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    The Great Phosphorus Myth (whats your thoughts?)

    I came across this video on youtube and it did make me think. Can this be true? whats your thoughts on this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-yFtzDigVc Scroggsy
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    0.1g Kitchen Scales

    Hi just wondering if anybody had an opinion on these 0.1g kitchen scales. Or do we know of any other 0.1g kitchen scales that would be better? http://www.digitalscales2u.co.uk/Scale-Types_c172/Kitchen-Scales_c117/SLIMLINE-PORTABLE-KITCHEN-SCALE-p517.html Scroggsy.
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    Methylated Spirit (Denatured Alcohol )for Sterilizing Scissors

    I know, I know Rubbing Alcohol (Isopropyl), well I cant get hold of any soon enough to take clones tommorow. Can I use Methylated Spirit? It's 90% Ethanol and 10% Methanol. Commonly used for cleaning and cleaning electrical components etc. This is OK right? Scroggsy.
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    Plant Turntables?

    Does anyone think that turntables for plants would be a good alternative to a light mover? Or will this just result in plants having to be too far apart? Could be good for growing trees?
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    Canna Coco, PH rising fast with hard water

    Hello all, hope your all enjoying your latest crop. Ive got a problem with PH rising too fast in canna coco using the canna line of nutes. I put tap water in a jug, then add nutes and adjust PH to 6.0. Let stand for a day and check/adjust PH before using. The solution itself is keeping PH...
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    Two Week old seedlings going yellow at base of leaves

    OK so ive got some two week old sour kush seedlings going yellow at the base of the leaves. Also the texture of the leaves is kind of like crepe paper (like tissue) Also I have a younger one week old White Widow x Big Bud seedling showing similar issues but has brown blotches forming in the...
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    Adding Veg Tent Into My Ventilation System?

    Hi all. Doing some reading around suggests that my vegging plants are going to begin to stink. So I plan to build a smaller Veg tent fitted inline with my 4" active intake before flowering tent. >>>>> Passive 4" intake >> Veg tent >> 4" exhaust/intake fan from Veg tent to flowering tent >>...
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    Not 100% lightproof material.

    OK, so ive built my grow tent out of bubble foil insulation (thermawrap) stapled to a wooden frame. I have my seedlings vegging in there at the moment some Sour Kush, White widow x Big Bud and some Northern light blue. These are popping up nicely under a 4 tube T5 lightwave. The bubble foil is...
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    What fans?

    Hello fellow growers:mrgreen: I now need to know which fans to buy. The flowering room is a triangle shape ruffly 3m x 3m x3m and 1.2m deep. The 600w is going to be inside of a blockbuster hood and there will be under 10m of ducting in total (Mostly straight on outsides of tent). I plan to run a...
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    Float valve auto top off. (a benefit to any system?)

    Hi, just wondering if a self topping reservoir would be an advantage in an ebb/flow system. Could I go a whole grow without changing out the res? Would incorporating the waterfall effect be beneficial at all? Thanks Scroggsy
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    Scroggsys Grow Room build

    Hi Rollitup members, Im new here and am starting a new grow for the first time so please go easy. Any constructive input in this thread is much appreciated and thankyou for reading. Ok so I have just recently started preparing my loft. I have installed thermowrap foil insulation to the rafters...
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    Loft Bio Buckets Grow (topping up from cold water loft tank)

    Hi all, I am building a Bio Buckets grow in my new loft. 4 x 5 gallon buckets with a 25gallon reservoir. Now I need to tap into the cold water storage tank in order to feed the float valve to my 25 gallon res. How would I go about it? should I find the mains feed to the tank and tap into this...
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    What fan do I need?

    Hi all, just in the process of building a loft grow. Im using 2x1 batten in the loft screwed vertically from the pitched rafters down to the floor in order to create 2 grow tents (house shape) up into the apex.Once I have the batten frames up I will staple up foil insulation to make the sides...
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    Direct cold water feed to control bucket RDWC

    Hi, im new to these forums. Does anybody see a problem with connecting the float valve in my control bucket directly to a self peircing tap on the cold water pipe in my loft. Effectively my system will constantly add back water to the control bucket, and this is also where I will add back...
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