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    Help with curled new growth, and yellowing of bottom leaves..

    Even with pics symtoms can be same for diametrically opposed probs. Salt build up common cause high soil ph. When you water make sure there is plenty of runoff which will leach out salts. Overwatering common cause of leaf curl. You would be surprised how well cannabis can do in soil with no...
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    Let's talk 600w MH and HPS light distances

    I think you can get into trouble if you try to get the lights as close as possible without burning. You can give the plants too much light and if you have a single source the closer you get the less evenly the light will distribute. It isn't just worrying about burn. My last grow was done in a...
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    Watering question.

    Maybe I should say more about using a soil moisture tester. Insert it to different places and levels in the pot. Let the pot go until you just get into the "dry" section on the meter. Then give the pot enough water so that 25 to 30 % of the water drains out the bottom. The soil will only hold so...
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    Watering question.

    The tendency if you worry about watering too much is that you will over water. And if you worry about over watering you tend to focus on not letting the pot fill with water and drain. Salts can build up in soil, so when a plant needs water it is best when they need water, to give them an excess...
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    Big Black Indica

    My first grow. Six plants of six different strains. Scrog. 2 x 200watt leds and one 400 watt hps/mh. plus some cfls filling in the voids. so it was probably equivalent of 1000 watts. Tent 3ft by 4ft base by 84inches high. 12 oz. dry yield total. Yield ranged between 1.1 and 3.5 oz. per plant...
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