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    Target EC in a Perpetual Garden

    I run a perpetual system that can handle anything up to a 10 week strain. Flood and drain using 1 Gal pots of straight perlite. 14 Clones with 1 week of Veg Every 2 weeks Table 1 is a 4x4 that runs weeks 1-4 under 1K hps Table 2 is a 4x4 that runs weeks 5-8 under 1K hps Table 3 is a 2x4 that...
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    Reusing Perlite

    Thought this might be the best place to ask. I grow SOG style flood and drain. Plants are in 1 Gal pots. I put a small layer of Rockwool mini cubes in the bottom of the pots and then fill with 100% Perlite. I brew a batch of Heisenburgs Tea once a week for my tanks. Can I safely reuse the...
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    Looking for flood schedule advice.

    What sort of flood schedule would be best for my setup? Clones in 1.5" rockwool mini-blocks with 0-7 days veg are placed in 5.5" pots. 4 per sq/ft The pots have 3/4" of rockwool croutons in the bottom and then filled with straight perlite. Perpetual grow. Tray 1 4x4 plants in weeks 1-4 1K HPS...
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    DIY Geothermal Cooling for a 10x10 room with 4 600W HPS

    I live in an area with very sandy soil. I have a sandpoint well setup in my basement which I use to water the garden and lawn through the year. The water is always nice and cold. And FREE! Can anybody provide some guidance on how I can use this to setup a DIY Geothermal AC for my grow room...
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    Got a Sample Auto Seed. What to do with it?

    Some time ago I received some free seeds with an order. I just realized one was an auto. Delicious Seeds Il Diavolo I have no experience with autos or methods of growing other than the methods I use now, which work quite well. In my veg room I use 2' 3' and 4' T5's. Vertical space is limited...
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    Best Way to Clean Reservoir Lines

    I periodically take my bucket system apart and give it a real good cleaning. I was wondering what is the best way to clean the 1/2 inch lines between the rez and buckets. I was thinking to submerse them with a pump and run water and ????? through them for while. What should I use though...
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    What can I learn from my runoff?

    I just flushed my purple kush in 3 gal pots. promix They were just entering their third week of flowering and I amu just switching from veg to bloom nutes. The collective run off of 6 plants was tested with my tri meter. Water in, ph: 6.3, ec: 358 Run off, ph: 5.93, ec: 1410 I collected...
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    Help. I can't decide what kind of DWC setup to use.

    I have a 3'x8' flowering space to use under 2 600W HPS in tubes. My original thought was to use 2 3'x4' DWC reservoirs and make tops for them that would have 16 plants each. I would veg for 2/3 weeks and then flower. My thoughts are that this would be easy to setup, easy to clean between crops...
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    1st DWC Grow, 1st Grow Journal, Looking for feedback.

    Hello All I am new to growing, new to hydro and new to dwc. I have 1 single harvest behind me in soil. I made many newbie mistakes, over fertilized, light leaks, and ended up with many seeds at the end. So I am looking for feedback along the way. Especially with ways I can make things easier...
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    DWC table?

    Has anybody had experience using a DWC table? I am thinking of trying a 3*4 table with a 15 site tray. I have been having some slime issues in my individual buckets and am worried that I won't be able to keep it clean.
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    Transition to Hydro from Soil?

    Hello My first crop is currently in its 3rd week of flowering and I have clones about 4 weeks behind followed by seeds another 4 weeks behind. They have all been done in soil and despite making the classic newbie mistakes of overwatering and overfeeding I feel like I am starting to get...
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    Soil to Hydro

    Hello My first crop is currently in its 3rd week of flowering and I have clones about 4 weeks behind followed by seeds another 4 weeks behind. They have all been done in soil and despite making the classic newbie mistakes of overwatering and overfeeding I feel like I am starting to get the...
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    How to recover from over fertilizing

    My first grow, Growing purple kush from BCseedking.com 6 weeks old in Veg. In soilless mix. Using DNF gro nutes plus some black and gold. I definitely over fertilized them. (Too much gro A and B) All of the fan leaves are a deep dark green, very dry and crumbly and drooping. Some have...
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    Recovering from over fertilization

    My first grow, Growing purple kush from BCseedking.com 6 weeks old in Veg. In soilless mix. Using DNF gro nutes plus some black and gold. I definitely over fertilized them. (Too much gro A and B) All of the fan leaves are a deep dark green, very dry and crumbly and drooping. Some have dark...
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    Fruit Flies

    I have been having issues in my home with fruit flies and have noticed a few in my grow cabinet. I have some 4 week old plants in there that are pretty healthy. Do the fruit flies pose a risk to my live plants? How can I get rid of them or at least repel them from my cabinet? Temps are...
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    Best way to hang a can filter?

    Setting up my first grow. Bought a carbon filter can and inline fan. The fan came with some mounting brackets but the filter came with nothing but the flange. What is the easiest method of hanging that heavy can? Famine
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    Grow Cabinet Advice

    This is my first time getting ready to do my first grow. I have built a large flowering cabinet using plywood. 4' x 3' x 6' I will be most likely fitting it with a 600W HPS and dimmable digital ballast. Also a 4" 153cfm inline fan with carbon filter to match. I want to build a second cabinet...
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