Shack's 125W CFL DIY Tent Grow

if its mold shack u wanna get it outa there try some hydrogen

tom__420 said:

Looks like the paper at the bottom is molding
I would try and pick as much of that shit off and let it dry out completely

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yes, please, hope it all works out

i had a feeling i had been overwatering i'm staying optimistic however. the soil is nice and moist. my humidity is staying pretty high though... could i leave the tent open for more air flow? encourage to dry it out?

i don't plan on watering for a day or so, give it a chance to dry itself out.


Shack

Yo dude! You need to get some baller beneficials in there. Peroxide will just kill your soil life even more. I recommend some Great White. It is chalked to the gills with beneficials that should clear that kind of stuff up.

Ichi said:

Yo dude! You need to get some baller beneficials in there. Peroxide will just kill your soil life even more. I recommend some Great White. It is chalked to the gills with beneficials that should clear that kind of stuff up.

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The happy frog soil is supposed to be loaded with mycorrhizae. Who makes this Great White product?

On an unrelated note, I picked up all the materials I will need to build my drip irrigation system for my holiday next week. Construction and DIY thread tomorrow.


Shack

people use h202 n hydro systems all the time it has o2 n it wont hurt your plants ask around

socialsmoker said:

people use h202 n hydro systems all the time it has o2 n it wont hurt your plants ask around

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right... in hydro systems, i'm growing in soil.
he's right social, in hydroponics you want to avoid bacteria at all cost. h202 kills off the bad and the good, but you're using salt based nutrients that are easily absorbed into the roots.

in soil you need a beneficial herd of bacteria and microbe to dissolve substances and create nutrients as waste byproducts. these wastes are then the nutrients that your roots absorb. if you use H2O2 in soil you will kill your bacterial/microbial colonies and having nothing to feed your root systems.

in hydro your roots are in a "dead zone" dissolved salts and water.
in soil your roots are in a "live zone" full of microbes and bacteria munching down creating nutrients for your roots.

How was that for a little Gardening 101 everybody? lol


Shack

let me c if i can find this organic recipe b right back

its cool man. i used H2O2 all the time in my last hydro grow.
it just doesnt have much of a place in soil grows.


Shack

I believe hygrozyme does the same stuff as h202 just doesn't kill any bacteria
Here's a link: http://www.horticulturesource.com/product_info.php?products_id=145

the recipe was for something else ....i accidently planted all 5 ss i put 1 n some mg organicsoil with mg potting mix and some bs from the feed store lol... u think it hurt my soil by putting it n the microwave on high for 5 min? i did it because there was bugs n it.................................. before i put the ss n there lol...

socialsmoker said:

the recipe was for something else ....i accidently planted all 5 ss i put 1 n some mg organicsoil with mg potting mix and some bs from the feed store lol... u think it hurt my soil by putting it n the microwave on high for 5 min? i did it because there was bugs n it.................................. before i put the ss n there lol...

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i don't even know how to respond to this... try to keep your posts relevant to my grow. this is my journal after all.


Shack

Drip system is put together. It's recirculating so to speak. Water pump pushes water through hose, secondary hoses with dripper stakes attached drip, one in each pot, hose returns back to tank... repeat process. Now I just need to dial in the pump speed, drip rate, length of watering and frequency... anybody have ANY ideas for that?

I may post a DIY thread of the construction later. It was a pain in the ass, well not really probably only took about a hour or so to complete. But the hard part is testing.


Shack

You are doing this with your soil plants? Why?
You already have mold from it staying too wet.....
I wouldn't use that a dripper system with soil, unless you have a lot of drainage

it's to water my girls while i'm out of town next week. will probably only run twice ever.. lol

i'm still letting the girls dry out. thanks for looking out though tom


Shack

Oh alright man I was a little worried there haha
Good shit dude, that should work great when you are away

with luck it should work awesome while i'm gone!!

i'm running her now (NOT ON MY GIRLS) just into a large pot. set to lowest drip setting, after 15 minutes (thats how my timers run) checking to see the amount collected and i'll have a rough idea how much i'm getting per 15 minutes. from there its figuring out a schedule blah blah... this should be a PITA.

i might skip the DIY tutorial and just answer questions once it is all said and done.


Shack

Thanx for the info i'm gonna try this too but i want a continous drip
like hydro in soil
what can i say i'm lazy

great success!! ran the drippers for 15 minutes and let them sit for about 45 minutes before checking. learned after first test leftover pressure in the line keeps them dripping awhile after the pump has shut off. anyway i get just shy of 500 mL (from each dripper)

i'm guessing once in the morning is all i will need for now (once they dry out a bit and that mold goes away ) then by next week when i'm out of town, once in the morning and once the afternoon, they will be much larger by then.

my other concern is going 12/12 while i'm out of town. i'm concerned that i won't be home when they're starting to stretch. so i guess i'm going to top later this week and start 12/12 a week from friday. sound like a plan?


Shack

sounds like a plan to me