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  1. nostopin

    is there a trick to cleaning the roots out of the Hydroton b4 reuse?

    I have a 4x4 flood tray filled with Hydroton. It is now time to clean it up so I can go another round. Is there a quick and easy way to clean the roots from the hydroton? at the moment its 1 handful at a time for me. but thats getting old. I have 4 bags worth to go through.
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    whats the best way to clone if the stems are thick and woody?

    I have always taken clones from the young quick growing shoots, that is easy. but i'm getting rid of my moms and i want to get as many cuts as i can outta them. most of what is left have tough woody stems. My normal rootine is to soak the cuts in KLN and water solution for 10 min then dip it in...
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    How long can u keep Azatrol in the rez

    I have 2 rooms side by side. 1 4x8 tray w/ 2 600hps in dirt. they are 4 weeks out from harvest. and the other room is a 4x4 flood tray filled with hydroton and 1 600hps ebb and flow. they are only 1.5 weeks into flower. I noticed a thrip problem in the dirt room, i thought i had them knocked...
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    Why Does My Ph Go Up Every Day? Will I Ever Stop Adding Ph Down?

    I have a 40gal Rez for my flood tray. it only takes about half the rez to fill the tray, but from what i understand the bigger the rez the easier to stabilize the PH and EC/PPM. from the first day i got my nutes up to 850 ppm, added PH down to bring it from 7 to around 5.5 (my meter broke so i'm...
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    tired of bugs in dirt. wanna do ebb and flow. rez / feeding question

    I have done dirt for years, but i'm tired of the bugs that come in it. seams to be more often now days. so i'm gonna try my hand at Ebb and Flow. the norm for me is to feed once a week and plain water as needed the rest of the time. so i'm a little curious about the feeding schedule. do the...
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    FUNGAFLOR TR fogger Killed the shit outta everything

    so i noticed one day in my Mother/Clone room that i was starting to get mold on some of the lower leafs of my cuttings that were touching the damp oasis flats. out of 400 cittings aprox 100 had 1 or more moldy leafs. Other than that all 9 of my moms, 30 rooted cuttings in dirt, and 42 cuttings i...
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    what to do with Gangster Deer?

    I have a few privet acres of woods that i'm setting up to grow on this season, cutting brush, trimming trees, digging, etc. I'm only growing the legal limit, so i'm not too worried about it being seen from the air. My biggest concern is the deer. they are hardcore here. i dropped a pretty nice...
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    SCROG for moms. any reason this wont work?

    so i have run into the problem of my moms getting too tall. even with topping them regularly the canopy keeps moving up. i have 9 moms in a 4x4 tray with 1 600w above. while the canopy is healthy, it keeps moving up closer and closer to the light and everything below the canopy is wilting and...
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    claim the government as a dependent on your taxes

    I'm gonna do it, who is with me? lets say i have 2 dependents, i'm still only going to claim 2 so my taxes are done correctly. i'm just going to add the Gov in there but not actually use the 3rd dependent for tax purposes. maybe they will get a laugh. maybe they will audit me. maybe we can get...
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    snails in reservoir?

    so i was just thinking. i have 1 fresh water rez, and a seperate 1 for nutes. anyone try gettin those snails from a pet store that eat the algee in ishtanks and try them in thier rez?
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    PROBLEM? branches are flat and hollow???

    So here is my problem... i have 1 plant of my outdoor grow with 2 branches on it that have flattened out, they feel hollow. twards the end of the branches it has almost formed a U shape, almost folded in half long ways. at the end of these 2 branches it seams like there are about 15-20 nodes...
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    problem aerocloner

    Has anyone else had a problem keeping there DIY aerocloner from leaking around the lid? not sure if its just the kind of tub i have or what, its a rubbermaid knock-off and has a double lip around the top and lid. it keeps dripping., and at about 1.5 gal and hour. so at that rate i cant sleep...
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    fheck i think i blew it. foliar feeding

    so i mixed up some spray with bottled water and VHO. the water was 25ppm. the directions say add VHO to 300ppm above the base water ppm. so i added about 5ml to half gal of water. ppm meter read 210. so i figured that would be good enough since there newly rooted clones. Sprayed them all good...
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    shiny black specks/flakes on leaves

    hi all, I have been noticing some shiny black specks or flakes on my leaves, they come right off but i'm wondering if this is from a bug. i had fungus gnats last grow but i bombed the hell outta the room and got new soil. i had some shiny black balls in my rockwool (what i'm assuming is fungus...
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    think its over watering? I hope (pics)

    got these clones (hagard lookin ones) in one tray of 50. the cubes were never seperated so when they were broke apart some of the roots got damaged. put the big ones in 2gal pots and the not so good looking ones in some lil 3'x3" pots. there in a mix of Happy Frog and Vermiculite. i watered them...
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    Cop Thinks He Overdosed On Pot Brownies

    This is FUCKIN funny. Dumb cop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1kTZRcKZ6Y
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    flood and drain. need advise

    so this is my set up i am building. and advise would be much appreciated. this will be under a SCROG with 8 G13 Purple lady plants or half and half with G13 white widow. and i'm thinkin bout using 5gal buckets in the tray instead of filling the whole tray with hydroton
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    G13 Purple Lady, anyone grow it yet?

    Any one try the G13 Purple lady yet? If so can i get some info about it, as far as set-up nutes flowerin time yeild color pics would be nice too any info i can get would be gratfully appreciated. i also have Nirvana's purple power, G13 white widow, and thai super skunk. info on those would...
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    i belive this is EBB and Flow

    Hi everyone. I have been reading alot of threads on this site. it has become my "grow room bible" i guess you could say. I'm new to Hydro and not familiar with the terms and diff types yet. i belive the set up i am building is called EBB and Flow. (picture below) this setup will be under a...
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