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in a glass of room temp water for twelve/24 hours yeh.. or until they crack tails.. or from 12/24 hours in the water to in between some damp napkin paper until they crack tails,.. or straight from the water after 12/24 hours into the soil,..which i think is wot u wanna do right?.. no worries man

rory09 said:

hi im planing on startin another grow room in a cupbord but have no room for a proper light so woula fluoresent light be ok and the walls are painted white would i still need sheeting up in there????

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I have an old hippie friend that currently has 2 plants in just such a setup using T8's and one 65 watt cfl (I should have a pic soon) his nugs are as big as my forearm

It is a bit different to grow with only flouros but it is totaly posible, You simply have to watch how the plant reacts to the light and move it accordingly every day,

riddleme said:

Ok I'm here

For soiless mix I have looked at all the popular ones and IMO the best is Sunshine Mix #4 (what I will be using in my next grow) I am now looking at things to amend it with and will add a report soon

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so i should go soiless?

also, whats the best method of watering/nutes in your opinion?

This is canna coco a+b nutes, just mix each with water



This is a link to the bubbleponic/DWC threads here on rollitup, plenty of info, read through the threads, ull find everything to build a system.. https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/

tulewerx said:

so i should go soiless?

also, whats the best method of watering/nutes in your opinion?

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A lot of the simple stuff I have covered in my post and invite every one to read one or all of them (not a lot of threads, but they are long) the links are in my sig and at the very least you should read the calling all noob growers thread, Also I do not buy into any of the myths or hype so not gonna answer how much yield or how to get bigger yield questions


but quickly on the soiless, it is all about total control cause most of em have very limited nutes so ya gotta learn to feed em right and read em

Soil gives you a bit of time (cause there are nutes in it) and even I start seeds in soil then transfer to soiless after 3 or 4 weeks

and I totally explain watering & nutes in the calling noob thread

these pics are from one of my local students grow he has 2 23 watt cfl's and 2 dual 24 inch T5's, you can see the nug comparrison to the 23 watt cfl for size

So yes you can totally grow dank shit without the big lights

i have heard rumors that extending the light period to 18 hours a day for the last couple weeks of flowering can help to spped up the finishing procress....do u kno anything about this or could u help me out t all? i just kind of ran into a time crisis and my plant is very close to done but not sure if it will be finished by the 30th of this month.

maybe riddles can chime in.. im not into veering far from the traditional when it comes to light cycles..theres lots of 'theories' about different light cycles..
Although i do sympathise with ur situation..

DuluthDankMaster said:

i have heard rumors that extending the light period to 18 hours a day for the last couple weeks of flowering can help to spped up the finishing procress....do u kno anything about this or could u help me out t all? i just kind of ran into a time crisis and my plant is very close to done but not sure if it will be finished by the 30th of this month.

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no the way to finish faster is to start doing 8/8 instead of 12/12

because there are 3 8's in a day you speed up 1/3 a day each day so every 3 days is actually 4 to the plant and you gain 2 days a week this way

Ok i got a question Im using a growlab 80L its 2x7 from front to back 4x11 side to side and 6x11 top to bottom. Im currently running a 600w digi ballast with 600w Metal Halide Conversion bulb. I have 12 clones vegging underneath how close should i have this currently sitting 3 - 3.5 feet above my plants. Is this to far away the temp is sitting at 78-80 degrees with tent closed at this spot.

benefit420 said:

Ok i got a question Im using a growlab 80L its 2x7 from front to back 4x11 side to side and 6x11 top to bottom. Im currently running a 600w digi ballast with 600w Metal Halide Conversion bulb. I have 12 clones vegging underneath how close should i have this currently sitting 3 - 3.5 feet above my plants. Is this to far away the temp is sitting at 78-80 degrees with tent closed at this spot.

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are the clones rooted?

and how tall are they?

got any pics?

riddleme said:

are the clones rooted?

and how tall are they?

got any pics?

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Clones are rooted about 5 to 15 inches varying on the clone pics below.
*edit* 2 clones are newer 3-4 days they might not be.

I got a dwc with a couple 5 gallon buckets tubed togeather and a rez. I keep getting leaks from the fittings I had to install in the buckets and rez to connect the hoses to. What would you recomend putting around the fittings to stop the leak?

Crazyyen said:

I got a dwc with a couple 5 gallon buckets tubed togeather and a rez. I keep getting leaks from the fittings I had to install in the buckets and rez to connect the hoses to. What would you recomend putting around the fittings to stop the leak?

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I would say it depends on where they are leaking? got a pic?

otherwise since I'm the soil guy perhaps SL can chime in

Hi guys,
I have been doing some experimenting with lights. I have been trying to find information on whether using different lights with LED's is beneficial or harmful? Does the white light from floro's diminish the reds and oranges of LED's? Or, does the added wattage benefit the grow? Any info would be great.

Bishop420536 said:

I have a bunch of questions..pertaining to cfl's and outside stuff. Im not sure how to get back to this, or if I even did it right but my e-mail is [email protected]
Just put "question" in sub line so I know who Im talking to. Thank you for your time...Ken

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Ok kid first you need to understand that you should not post your email address here I advise deleteing it by editing your post

then you need to understand that no one here is gonna email you

if you have a question ask it here otherwise good luck

Megalith said:

Hi guys,
I have been doing some experimenting with lights. I have been trying to find information on whether using different lights with LED's is beneficial or harmful? Does the white light from floro's diminish the reds and oranges of LED's? Or, does the added wattage benefit the grow? Any info would be great.

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They will not interfere with each other mixed spectrum is a good thing

the PAR of the lights is much more important than the wattage or lumens there is a real good ditty on understanding the PAR of lights in my Calling All Noob Growers thread (page 4 I think)

Would it be too late to start planting a seedling outside in the middle of may in TN?

0scar mayer said:

Would it be too late to start planting a seedling outside in the middle of may in TN?

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For many years farmers have relied on a little book (that is most usually 99% accurate every year) called the farmers almanac. They now have a web site and the planting calendar is here,,,,,,

http://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/

go by the dates for planting tomatoes

Good Luck

Crazyyen said:

I got a dwc with a couple 5 gallon buckets tubed togeather and a rez. I keep getting leaks from the fittings I had to install in the buckets and rez to connect the hoses to. What would you recomend putting around the fittings to stop the leak?

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ive asked ur question over in the DWC thread here.. https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/255664-putting-bubbles-your-ponics-35.html
Keep an eye on it, they might need more info.