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curious2garden

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Any prefered light sources for optiumum flowering? Im doing a first in first out row shifting type perpetual set up soon. I would like to supplimrnt the light so even though it will all be 12/12, there will be a gradient with vegitative lights on one side of the room and the opposite will be geard twords resin and thc production (heard some different spectrums ie uv could be benifical). Honestly im an outdoor grower, ive had many sucsessful runs inside, just not something this complex..or large. So any ideas on the perfect gradient.. How woukd you accomplish it? Room is 20x 15, legal mmj grow,plenty of electricity, coco in buckets.. You fill in the rest?

edit: maybe ill start a thread to document the questions evolution and experiment, im just so hesitant to start them haha.

Thanks for any responses
Ahh something I can help with! I've never grown outdoors. I'm indoors, in coco, soiless (I like Sunshine Advanced #4 it's a little expensive but you don't have to mix anything, nor add great white).

I would start simple. I have a Magnum XXXL Ocho reflector in my big room and in cn's 4x4 tent I have his Magnum XXXL reflector. They are good reflectors. I'd also go with the Max Can Fan's (at least 10% over sized). I love my 8" evacuation system. I pull into my attic and there's no smell whatsoever when the fan is on (derp)!

I run a Galaxy 1000 (multi watt) and Lumatek (multi watt). I'd begin my setup with 1000 HPS (I like the Ushio bulbs), and add on. You'll be surprised. You are going to need to air cool your light. At this point I would not use water cooling. I have the carbon filter (Phresh) -> hood -> can fan at the end of the run pulling.

I'm going to swing cn's plasma light for the last week on my big girls without the ozone LOL. I'll let you know how that turns out. Oh and I might add in a light rail as you move forward.

What nutrients are you going to use? I use Dyna Gro Foliage Pro in veg and often all through flower but at least the first 2-3 weeks. My Cindy's bitched bad and they are now on 1:2 of Dyna Gro Bloom to General Hydroponics Flora Gro. I also use Dyna Gro ProTekt (silicone), Botanicare's Cal/Mag Plus (I wouldn't use it if you are on a well. I'd use the plain Cal/Mag).

I use a TurboKloner for keeping the ranks filled. I assume you are going to need to clone. I use Dyna Gro KLN at 2cc/gallon in my cloner. I love the 24 site. It's the perfect size. Also I'm adding in a chiller, damn should have asked Santa, oh well. But Santa wanted an AR-15 LOL so my chiller will come before hot this year ha!

Oh yes and a decent pH pen and TDS meter. I bought a cheapie Milwaukee pH and no name brand TDS. They both still work though I'm using CN's Oakton and it's very nice and accurate but a lot slower than mine. For seeds and freshly rooted cuttings I use Canna Start and so far I've been happy with it. I don't veg mothers. I take my cuttings from my flowering plants, yes they root better because they are usually nitrogen poor and I take my cuttings from the skirts 2 weeks in when I'm checking them all to be ready for final flower configuration.

Ugh... guess I wrote a book........ Oh and Inda does your water have chlorine or chloramine if it's chloramine you want RO water if it's chlorine I use it straight (I run a sterile reservoir).

Oh and get Spinosad and some insecticidal soap and some FloraMite (NOT SC watered down). I'd stay away from Avid. I spray all my plants with a mix of spinosad and insecticidal soap every 2 weeks. When they are in flower they get their last treatment at the 2 week point. I do not own FloraMite nor have I had mites. It's so dry here. Then again I have a closed grow, until I just got gifted a clone. So currently she's in isolation until I clone her again ;)

Hope this helps it's a real scatter shot. If you need anything specific holler. I'm not a good grower but I can mostly get plants through LOL!
 

curious2garden

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Where's Annie gone? I was really scared this evening due to illness and so much so that I couldn't even smoke and had to pass out. I love RIU for middle of the night company. Ive been up since 5am! I ate some chinese takeaway at a friends house (fried rice with bits) and by the time I got home I was shaking, white in the face and feeling very off key. From rice?? Jesus. Quite scary really. Maybe I can't eat junk food. Anyone had this?
Sounds like a reaction to MSG coupled with a white rice insulin spike, ugh. I know nothing of your symptoms and history so this is pretty much worthless. So PM me hun.
Hugs,
Annie
 

gioua

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Last few days my Son has come home talking about marbles and how they play at school. I use to love marbles and we started to talk about the games we use to play as kids.. anyhow we came up with a new game on the spot last night to entertain the kidlets..

rules if your shooter lands in the goals the other person gets to keep the shooter..
if you shoot and get a marble in.. you keep the marble..
game reset every 6 shots to center..

they played for about an hour... (silly putty used as a border-goal)

 

curious2garden

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Last few days my Son has come home talking about marbles and how they play at school. I use to love marbles and we started to talk about the games we use to play as kids.. anyhow we came up with a new game on the spot last night to entertain the kidlets..

rules if your shooter lands in the goals the other person gets to keep the shooter..
if you shoot and get a marble in.. you keep the marble..
game reset every 6 shots to center..

they played for about an hour... (silly putty used as a border-goal)

Way cool!! and we just used a stick to draw in the dirt! oh man have we come a long way, baby!
 

cannabineer

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Last few days my Son has come home talking about marbles and how they play at school. I use to love marbles and we started to talk about the games we use to play as kids.. anyhow we came up with a new game on the spot last night to entertain the kidlets..

rules if your shooter lands in the goals the other person gets to keep the shooter..
if you shoot and get a marble in.. you keep the marble..
game reset every 6 shots to center..

they played for about an hour... (silly putty used as a border-goal)

With all that Silly Putty you could make some wicked cool vids.

[video=youtube;NhnYipRAp3M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhnYipRAp3M[/video]
 

Fungus Gnat

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Last few days my Son has come home talking about marbles and how they play at school. I use to love marbles and we started to talk about the games we use to play as kids.. anyhow we came up with a new game on the spot last night to entertain the kidlets..

rules if your shooter lands in the goals the other person gets to keep the shooter..
if you shoot and get a marble in.. you keep the marble..
game reset every 6 shots to center..

they played for about an hour... (silly putty used as a border-goal)

When I saw the picture I for some reason though uterine wall and fertilized eggs. So maybe you can sell it as the game "Pregnancy- or how I ruined my life." Its sequel could be "Never sleeping in again...ever"
 

curious2garden

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i'm watching First Blood for the first time, it's kinda gruesome :eyesmoke:
I've seen it but I'm not much of a Rambo fan. LOL I like to get really blasted and watch cartoons. I love Felix the Cat........ sigh..... If I didn't have to perseverate about my hair I'd be doing just that.
 

mysunnyboy

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I've seen it but I'm not much of a Rambo fan. LOL I like to get really blasted and watch cartoons. I love Felix the Cat........ sigh..... If I didn't have to perseverate about my hair I'd be doing just that.
i have to say i'm no fan either.
we only have crappy cartoons on this time of day. i like wipeout for a good high laugh. i used to think it was stupid before i started watching it stoned...what a difference weed makes for that show :eyesmoke:
 

james2500

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I thought this show was stupid till I got stoned once
[video=youtube;wzT1kO_-xbQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzT1kO_-xbQ[/video]
 

Indagrow

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Not really sure. I use HPS anyway (600w). I'd maybe look for a resin strain first and then think about lighting. I'm not really sure about the perfect gradient for veg and flower!? I must not have read properly. you mean when they first go in? Yes, up to a week on the side if just transplanted.
as far as a gradient i mean im only talking about my flowering room right now... but the plants (in rows) will be shifting down the room. i would like the first lights they see to be more geared to vegetative growth and as they shift down the line the lights will be more for ideal flowering. So im getting that on one end of the room i will have MH supplemented with HPS.. then the end of the room will be HPS with some MH supplement.. led , uv, basically trying to hit all the spectrum's they would get from the sun. Maybe this is just to confusing without a picture so ill try to whip something up on paint

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