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    Thoughts on the pros and cons of letting a crop run longer than usual?

    In my last run, I wasn't ready to harvest when they were due by conventional thinking so I let it run extra long that time. Not to say that running long was a real factor here, but it was an exceptionally good crop and I've been using the same 2 phenos for years now. I know I often see...
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    Alternate Bacillus 747 products? Hard to find Souther Ag Bio Friendly Fungicide - Bonide version?

    So having switched to using Souther Ag BFF given it's very high concentration compared to say Hydroguard I'm now finding it hard to source! In the past I had bought off Amazon but they won't ship to my state now. I contacted Southern Ag and it comes down to some per-state registration deal and...
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    Molasses and variants of at the store

    So I occasionally will use a little molasses in my grows and finally used up my bottle that lasted me a very long time. Grandma's Unsulphered is what I had used and often see cited as a go-to brand to pick up. Today I was at the grocery store and figured I'd pick up a bottle to have on hand for...
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    Looking for input on possible lockout vs an actual deficiency

    Experiencing an issue about 3-4 weeks into flowering, after eyeballing threads and several of the diagnostic images I'm just not convinced what I'm dealing with and though I'd tap into the collective knowledge here. Soil/Coco mix, based on NFTG #4 soil with EWC and Bu's compost. Lightly...
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    Transplanting do's & don'ts - covering the root ball?

    So I've seen several topics where people talk about lanky clones/seedlings and many time you'll see feedback where they will tell someone to just bury them deeper when transplanting and that appears to be perfectly fine and common advise. On the other hand, I've seen comments about larger...
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    Updating my grow space, looking for suggestions.

    So I'm looking to rearrange things and upgrade/optimize my space. After a few years of this and it being strictly for personal use and no intent of needing 'xtra' to sell to others I now know I don't need some massive square footage and tons of plants. A single 4x4 ran a couple times a year...
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    humor: You know you've left your plants in the cloner too long when...

    1 - You need to top off your cloner at least once a day since they're drinking so much 2 - You can't remember when you put them in the cloner 3 - You decide to start giving them light veg nutes to stop them from yellowing and having deficiencies 4 - You can't lift the cloner lid without the...
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    Would you use any amendments in a coco/peat/perlite mix for DTW?

    I've asked this over on Organics where I usually lurk, but I'm going to do a salt-based run to use up some old Botanicare and other goodies I have lying around. My medium is chunky coco, some peat, perlite and a dash of some montmorillonite clay. Since I have been running SIPs and organic soil...
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    Which of our favorite amendments can also be used in non-organic grows?

    I'm planning to do a salt nute run to use up some old Botanicare KIND I still have lying around. I've got a coco chunks / peat / perlite mix that I've got sitting here ready to use in the setup but I was wondering what of the goodies I have lying around would still be useful. I.e. the Oyster...
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    Best approach to both save some genetics and to cross two phenos?

    So I'm thinking of breaking up with my girls. They've served me well but now I want to try something new. I believe 1 of the 2 is the preferred keeper as it seems to be tighter denser buds and a better profile in general. The dilemma I have is that the other pheno (B) seems to flourish and...
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    Any way to multiply Bti (Mosquito Dunks) before applying?

    Curious if there's any way to breed/multiply the concentration of BTi from mosquito dunks before applying? Currently I've got 3 jugs sitting with some crumbled up dunks to let them dissolve a bit and activate. In cases like AACT where you can add some type of 'food source' and get them to...
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    Humidifier additives - safe for grow and safe for dry/cure?

    So when you buy a humidifier they often recommend using these additives to keep them clear of any funk. I.e. standing water and then blasting it around the room with the blower. The last time I ran the humidifier was to keep the room at a target % RH so that the drying tent would be on target...
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    What plant problems manifest as only impacting part of the plant

    Got a weird one happening for me right now. Using SIP(s) and same strains as I've ran before, pushing them a little harder than usual with organic soil and using NFTG a bit on top. This doesn't appear to be over-feeding but the timing does somewhat correlate with a heavy feed of Herc recently...
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    Best recovery strategy for having to top in 1st/2nd week flower (unplanned)

    So I had to change some things around and I had a side project going in a 2x4 tent (ggt shorty) that was for shits & giggles so not overly stressing things. I had been letting some plants veg in 7 gals (soil) but with only a 250w (CLW) and that was off to one side a bit. As you can imagine they...
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    First impressions - new AC Infinity 'Controller 67' for their EC fans.

    Snatched up two of the new 'smart' controllers for the AC Infinity fans as I was looking for the ability to have a minimum fan speed when using the 'auto' mode otherwise. That was the main reason to upgrade from my existing controllers. My only gotcha, and they sort of spell it out but you may...
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    Sharing soil test results for a repeatable base soil mix - NFTG #4 + Bu's Compost + EWC

    While my other run is going, I decided I wanted a base soil mix that was easily repeatable. I.e. if you fuck up your mix and had to start over you want to know what that mix looks like test wise so if you use a consistent starting mix you don't have to pay for yet another test (though we know...
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    Odd soil test results, chasing the mix again.

    So I just got my latest results back from the new mix. I knew going into it this mix may be a little off given the recycling so I was assuming I needed to load up a bit of N as prior test showed that as very low. I was also very low in P. I added a lit bit of neem, alfalfa and some other low N...
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    Kashi gone bad? Went from awesome to green funk in last 2 days. Preparing for fungal tea input.

    So I was preparing to use some of the Kashi Blend from build-a-soil to get a fungal tea going and I made a lightly moist mix of malted barley and their kashi. After a few days I was getting a very nice white fuzz going and left it to sit and grow further preparing for brewing this weekend. Last...
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    How much organic material in your mix is too much?

    Still tweaking my next batch of soil and I had a couple plants I aborted in last run that were budded up nicely and I've just left them sitting/drying in the room. I was in the midst of cleanup and thought about how many people put their old leaves and what not back into their mixes. I...
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    Hardwood fines stored in barn for 3+ years - risk of pests or mites?

    Cleaning out the barn and have a bag of hardwood fines that has been sitting there for I know at least 3 or more years. I know people talk about pine bark fines as a soil amendment and was contemplating if I wanted to incorporate any of this in my next soil mix. My first hesitation is the whole...
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