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    Recommends for a decent PH meter?

    I'm needing a new PH meter and was wondering if there's any sub $100 that are decent quality that are accurate and have longevity? I assume a replaceable sensor model would be worthwhile. One a side note while I have a good PPM meter I'm curious if any of the all in one meters are any good or...
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    Best alternatives to maxi line?

    Been away for a few years and wanted to look into getting something going again. I generally grow in coco hempy buckets for the simplicity but at times like dwc when the winter comes around and helps keep the water cool. I've tried a lot of nutes; the dyna-gro and maxibloom were the best to me...
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    cheap led strip heat sinks?

    What are you guys using for cheap frames and heat sinks for led strip style lights like the bridgelux EB series? I’ve got some EB at a inch width and some kingbrite style that are 2inch in width two strips in one. The last time I built my EB light I used aluminum flat bar that I ordered from the...
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    Looking for a driver recommendation.

    I've decided to build another light and was looking for a recommendation for the correct driver to use and best practice of wiring it parallel or in series and the pros and cons to each of the two methods. My last light I wired it in series..worked great. One question, I know if you wire in...
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    EB series Gen2 5000K

    Hey guys, I have a light I've already built but I'm going to add onto it and expand it some. Currently I have 9 x the EB series G2 strips but at 3500K and I was thinking of adding some blue. The light is for flowering but I'm wondering if a little blue might help for a fuller spectrum. Have any...
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    led light burn ...lux meter?

    Hello gents, I'm still having issues with my new Led adventure and wanted to point out a few things I've been trying and noticing reproducible. The summary is when I put my plants under the Led light I built the leaves start to turn yellow over time but under the hps they start to green up. I...
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    Failing growing with leds strips.

    I've recently put together a diy led light using 9x "BXEB-L0560Z-35E2000-C-B3" strips mounted onto a aluminum frame I made and driven by a hlg-185h-c1050a. The lights footprint is 18 inches deep and 24 inch wide. It turned out great, It's bright as fuck and I know that doesn't mean anything to...
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    Led grow light distances from plant.

    Good day friends. I'll start off saying I have a few grows under my belt and have done very decent in the past but I was using hps for both veg and flowering. I decided I wanted to go LED for many reasons. I built me a led strip light using 9x BXEB-L0560Z-35E2000-C-B3 running on a meanwell...
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    3500 color temp?

    I just got a bridelux strip led light built using the 3500k color temp and was wondering if anybody here is using that temp with success? I'm not sure what it might be but some seedlings have been under the light for about a week and still look weak so I brought out my old trusty 150 hps and...
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    Growing small test plants.

    I'm going to start growing in a cabinet soon and am looking for some advise on growing in that space. I have a main agenda, I'm strain hunting for strains that work for me; being older I like being more relaxed than heady and I'm playing with CBD for pain. So, when I'm growing and looking for...
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    stealth cabs.

    I'm looking at considering something like this fish tank stand cab, anybody here done anything like this and or other stealth techniques / builds? The logic is that it's inconspicuous to both friends, family and god forbid a intruder.
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    36W x 18inch depth storage cabinet.

    I'm trying to move from a closet to a metal storage cabinet and have some questions to set my expectations. I'm trying to downsize in my life and don't smoke too much pot but would still like some for the weekends and such. I'd say about 4/5 oz's per run of 3/4 months each would suite me fine...
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    Led lighting for a 36W x 18D space cabinet?

    Hey guys, I'm looking to start moving into a metal storage cabinet and was wondering about how much led light I should consider getting? Would 300 to 400W be enough as it seems to be? I was planning on getting the "BXEB-L0560Z-35E2000-C-B3" to light it up and run them at 1400A with a...
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    Needing some help with designing my led light.

    I read a lot last year from supra and others on leds and understand the basic concepts like running the cobs in series and looking at the voltage of the cobs and the amount you want to run while adding their voltages all up into one sum to make sure the driver has enough forward voltage for them...
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    need some cbd oil recommendations

    Hello friends, not sure if this is the correct forum so if not feel free to move it. I'm living in a state that does not allow any forms of cannabis and unfortunately for me I suffer from chronic pain ...mostly nerve and muscle based pain which also creates anxiety as pain just wears you down...
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    deep freeze or cool and dark for long term storage?

    I'm wondering after drying and curing if deep freezing or just a cool dark place would be best for preserving bud for years. I plan on using vacuum bags after curing and then storing away but not sure if freezing is going to be ok. I know that the majority use mason jars but I'm leaning on the...
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    freeze curing.

    Any of you Guys into freeze curing? I tried in a small batch (1 oz) last time and it worked great but I've not tried it in a large batch yet. I'm going to put the chopped and trimmed material into a hanging screen set and let it dry for about 5 days or so until the stem snaps in a 70F / 50 RH...
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    Bowel leaf trimmers?

    Just wondering if these are worth it, hopefully it would at least get 90% of the job done and help save me time on trimming..thoughts...
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    Is is really necessary to change out the rez during the grow?

    I see a lot of people dumping and replacing the water ever week or so and some that don't do it at all. I running two 15 gal sterilite tubs and am at week seven of flower and have not flushed once since I put them in there and they even vegged for like two weeks before the flip. Things seem...
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    Ozone in the grow room?

    I was wondering of anybody uses a little ozone in the grow room itself, I've read it can help with not only odor but also keep bud rot and stuff like that at bay. Anyways, I already have a generator that I used to get rid of the pet smell of my home when I got it but It's a pretty large...
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