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Hi all, Probly too much details I hope i dont scare any help away by not wanting to read so much but i figure better to have more info then not enough. here goes,,, Got a couple of problems suspect one with the setup itself but ill start with some specs: Ebb and flow Similar to the one by...

Hi all, Is my first attempt at hydro and all going well except its so damn thick, bushy/ tight from every node that its like creating shade over its self ive done some pretty full on LST with tying down and it helped for a bit but still theres alot of shadow that it is creating over itself and...

Thanks heaps for the quick reply, just thought i should ask before i jump the gun and rip them out and start again.. i can stop stressing now thanks to you. :) Cheers Bandit

G'day all, Would a light leak during the veg dark cycle bring on hermies when over to the flower cycle? or since i have stopped the problem now and i have a few weeks left of veg it will be ok? Cheers Bandit

Hi Twistyman thanks for the reply, Nah i used some pretty decent quality stuff over here in aussie its called amgro black label. yea it sorta doesnt make sense with all the reading i have done on them in the last coupel of hour, here is a pic i found on the net of what i think i might have...

G'day all, Ok i was just doing some general tidying of trimming leaves ect on 2 mothers in soil and indoors, and i notice along the rim one of the pots very very little white crawly things so i get closer and have to adjust my eyes to be able to focus properly and it seems i may have spider...

hi garden knowm, i havent fed anything except phed water, but i suspect the potting mix is too strong??or possibly the otherway around and it needs some nutes?? When i flushed it until the run off was also 6.5 is there a chance i was also flushing all the nutes out of the soil?? i dunno but it...

Hi all, I have read a fair bit on here and around the place, this is basically my first grow, and be fooked if i can find any other reason other then nute burn for this,, whats your opinion? This is a clone it is 7inches high, was well rooted in rockwool cube when planted, i planted the...

Hi sorry to sorta steal the thread but i have some also looking exactly the same as your pics and going down hill pretty fast, so would be interested in any other opinions as i know my ph is right,, all i can think of for mine would be the potting mix is giving nute burn? Cheers Bandit

Hi there, I had the same curling and it was from heat, i was about 31c at the canopy and added a fan to move some air around and all was fixed. not saying that is exactly what u are dealing with but the leaves curling like that look spot on to what mine did. Cheers Bandit

Hi there, In soil the ph range should be between 6.3 and 6.8 with 6.5 being optimum otherwise u can cause the plant to refuse nutrient uptake of certain elements depending where u sit on the scale of ph. Cheers Bandit

youll probly have to check out the amperage rating of ya light and im not sure if its like a hid ballast or not but find out weither it uses more amps at start up then it actually does when running. Id say it should be fine with that light as contacts in them timers would be rated to a 10 or 15...

Hi PKNL thanks for the reply, i was planing on getting the conversion type bulb, but i mean i have the clones right now and dont have that bulb now, would it be ok to put them under the flouro and then in a few days when i get the conversion bulb put them under that, then back to flouro in...

Hi all, I got some clones from a friend, and have setup a room but am worried ill make the wrong decision what to do next, i got 2 clones i want to use as mothers. they are in rockwool, the section i setup for a couple of mothers is only under a dual bulb flouro and would be in soil in there...

hi everyone, Yea i know that roots want oxygen not co2, this would be used in a flood and drain setup so they would still getting a good amount of O2 wouldnt they? The purpose of it wouldnt be trying to benifit anything for the plants but to have a resonably cheapish automated ph control...