Search results

600 watt high intensity discharge is the best bang for your buck. You should buy a ballast for High pressure sodium and a hood that meets your lighting foot print needs. If you are going to run into heating issues then buy a hood that can vent the bulb space with a 6" fan.

day 34-35 update (end of 5th week) will be posted tomorrow or next day depending on when I get the camera out. Will be tons of pics. 4th week pics on post #72. Check out 4th picture. They are purpling out. The other plants have begun to do it also. mm

too early. female preflowers also look like balls. Only one though... mm

pictures? I know it is leaf miner season in the northwest. mm

ditto. good advice. fan leaves in heavily shaded area will fall off naturally after all nutrients and chlorophyll has been moved elsewhere. mm

I had some outdoors that picked up the scent of the fish emulsion. they must not of tilled it under. it really hit the back of your throat and could not be smoked. Guess it would be the same with chicken manure or any fragrant ammonia animal byproduct. mm

only pellets? i'm thinking about making my sunshine mix 1/2tbsp floured dolomite and 1/2tbsp pellets (per gallon). The flour I added has definitely been depleted as well as the buffer in the sunshine #4. Only added cal-mag once though. mm

Just thought about how acidic soilless gardening can be. I have to look into how fast the low ph solutions will break down lime also. mm

i'd also like a lecture on humic and fulvic acid. as for the Mycorrhiza, i haven't used great white, but I think it is water soluble. The granular mycorrhiza is cheaper and is mixed into the medium (I use this kind, b/c I'm not organic and don't necessarily need them). The great white is a...

Haven't flushed yet. Good advice. More tests are needed. Actually, i'm setting up a soil medium experiment with 5 variables and a control. i want to figure out how much dolomite lime to use in container gardening, how fast it breaks down and when it is depleted. I ground up my dolomite last...

Watered today and checked the ph of runoff for each individual pot. It was lower than I would like. I'm using Pro Mix #4. Out of the four pots checked they were: 5.0ph, 5.3ph, 5.4ph, 5.4ph. The nutrient solution that was put in was 6.0ph. I flushed 4 weeks ago when i flipped to 12/12. So...

From what I've read a temperature swing of 10-15 degrees F will shock the plants into producing more resin. I don't think the swing has stunted my plants in any way, but it is my first time and I don't have a control, you know. I've also heard of plants changing color because of temperature...

Think it is genetic. That plant looks oh so tasty. mm

During the day, they range from 75-81 depending upon outside temperature. If it is hot outside (90f+), then the ambient temperature of the basement rises to 73f by the end of day because of all the airflow pulling hot air into it from inside the house. I place a box fan in the window at...

VK is looking good. When you planning on harvesting? I'm thinking 60-65 days depending on how they look. mm

Yes, all photos were taken of two of my vanilla kush plants. I will take some next week of the super lemon haze and we're going to see why they call you the snowman. get it, get it. caused you're all iced out and you got snow, man... mm

Got a bunch of beautiful bud shots. After this post, the journal will be up to date. Can't believe they look like this at the end of the fourth week... The buds are getting heavy so I'm only moving one plant around to take photo other than under the HPS light. However, next week I'll...

Thanks and welcome. mm

How do you get an accurate temp at canopy level? I find thermometers (cases and all) heat up when under direct light. mm

Thank you. I'm giving them plenty of nitrogen. The only leaf drop is on the bottom very far away from the light. The plants are moving all the nutrients and other materials out of them and dropping them naturally. Otherwise it is dark, dark green. mm