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Originally Posted by simpsonsampson420

if you put a hole in the bottom side of the dresser, and another one on the opposite side at the top with an inline fan sucking the air out that would be more than sufficient for exhaust... opening the door once a day wont help.... a 6" fan would be about what you need...

an air cooled hood would be ideal also.. you can do the exhaust 2 ways if you get an air cooled hood.. the above is one option.. or you could run the exhaust straight through the dresser... this way the air that exhausted wont smell... since it would be pulled in from and exhausted to the outside.. if that makes sense at all....

or you could also use an air cooled hood, have it exhaust outside.. but leave part of the hood (1 flange) open... this would be the most ideal so that it exhausts heat but also pulls "dead" air out of the dresser... i hope this makes sense.. i havent smoked anything today so im a little off...

i've grown autos.. but not low ryder autos.. they are decent enough.. and offer good smoke.. but they arent near as strong or yield as much as regular photo strains will...

dont be affraid to ask questions.. its fine!!

Yeah that makes sense, I got the gist of it anyway haha. Thanks for the hospitality! One more thing I'd just like your input on is supercropping, FIM, and lollipopping,..which would you do in my case to maximize my yeild? or even a combination of them. I've read up on them on your previous posts and looked at the picture tutorials, very helpful by the way. I would reccomend looking at the picture tutorial for anyone who is a little shakey about what to do, it really helps especially if you're more of a visual learner like myself.

its not special or anything.. just plain old brown bottle peroxide... get it at wal mart, target, the grocery, cvs/walgreens... you get the picture.. lol

I thought only 35%

if you need to clean your system with it use about 10 to 15 ml per gallon of water.. if you need to spray it just throw it in a squirt bottle and mist well with it..

remember this will kill all beneficial microorganisms.. at the roots and/or in organic nutes... so you willl want to use a root inocculant after using this.. or some sort of organic nute to reintroduce beneficials to the roots..



just soak them in a 5.5 ph'd solution... this will pretty much even the rockwool out to around 6.3ish ph...

over saturating the cubes, or leaving them too moist, can cause root rot or stem rot.... after you soak them shake them out a few times to remove a good amount of the moisture in them.. you want them damp.. but not soaked...[/QUOTE]

alright my man, say fuk & threw the 600 watt on the ol credit card & got that en route. Will be here & ready to roll for when autos finish.

Here are some close ups.

Not nearly as nice as I like, fukd w/ the light a little, but still couldn't get some o' the ones I really wanna post. Hopefully these can give ya better idea bout chop & what not.

If not, lemme know, and I'm gonna stick a reg lamp in there or something w/ hps off & see what I can do. Got good camera, just need to make sure I know what i'm doin.

Thanks my man, I hope she's a monster load.

Again, thanks a praise to you my man, you are truly the man.



yeah, also took a pic of a rock wool cube that is pretty indicative of my whole situation. Out o' curiousity, how long can those roots get before it starts to become an un-healthy enviro. for them? You know my timeline. Thanks man

if you need to clean your system with it use about 10 to 15 ml per gallon of water.. if you need to spray it just throw it in a squirt bottle and mist well with it..

remember this will kill all beneficial microorganisms.. at the roots and/or in organic nutes... so you willl want to use a root inocculant after using this.. or some sort of organic nute to reintroduce beneficials to the roots..



just soak them in a 5.5 ph'd solution... this will pretty much even the rockwool out to around 6.3ish ph...

over saturating the cubes, or leaving them too moist, can cause root rot or stem rot.... after you soak them shake them out a few times to remove a good amount of the moisture in them.. you want them damp.. but not soaked...[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

Hey what's up simpsonsampson420, I got a quick question. I'm just confused about some of the acronyms and definitions used in some post. Such as Ph Balanced water and RO water. Whats does this mean and does PPM have anything to do with these things? Just send me the link.

Originally Posted by Vtec9010

Yeah that makes sense, I got the gist of it anyway haha. Thanks for the hospitality! One more thing I'd just like your input on is supercropping, FIM, and lollipopping,..which would you do in my case to maximize my yeild? or even a combination of them. I've read up on them on your previous posts and looked at the picture tutorials, very helpful by the way. I would reccomend looking at the picture tutorial for anyone who is a little shakey about what to do, it really helps especially if you're more of a visual learner like myself.

stick to super cropping and FIMing... or LST and FIM... but super croppings much easier... dont worry too much about lollipopping until you can see how your strain does.. if its really touchy for instance it could cause hermies from lollipopping due to stress..

Originally Posted by choempi

I thought only 35%

whatever regular old household peroxide is

Originally Posted by showhard2handle

alright my man, say fuk & threw the 600 watt on the ol credit card & got that en route. Will be here & ready to roll for when autos finish.

Here are some close ups.

Not nearly as nice as I like, fukd w/ the light a little, but still couldn't get some o' the ones I really wanna post. Hopefully these can give ya better idea bout chop & what not.

If not, lemme know, and I'm gonna stick a reg lamp in there or something w/ hps off & see what I can do. Got good camera, just need to make sure I know what i'm doin.

Thanks my man, I hope she's a monster load.

Again, thanks a praise to you my man, you are truly the man.



yeah, also took a pic of a rock wool cube that is pretty indicative of my whole situation. Out o' curiousity, how long can those roots get before it starts to become an un-healthy enviro. for them? You know my timeline. Thanks man

im sure after seeing the pics your a few weeks out... definitely no longer prolly around 18 days or so...

they look good tho... very nice first run

glad to hear you went with the 600.. you'll be much happier in the end...

as long as the plant can be supported (ie enough water and nutrients) they will be fine in those cubes until you are ready for them... just make sure there is no mold/algae growing and they arent sitting in water

Originally Posted by GeeBee3000

Hey what's up simpsonsampson420, I got a quick question. I'm just confused about some of the acronyms and definitions used in some post. Such as Ph Balanced water and RO water. Whats does this mean and does PPM have anything to do with these things? Just send me the link.

ill be happy to explain this and whatever else you may have questions on...

alright so first is PH balanced water.... water ph varries depending on the source... so anytime you use water to flush a medium or feed with you want to make sure its ph balanced.. by that i simply mean have it in the correct ph area.. 5.5 to 6.5... that way anything that binds with the water molecules (nutrient wise) is available to the plant...

RO water is reverse osmosis water... this is water that is ran through a reverse osmosis machine... basically its just water that has 0ppms... its completely "clean" water... most other waters, especially tap and well waters, have dissolved stuff in them.. using RO water just ensures that the ppm readout you get is all nutrients and nothing that was already in there...

in a round about way they both can be related to ppms... the nutrient strength vs the amount of water can affect ph... and RO water ensures a 0ppm reading to begin with..

hope that helps

Originally Posted by simpsonsampson420

im sure after seeing the pics your a few weeks out... definitely no longer prolly around 18 days or so...

they look good tho... very nice first run

glad to hear you went with the 600.. you'll be much happier in the end...

as long as the plant can be supported (ie enough water and nutrients) they will be fine in those cubes until you are ready for them... just make sure there is no mold/algae growing and they arent sitting in water

Nice, I'll try to perfect my photo skills to keep ya updated.

I need to start flushin w/ just plain distilled 1 week prior????

Could you refresh my memory on your suggested technique for flush?

Hey Sampson,
Just another quick question for you. You helped me make my decision on the 600w hps light and I just wanted to know a few things. First off, would i use that light from germination until harvest? (If so, how close during germination and veg, because I know you can keep floros close because they don't put out much heat but I wasn't really sure about hps) My budget is a little limited but is a little flexible and I was wondering if I would get better results using differen't types of lights for veg and flowering.
Thanks in advance for helping this noob.