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Tried to send you a private message to ask this, but maybe you'll see this here, or someone else can clarify if they know. In the Buds For Less book (which is freakin awesome BTW), you initially say you need 6 X 42 W CFLs. But you never clarified if or when you switched from 6500k bulbs to...

I was at Lowes yesterday, thinking about all the designs I've seen for top light ballasts using banks of CFLs, and was considering building one. Had the wood, plexiglass, fans, lights, extension cords, light fixtures. The whole 9. Then I walked by a 400 W HPS light and reality hit me. These home...

I agree. You should definitely uproot your crop to convince people in internet forums. He didn't say they were one in the same... They obviously had separate root systems, given that he posted he pulled one up, roots and all...

CFL grows are completely different than using HID. HIDs you can get away with a single light on the top. CFLs are ideal for small grows in enclosed spaces, where you provide more light from the sides than you do from the top. You'll get entire plants that are a single bud this way. The key is to...

If you don't get those close to the light, ASAP, I'm talking about an inch, you're going to be a frustrated individual. From seedling, you either keep it close or they stretch. Stretching CAN be good and used to your advantage to encourage big growth, by intentionally stretching it and then...

I've been thinking about a grow box design using tubes running vertically along two of the walls, and having the plant (you can really only do this with one or two plants) spin somehow, maybe modding a motor to spin super slow and having it rotate once or twice an hour. And just surrounding the...

The hand test is a great test. I use it all the time. With flouros, you've got to be as close as possible because they die down in lumens SUPER quick. I believe your saying you've got a 2ft long ballast with 8 bulbs in it? If that's the case, (what I'd do) is build a box around that, and use...

When spraying for spider mites (I've currently got a home cooked up spray consisting of habanero peppers, soap, and vegetable oil), I've heard to only do it when the lights are off or an hour or so before coming on. Any reasons for this? Can I do it with the lights on? Any adverse effects?

I typically don't foliar spray, I've been ridiculously careful to not do anything that would be susceptible to mold (minus the box ingenuity), that's why it kinda surprised me that that's what it was. I thought for sure I had burnt it with the lights or something, but when it started showing up...

I've been keeping the fan on at night ever since I noticed both issues, before that it was getting to 71 F at dark (it's cold here, so I have my dark period during the day and lights on at night to keep the heat on them). Not sure about RH, future investment that I obviously underestimated. The...

I think I might be the only person who has read this thread start to finish, so.... I'm not going to recommend something to fix the problem you fixed and started another thread about. But glad to see this worked so effectively. I'm not in Cal, not even close, so hopefully the ones I'm dealing...

Ya, ideally I would have not liked to do that, given the fact that it's not exactly legal here. But given the fact that the police showed up to serve a search warrant less than two hours later, I'm glad I did. I'm still kinda surprised about the spider mites though, I keep a pretty heavy fan on...

no feedback on that?

No money for 11 days, talking flat broke, so I'm gonna have to figure something out with what I've got here at the house. Heard habanero water works wonders on spider mites, can kill on contact. Anyone else used this? I've got habaneros in the fridge right now. Have baking soda, garlic, and milk...

I'm not saying my solution is to just rub it off... But the powder itself rubs off if it's PM right? Because this doesn't...

doesn't powdery mildew rub off though?

So I've got two things here that could be connected, but I don't think so. First is the white spotting on just a few of the bigger leaves. The second is the yellow spotting on a lot of the leaves. Maybe some sort of nut deficiency/burn? There's a third issue too, which started after I...

Is Superthrive that stuff I saw on the shelves at Lowe's with the super busy label that claims to be a cure for everything? I didn't get it cuz I was just like anything with a label trying this hard has got to be a gimmick...

Getting ready to up-pot transplant. Thought about adding a sprinkle of rooting hormone in with my grow medium as I mix it, like I do the fertilizer. Using one part soil, one part perlite. Would it be beneficial at all to do this? Like would it promote faster/bigger root growth? Anyone ever done...

Yeah, the small time grower won't be able to make as much money from growing and selling. But you're forgetting about one key factor... Experience in a brand new, BIG industry... There's going to be a lot of jobs available, and as someone else said, RJ Reynolds is not going to offer 35...