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Hi, I was wondering what companies make good organic nutes or nutes that are mostly organic. I want to use them in hempy buckets. Which company has a good organic nute line up for a working mans price?

Its fine you can do it. Just be careful when washing off the soil. Dont use cold water or you can risk putting the plant in shock.

Are those 5 foot t-5s? So it would cost around 600 to make a 10 tube system at 80 watts each. 500 for the ballasts, 100 for bulbs, caps dont cost much. Then youd have to get wiring and a reflector. How do you hook up all those ballast together?

I've done some searching and it seems that you'd be better off buying the whole t-5 system instead of buying and building your own. A ballast for 4 54 watt 4 feet fluoros run about 80 and with everything else you need it all comes to about the same price. On ebay you can get the whole setup plus...

Those retrofit kits are still expensive, how much do you think it'll cost to make a 8 bulb t-5?

I have seen some decent grows with cfls and t-5s. This is more of a heat vs cost issue. Hps = less cost but more heat and T-5 = more cost less heat. Heat is managable in the winter but during the summer months, it gets pretty hot with a hps. I would definitely have to use an air cooled hood...

Hello, does anyone know how many watts using 4 foot t-5s would equal to a 600 watt hps? I know hps watt per watt puts out more lumens than t-5s, but what if you can add more of them? I was thinking about using them for flowering because of heat issues. Ive seen decent results with t-5s. They...

If your soil nutes are organic you wouldnt want to use them because of the risk of bacteria growing in your resevior. Some people still use it anyways because its organic with no chemical ferts but the nute solution can get pretty stinky. If you do use it, I'd read up on it first or maybe...

Should ppm be lower when growing in soil? How is it different?

Have you guys ever looked at the inside diameter? Will a standard 4x4 ebb n flow tray fit in there?

I got another question, say if I cut 1 clone from the bottom or middle of the plant, all thats left would be just a fan leaf on that growth shoot and a nub right above it on the stem that was cut. Will a new one grow back in the place I cut it or what happens?

Yea I did the same thing. Before I used the tds meter I always went by the manufactures amount of nute suggested. I didnt have any over fert problems but didnt know if i was giving the optimal amount of nutes to get the best growth either. Anybody have advice? What will low or high ppms...

I have the same problems. My ppm was about 400 with it being at 100 before adding nutes. I was told to go by the ppm because it measures the concentration of the nute solution. I added more nutes to where the ppm should be around and that burned my plants. I think people will tell to you let...

Thank you both. I use plastic wrap to keep moisture in and they are under 24 hour lighting already.

I just topped a few plants and used it to make clones. However, they look pretty short and I was wondering if it'll make it. What do you guys think? I did this before but the tops werent cut that short. I didnt want to cut off the would be top 2 growth.