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What do you mean 'substantially less potent'? Is that the amount of ammoniac vs nitrate? Or that one mix might be 10-0-0 and the other 1-1-1? Is the 1-1-1 more potent because it has a proper ratio of nutrients allowing for more efficient uptake of them? Or is the 10-10-0 more potent because it...

Hey Homebrewer, thanks for the exceptionally informative posts and grow journals. You rock! Would you be willing to clarify something? I thought the use of beneficial microbes is for their ability to create fulvic from humic. Isn't adding the Floralicious duplicating what you are testing Great...

Your fine with fresh cuttings in a ziploc with the cut stem immersed in water. Just keep upright so no air gets into the stem. I'd just mist them with water.

What are some of the things that effect pH?

Just make sure that the cooltubes intake isn't at the bottom of the room where co2 likes to hang, it might not make any difference but to me the air quality changed in my room from where I was drawing air to exhaust from. I had a similar idea in vertically training. Set everything up, but in...

Homebrewer, perhaps you can answer a basic question (or anyone else with knowledge). How do you calculate NPK ratios when mixing ferts? Does an equal portion of a 3-1-2 mixed with a 1-3-2 yield a 4-4-4 mix or a 2-2-2 mix?

There was venting for the room but through the light. When I removed the venting from the light (Ducting running out of the top of the cooltube in the vertical orientation), the room exhaust was not pulling through the light or ducting any more, thereby increasing it's efficiency. The airflow...

After the initial ph rise and subsequent additions of ph down, some stuff gets precipitated out of solution and rests at the bottom of my rez. Is this just the outcome of chemical nutrients interacting with each other? My ph stays stable after that occurs.

I don't even know if I can compare them. I have changed so many different parameters for this grow so I don't know how much the vertical lighting in and of itself is contributing to the increase size and density of my main colas. They are growing faster and thicker but I just can't say right now...

I don't have much experience with vertical as this is my first grow with it. I have to say though, after getting used to the new orientation, I like it much better. The first thing I noticed was the dramatic difference in temp. and air quality. I used to pull my air through a cool tube on a...

I'd divide the closet into three zones, 2 side by side bloom chambers, 2' x 2' with a height of 5'. The third chamber lies across the previous two and continues to the top of the closet. This is for cloning and lit with cfl's or a T-5. The bloom chambers have a 250 hps hung vertically with no...

oh boy, I am completely out-of-the-loop. No need to discuss further, just sayin',... I don't even know what RC means, <chuckle>

Perhaps some can shed some light on measurements and concentrations when it comes to mixing ratios? For example, I have two different nutrient formulations that I want to add together. One is 3-2-4 the other 2-2-5. If I add equal measure of each do I get a solution of 2.5 - 2 - 4.5 or one of...

Woot! , Oregon is the land of milk and honey, literally. Good stuff grows in the Williamette Valley. It's in the world's top 5% of most fertile farmland, the glacial activity that occurred here makes for naturally mineral rich soils. Ironically I'm a hydro grower but looking to redeem myself...

If I am interpreting correctly, the legal climate has grown to be more restrictive to include items that in the past did not warrant any undue attention.

Ambiguity is a total necessity, which I appreciate. It was about the time that pihkal was published. They offered a couple of interesting analogues. I know they are not around anymore. I just wanted to know if the legal climate has changed or whether off shore opportunists are being more bold.

Pardon the noob question, but am I missing something? Back when bees were buzzing and not experiencing colony collapse, there was one site that offered research chems but weren't around for long. I haven't been in this world for what seems like a lifetime, but it hasn't been that long. Is there...

What if it's a sterile environment, does that mean pH will not rise? Does that also mean that there is nothing that the plant does metabolically that can cause a pH rise? What if on the other hand, I was experiencing a pH drop?

So you are saying that bacteria is causing the increase in pH?

What's the metabolic process that keeps raising my rez water's pH? It's like this for the first couple of days after a changeout to a fresh rez.