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  1. curioushiker

    Please help!!! Is this mold? or bacteria?

    My girls are about 4 weeks into flower and now this. I am using the foxfarm line. This happened after kicking em with open seseme. They look burned to me but I am hoping that you peeps can help me out here. Anyone have an ideas? Could this be mold or some sort of bacteria? What do I do? Thanks...
  2. curioushiker

    Please help indentify this picture.

    Hi all...hope this is in the right place. Anyway, my girls are about 4 weeks into flower and now this. I am using the foxfarm line. This happened after kicking em with open seseme. They looked burned to me but I am hoping that you peeps an help me out here. Anyone have an ideas?
  3. curioushiker

    How much AC for a sealed C02 room?

    Room is apprx. 8' x 20' x 7'5" tall. I am running 5 1000 adjust-a-wings. I want to run C02 now and need to size a window mount or maybe even a free standing unit. My ballast are lumateks and they are mounted in the room as well. At this time my girlfriend and I cant really afford to buy new...
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    cloning was a 100% success. read this!

    I my girlfriend and I ran our first run of clones. We used an EZ-cloner 60 site with two clones per puck. We had a 100% success. All we did was cut clones, used the 45* angle cut dipped in Clonex then switched to Olivis gel. I did not notice any difference in the end between the two. After...
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    dumping nutrients

    It just dawned on me that the house I live in uses a septic to deal with waste. I have been dumping my left over nutes and runoff from watering into my house drain. Does anyone know what kind of affect this could have on my septic system?
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    Thinning mothers...Good or bad?

    Hi all, I have a few mothers that I are about Two months old. They are doing great. Growth is only about 1.5 foot tall but they are very bushy. Today my girlfriend insisted on cleaning them up a bit. She clipped several of the lower leaves to open up the lower area of the plant. None of the...
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    Help with storage container

    So I got a 55 gallon storage container from a food processing plant. I was told that it contained a product called AC 101. After searching the net I found that this is Sodium Hydroxide, otherwise know as Lye. The drums were not pre-cleaned so I have been trying to do that myself. I used hot...
  8. curioushiker

    please give me your input here...Im stumped.

    I have a room size of approxamatly 20'x 7'4"x 8'. I have Five large adjust-a-wings (1000 watt) but am unsure if this is too many to use in my size room. Would it be safe to use the Five or should I just use Four? (more lumens is better right?) Also being that my room is 7'4" wide should I turn...
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    Foxfarms Ocean Forest soil for cloning

    Hi all. I am about a week from planting my clones and am wondering if the Foxfarms Ocean Forest is too hot a soil for clones fresh out of the cloner. I was told that I should start in a smaller pot then move to my grow pot. I would rather avoid the extra step of transplanting from a small pot...
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    Adjust-a-wings setup question

    The instructions say that the space between reflector and reflector should be twice that of the reflector and the wall. My room is barely under 20' long so to get the spacing right I need to use 4 adjust a wings. The prob is that I have 5 wings. I cant get the required spacing with the 5 wings...
  11. curioushiker

    anyone heard of this brand of digi's?

    Saw an ad on the net for the latest and greatest digital ballast in all the popular sizes. Manufacturer claims 10% brighter than Lumatek yada yada yada etc etc. Have any of yuze heard of theze? TIA!
  12. curioushiker

    4 lights ir 5 in my room...please help!

    Ok, my room dimensions are 7'8" tall x 7'4" wide x 19'7" long. I have 5 large adjust-a-wings but only have 4 installed in the room. According to the adjust-a-wing info included with the wing and from talking with sales people 4 is all I need in the room. These all have 1000watt HPS bulbs and...
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    Is it OK to vent to the attic?

    I will be running 4 1000w MH/HPS under large adjust-a-wings in a 20'x8'x7.5' room. Fresh air will be provided via a 12" max fan. My only pratical option for exhaust is venting to the attic. For those that have vented to the attic have you seen any side affects from doing so, like mold in the...
  14. curioushiker

    Ducting supplies...

    I am in need of Two register boots. But the size I need are not off the shelf from any local hardware stores. I need the rectangle ends to be 4" x 24" and they need to accept 12" ducting. Does anyone have ANY idea where I can find something like this? Thanks for any and all help.
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    Controlling fan speed?

    I have both an 8" max fan and a 12" max fan. Is it possible to use a fan speed controller with these models? I have been told that an analog or rheostat model should not be used. Hydro inovations offers a nice model as well as GroWorks. Anyone have any experience with these models? Thanks for...
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    cooling manifold question

    I am trying to design a cooling manifold for my vented lights and am hoping someone can help me with the layout. The cooling setups that I have seen in the past have been air in at one end of the room and air out at the other, catching all the lights in between. This might work well for a...
  17. curioushiker

    Im FRICKEN BUMMED!

    So I planned on my room being 8' x 20' but after laying out the plans it turns out that it is only going to be 6'11" x 20' I planned on using 4'6" tables to grow on but now I cant really use anything over 4' This sucks! I have 5 1000 watters now I know I wont be short on lumens right? I know...
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    controlling heat/cooling in our grow room

    I am finishing up my 20' x 8' x 8' room and am wondering howto control the heat/cooling in the winter time. I am running a 12" max fan taking in fresh air from the attic space above my garage then venting to the outside. My thoughts are that if the temps outside are in the 35F to 45F range then...
  19. curioushiker

    Music in the grow room

    I have heard that some people talk to their plants and play music as well. I was thinking of adding a couple of speakers to my room just to give the girls a bit of company when they are growing up. Has anyone tried music in the grow room and if so what kind of results? TIA!
  20. curioushiker

    Anyone use these light hangers?

    I bought a bunch of these little light hangers from a local GS and was wondering if anyone here has used them. Mine are called Grow yo-yo's but I have seen the exact same thing packaged under different names. Makes adjusting lights a snap.
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