new thread when I...

I have a Maverick sun 1000W Switchable ballast and the transformer burned up on it. Are there any good sites to find replacement transformers? I went and purchased a new ballast today but I would like to to find an affordably priced transformer so I can keep this ballast as a backup in the...

Spectracide from Home Depot will completely eliminate the mildew from the plants. I had it get into my veg room and my flower room. I treated all of my plants with it and then cleaned the rooms top to bottom with blech to kill any spores on the floors and walls. I didn't see anymore powdery...

SNS 217 and neem oil are good at keeping the infestation under control but will not eliminate the problem. Floramite will destroy those suckers. Think of it as a nuke for mites. Floramite is meant for ornamentals and requires 28 days for all of the residual to wash off the plant. With that said...

Ortho max bug b gone. I read on another forum about a guy who was using it in his flood trays at a rate of 6 ml per gallon. I did it an my plants did not show any stress at all. I poured the Ortho in 3 days before I changed nutes and it nuked those suckers. For my plants in buckets (the...

I have a few plants in veg right now and switched them from age old to dyna gro and I can tell you that the dyna gro is kicking ass. I mess around with a lot of nutrients. Haven't put dyna gro in hydro and probably won't for the time being due to what I'm seeing with advanced but who knows I...

One thing I want to add to this is that the conni itself is an amazing product. The biggest thing Ihave noticed is the aromas from the plants. I have a carbon filter in my room that runs 15 minutes every 3 hours. I could have up to 8 plants in that room without a bit of smell making its way...

I apologize for not updating this thread like I had intended to. My computer took a crap a few days after starting this thread and I still haven't gotten around to fixing it so I'm forced to post from my phone. Please forgive me for the typos because my phone isn't exactly the most post...

Hey BB I've always wondered how you drain and fill your reservoirs onces you've got the screens down on them.