Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

[Picasso345]

hey guys anyone know what to look for other than pph over 4000 on a meter when buying one. Fleabay is full of them and I want a decent one to last a few years.
check this one out .http://cgi.ebay.com/7-in-1-Meter-Tester-ORP-PH-CF-EC-TDS-PPM-F-C-a_W0QQitemZ230315955307QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item230315955307&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318

any help would be great.
specialy ones not to buy

I can't speak to that one - this is the one I use. Up to 4000 ppm. Works well. Milwaukee SM802. I wish it had a temp reading though.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=sm802

 

[andyman]

thanks Picasso, do I need one over 4000ppm or would that be enough. Ive never done aero or hydro. only soil so this is my first run. thx

 

[GringoLoco]

hey guys anyone know what to look for other than pph over 4000 on a meter when buying one. Fleabay is full of them and I want a decent one to last a few years.
check this one out .http://cgi.ebay.com/7-in-1-Meter-Tester-ORP-PH-CF-EC-TDS-PPM-F-C-a_W0QQitemZ230315955307QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item230315955307&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318

any help would be great.
specialy ones not to buy

I would avoid that one:

http://www.onlinecomponents.com/buy/TAMURA/PHT027/

 

[yelodrvr]

hey guys anyone know what to look for other than pph over 4000 on a meter when buying one. Fleabay is full of them and I want a decent one to last a few years.
check this one out .http://cgi.ebay.com/7-in-1-Meter-Tester-ORP-PH-CF-EC-TDS-PPM-F-C-a_W0QQitemZ230315955307QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item230315955307&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318

any help would be great.
specialy ones not to buy

i heard good things about those Milwaukee picasso pointed out. a friend of mine has used this one for years. say it can take some damage. dont believe there is a temp reading though. 5 year warranty http://www.bluelabassist.com/shop/Bluelab+Truncheon+Meters/Bluelab+Commercial+Truncheon+Nutrient+Meter.html


i use one similar to this one. has a temp reading, but i have to shut my T5s off to get the reading to stop bouncing all over http://www.gokigc.com/Sunleaves_TDS_Expert_Plus_p/step500.htm

want to replace it when $ allow still deciding between the Milwaukee and the bluelab.

any body have a truncheon? how do you like it?

and picasso would you buy that milwaukee again if you had to replace it?

 

[justinsbigbuds]

hey stink i have a question for you. why don't you use sweet during veg?

 

[StinkBud]

B e a UTIFUL! I am starting a 6x8 x8 shed grow and I made those exact tubes for the hydro and just want all the info I can get from you. Lights are a big question for me as to where to buy what sizes hps. Have two 8 blulb x54 watt t5s and all on 6500k lamps.

Should I get the 3000k lamps for flower with no blues for side lights and what hps wattage and hood ect.

I would go blue for veg. and yellow for flowering. Multiple 600HPS are the best but if you have the power, 1000W lights have better penetration. I would run 4-600s for the best light spread vs. power usage.

I'm running 2-1000W and the side plants don't get much light. I like the idea if running a couple of big HO's for side lighting.

Have been vegging bag seed Jack in soil while I get gear and seeds? got ripped by Nirvana. Any place you would buy seeds? and what kind? want yield! and THC strong. Thanks for any help and you are the man. First real deal I have seen that is done right so please let me pick your brain.. Peace.

I've only bought seeds once, from Dr.Chonic.
http://www.drchronic.com
I got them in a week and they all popped fine. I have access to some of the best clones in the world right now so there is really no reason for me to mess with seeds.

But you have to start somewhere though! Maybe some of the other guys can help you here.

Good luck bro!

 

[StinkBud]

I haven't had a chance to check my babies for two days. I raised the lights to 4" above the tallest plant and figured that would get me through until Monday. I came in today to check on them early (after 49 hours away) and not only had three of the plants grown up INTO the lights, (that's when the LED's are really beautiful!) but they had curled over and grown sideways another two inches. I would never have believed it - 6" in two days. The 8th node was barely visible Wednesday; today there was 10 showing and the 11th developing. I micro-sexed them and all of them seem to be female (yipeeeee!!). These babies were getting just too tall to keep in the veg unit any longer and it was time to clone them anyway. So I picked the best plants and started snipping my clones, one plant at the time to make sure I labled each clone from the right respective mother. I could have taken more but I my clone unit only holds 15 plants. If all 15 make it I don't know what I'll do; I'll have plants left over. I had my new flower unit all ready to go so I pulled the veg unit out, got my water ready (PPM & pH), put the flower unit into the grow cabinet and placed each plant in the unit. I still have two more openings in the flower unit but for now I'll be able to inspect them more closely with the little extra space. Sorry I can't post any pic right now but I don't have my camera. Will do that Monday. It's all running nicely and I think the spray system works better on the veg unit but even if this one runs like an NFT system it's still better. I'm trusting that my plants will be thriving when I come back Monday. BTW, I'm having something done to emblazon my Stinkbud system. I owe it all to my daddy, Stinkbud!

It's so funny to listen to the problems we have compared to all the other threads. Everyone is like Oh, no I have too many clones or my veg plants are getting too big!

Pretty soon it will be "What the fuck am I going to do with all this bud?" You think I'm kidding don't you? Just like you thought I was kidding about the clones and veg plants. Just wait....

Looking forward to the pics bro!

 

[StinkBud]

Man stink you board! We don't have any snow here, I wish I could come shread with you man! I havn't gotten to ride powder like that ever. Maybe 10 inchs on a good day that we hit the hills before it was all groomed.

Snowboarding was epic yesterday! Waist deep powder all day! Once I got so fucking stuck it took me a 1/2 hour to get going again. It was chest deep in the trees, I shit you not!

We are getting another 18" today! I want to go ride again today but I'm so fucking sore I can hardly move. I'm feeling my age this morning!

Thing is I bought my wife a new set of fat pow skis for xmas and she's all about ripping it up today. Oh well life's a bitch...

 

[StinkBud]

I can't speak to that one - this is the one I use. Up to 4000 ppm. Works well. Milwaukee SM802. I wish it had a temp reading though.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=sm802

Picasso is right, this is the best meter for the money. It's not cheap though.

Believe it or not I still haven't bought mine though. I'm using meters made by Oakton. For the price I paid for both of them I could of bought the Milwaukee. They work great though so I'm not complaining.

When I first started hydro I didn't have enough money to buy a PH meter. I used one of those liquid PH test kits like you use for swimming pools. If you don't have the money these $7 test kits work great! They are not exact but let's face it, nutrient lock out is not going to happen if your PH is close.

After a few months I bought the waterproof Oakton meter. I really wish I had a meter with a remote probe though. It's hard to read the LCD when the meter is in the res.

A remote probe makes life a lot easier. Plus you can check the PH of your wife's poon.. I like to play "Alien Abduction" with my meter but for some reason my wife dosen't like being the human. It's gotten so bad that I soon as I put on my alien mask she locks herself in the bathroom!

 

[StinkBud]

hey stink i have a question for you. why don't you use sweet during veg?

I'm actually trying it out in veg right now for the first time. I heard it can help keep the internode length down.

It's hard to tell if it is helping or not. My veg plants seem to love it but without a side by side test I would just be guessing.

The most amazing difference I've seen from any addition to my grow has been CO2. Every morning I go into my flower room and I'm blown away by the growth rate. It's fucking crazy how fast the plants grow.

 

[andyman]

hey stinkbud Im lookn to order from dr cronic soon, didnt you say you ordered from them. ever heard of any problems gettin into the usa?
thanks
BIGGIE SMALL$37.50 1 $37.50 Blueberry regular$59.98 1 $59.98 Sensi - Afghan#1 $52.48 1 $52.48 World of Seeds Feminized Legend Collection Skunk 47 X 3 SEEDS$27.00 1 $27.00 Delivery$7.50 Total $184.46

 

[torrey420]

hey stinkbud Im lookn to order from dr cronic soon, didnt you say you ordered from them. ever heard of any problems gettin into the usa?
thanks
BIGGIE SMALL$37.50 1 $37.50 Blueberry regular$59.98 1 $59.98 Sensi - Afghan#1 $52.48 1 $52.48 World of Seeds Feminized Legend Collection Skunk 47 X 3 SEEDS$27.00 1 $27.00 Delivery$7.50 Total $184.46

I would go with Attitude, I have read some mixed reviews about the Dr. Chronic. I have ordered a few times from Attitude and gotten everything very fast!

 

[andyman]

I would go with Attitude, I have read some mixed reviews about the Dr. Chronic. I have ordered a few times from Attitude and gotten everything very fast!

thanks , you dont have a link to there site do you?

 

[westmich]

Andy,

Here is a link - http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/

And apologies on my original criticism of the relay. I still don't fully understand, but I see a lot of others picked up on it.

 

[andyman]

Andy,

Here is a link - http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/

And apologies on my original criticism of the relay. I still don't fully understand, but I see a lot of others picked up on it.

no problem, I didnt think it was needed till the guy at the electronic parts store were I made my timer from, asked how many startup amps my load was. So then I asked 2 electricians and my dad. All told me about useing a relay/contactor. contactors are generally better cause they are made higher amp. some grow setups wont need it. I plan on running 100+ flower at all times, so I needed it

Also got my led light 55 w 112 big leds red/blue mix. they are so bright I cant look straigt at them from 15' away. no shit

 

[westmich]

OK, not to high jack, but let me understand this. When you first posted that set up, I thought it was some way to have only one pump on at a time. 3 pumps start up and the relay switches on and only lets one pump draw, when it has subsided the next one can draw and so on. Sort of like a switch when connecting computers to the Internet. Now I think I understand it is basically using a smaller circuit to turn on a larger circuit (15 amp timer -> 30 amp relay). So, my question would this not be needed if you got a 30 amp timer?

 

[potpimp]

Here are the pix from today. I know some of you might think they look like crap but I just took clones yesterday so I consider that being my first "lollipopping" too. I also decided to flip them yesterday too; they are getting so tall and I'm wanting some bud! The system seems to be working great and I have the nutes at about 1200 PPM. As you can see I memorialized my system to "The Mastah!"; it's not photoshopped.

Some of the clones I took yesterday are looking very good and some are looking very bad. Oh well, only the strong survive from now on. I'm using a Nutramist fogger for true aeroponic feeding. I dipped the ends in RooTech cloning gel. The water has a good slug of Advanced Nutrients "Jumpstart".

 

[torrey420]

Looking good! Looks like you aren't using netpots on the new babies? I just took my first set of clones on xmas eve, I'm hoping they all take, I just used SB's parameters so hopefully it works!

Here are the pix from today. I know some of you might think they look like crap but I just took clones yesterday so I consider that being my first "lollipopping" too. I also decided to flip them yesterday too; they are getting so tall and I'm wanting some bud! The system seems to be working great and I have the nutes at about 1200 PPM. As you can see I memorialized my system to "The Mastah!"; it's not photoshopped.

Some of the clones I took yesterday are looking very good and some are looking very bad. Oh well, only the strong survive from now on. I'm using a Nutramist fogger for true aeroponic feeding. I dipped the ends in RooTech cloning gel. The water has a good slug of Advanced Nutrients "Jumpstart".

 

[torrey420]

The tude wont do you wrong, I have some Femmed BB and regular Jack Herer from them and the BB's are fricking beasts already and my largest JH turned out to be a lady so I'm all good, now I just want to add some AK to the quiver and I should be set!

Where did you get the LED's? I'm thinking of adding those for my veg/cloner closet once I get everything else dialed in.

no problem, I didnt think it was needed till the guy at the electronic parts store were I made my timer from, asked how many startup amps my load was. So then I asked 2 electricians and my dad. All told me about useing a relay/contactor. contactors are generally better cause they are made higher amp. some grow setups wont need it. I plan on running 100+ flower at all times, so I needed it

Also got my led light 55 w 112 big leds red/blue mix. they are so bright I cant look straigt at them from 15' away. no shit

 

[justinsbigbuds]

sounds good im in the making on your design right now im going to be growing strain northen x skunk el nino mix 3 power house strains in one

my set it im going to be altering your design just a little they will be 20 sites not 14 and 3 systems unders 4, 1k's with co2 burner but everything else you do the same any comments