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    How to maintain a sterile reservoir

    Rockwool is the shit ! Never liked any recirculating systems for the very reason your explaining . I love drain to wast with drippers on slabs you still get those hourly improvements/growth ! Should try a drain to waste less worry of sitting water going bad .
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    BotaniGard ES

    I think I eradicated my root aphid problem !!! On my veg/mom room atleast my flower room however still has them but I’m keeping them at bay with BotaniGard and Venus fly traps for the flyers. BotaniGard es works !! If used diligently and take other precautions like using sand to cover any entry...
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    BotaniGard ES

    @Southerner i tried the Bayer tree and shrub at 5ml per gal . It was Good I think ? But I saw some crawling around day after .. yesterday for first time I went full dose on the BotaniGard es and Im checking them in one of my tents at the moment .!! Pulled out plants from cups and pots And all...
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    BotaniGard ES

    I’m running 6 lights on movers and 7 6x3 tables in my flower .. my veg is at another spot and being that I’m 3 weeks into flower and the plants look really healthy with infestation just begging I was thinking of trying to save the flower with BotaniGard at every feed ... any one use Bayer or...
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    BotaniGard ES

    My experience so far ... I started using at 10 ml per gallon as a foliar . And using 1 ml per gallon as a root drench . I was told by the reps that it was 1 0Z per gallon . But seems a lil over kill because 5 hours later after a soil drench at 1 ml I had hundred running out pots and dying .. I...
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    BotaniGard ES

    Anyone use and had success with BotaniGard ? So I’ve recently noticed root aphids hanging around in my garden and although I usually would scrap everything and start over . I’m deciding to fight em this time . Being that I only have my mother’s . Any way Anyone out there had luck with this...
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    New double 4x8. Suggestions?

    I’d do 2 separate if your doing a prepetual if it’s just 1 big 1 at a time just get the big 1 . Very important !! Very important . Keep it very clean cut basic and simple . Simple is the name of the game . Don’t over guess your self get stars trucked by these pamphlets at the hydro store with...
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    veg tent for 3x3 flower area

    If your busted your busted .. I use to let fear control my count 12 years ago 12 years not a single visit glade I didn’t waste time and money with long veg times and larf. Was just food for thought good luck
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    New double 4x8. Suggestions?

    Get a couple nice mothers and focus on making clones to fill your tables to keep it moving . Otherwise your going spend a lot of unnecessary/unrewarding time on vegging in the hopes you pull decent weight . SOG is fool proof also go with 4 hps no led if power is a concern do 4 600s . 2 600 over...
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    New double 4x8. Suggestions?

    Just a few days (3-5) to let roots settle in and that’s it theyll grow a lot, there first few weeks of flower . My pump turns on for about 10 min every other day and it feeds them about 16 oz each watering . As they get bigger and drink more I will add time or more days/watering . While those...
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    veg tent for 3x3 flower area

    Drip system the easiest and simplest to but together . Simple 1/2 poly running to your plants then 1/4 tubing to feed each plant individually with 1gp emitters (save your back) message me if you need help with irrigation
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    veg tent for 3x3 flower area

    I would make a shelf in that veg tent and use the top to veg and bottom to root/clone also would do a SOG style . 4 plants per sq feet 36 total in flower ! The main reason people lose money and time growing . Is because they spend shit ton space ,money and time for a handful of plants in 5 gals...
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    New double 4x8. Suggestions?

    You’ll get nute build up with flood and drain especially with coco . You Could use a DTW i personally don’t have any run off .i use a drip system I made 50 plants on a table SOG on 6x3 table . With indoor you really don’t want to be sitting around too much . SOG is king fill that table up and...
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    Round 2! HLG Saber vs Amare SB800 RDWC

    @Mikenike looking real good man ! Did you buy that system or was it a Diy? Really keen on setting a rdwc myself . Are you using a chiller ? Really interested see how that Amare light performs for you .
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    @budman111 hey thanx for getting back to me . I’ve done all types of grows soil, coco, and...

    @budman111 hey thanx for getting back to me . I’ve done all types of grows soil, coco, and rockwool but never nft or dwc. I hear nagative things about nft saying that the oxygen level cause disease , rot etc. any tips on that ? Also would you be able point me in right direction for a DIY nft set...
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