Recent content by gmanguy

I'm going to say this from the beginning, I've only done one RDWC and it was a DIY project and it was a leaky mess that i gave up on and put them in individual buckets which I'm more than familiar with. But with that said, as far as everything I have read about them is the pump is on 24/7. All...

I love hydro. Depending on the system you chose, and how big, the power used in the equipment is quite minimal. I have a very large air pump that can run around 20 dwc buckets if i maxed it but i use that on 8. Those run 24/7 and i think that big one uses 120 watts. 1 kilowatt hour is 1000...

The way i see it, black will get hotter, adding more heat. These being slightly reflective would make me think they wouldn't attract heat as bad and they are 100% light proof for $3.

Some strains will lose more leaves sooner into flowering then others, some done lose many at all when into flowering. I use GH 3 part Micro/Grow/Bloom and it does seem to lack if you dont use the whole line up. Some people done even use the grow at all. To the cloning flowering plants, my...

I'll tell you what, when i was i lowes today i was walking by those silver buckets and I remembered this so I grabbed it and went to the light and ceiling fan area. Those things are as light proof as the black ones at the grow shop for $3 compared to $7. Bad ass dude im buying all new buckets...

I like that explanation rory thank you from a soon to bee first time brew user! that helped me understand a little bit more.

Thank you! I've read back a few pages and forward from the beginning but those are right in the middle lol thanks for the quick help.

wow that was fast :P thank you. Is that something for inactive users?

not to bring up an old post but i have the same question..but what is the "new" post limit to edit your sig cuz I'm a returning member and obviously I have edited my sig before but I'd like to take the out of date grow journal out.

yep already thought about the rods in the poles lol. Yeah a couple zippers came undone but i managed to get them back together to zip. Ive never had heat issues in them if my fans stay on. the flaps are useless, easy to tape up tho. They have been assembled 3 separate times. Again not to say i...

thanks for that info. now obviously making the brew in distilled water but is it not going to work if im using aged tap water in my buckets?

thanks for the info guys. Trust me, if i had the money, i would have gone black buckets from the get go but when i needed 20 off the bat...2.50 sounded much better than 6-7 each. Now a days, im just going to go with the black buckets, they will always stay light proof without the worry of some...

yeah shipping is killer on those i forgot to mention thats why it would be best to just buy at store even after my drive. hmm im using the lowes blue ones now that were the same price and they are dark but def not light proof and ive seen the silver ones, wouldn't have thought they were light...

I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a source online to get black light proof 5 gallon buckets for less than the normal $8 a bucket that i find? I guess they dont need to be black but of course light proof. If not ill just fuss up the money and get some at the shop.

you get what you pay for with anything so i suspect if you spend good money on a tent, it should hold up very well. With that said, I have 2 identical cheap-o ebay tents that are 76"x76"x76". Ive hung my magnum xxxl hood from them for a couple years. Ive got to the point were I cut a tiny hole...