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    COCO pH runoff question

    sup folks, Using coco.. automatic watering system 3 times a day. RO water. My target pH has been around 6.0 entire grow. Nutrient PPMs been between 400 - 500 for several weeks. I am in 5th week flower. Throughout my entire grow my runoff pH has been much lower than my incoming pH. It is...
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    Soil Larvae ID Help

    Sup guys, Got a bit of an infestation here in my soil.. hoping some of you guys know what this is. I think they are fungus gnats.. HOWEVER; i've had them before and the adult stage (flying) has typically been a lot larger than what I am seeing now. I only see the adult stage when I water, they...
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    Nutrient PPM Question

    Hi Folks, Probably a basic question here... but want to make sure I am doing the correct thing. My water after RO has like 20 ish PPM. My target PPM for my plants in terms of nutrient & Cal Mag is 700 PPM currently. When I add Cal Mag to 1 gl of water the PPM goes up from 20 to 100...
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    Input sought on 2 pot RDWC design

    Hi All, I am moderately experienced in rDWC and have 2 successful grows under my belt with a 4 pot system (Heisenburg design). I am downsizing and want to create a simple 2 pot system and have 3 design ideas I was looking for input on. See Picture Ignore the pump stuff.. just the A, B, and C...
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    Root Question

    Hi All - First run of DIY 4 site 13gl rdwc.. in my 4th week veg from seedling.. growing a little concerned about some brown material I am starting to see multiply on my roots. Plants look great; however I have noticed some brown clumps on the roots... If I touch the clumps they pull away...
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    Thinking Mg problem..

    Hi All, My plants are starting to show signs like this: https://www.sensigarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mag-deficiency-cannabis.jpg Everywhere I look it says sign of Mg deficiency and I am looking for some options. I am using a new soil recipe, basically subcool's but a local hydro...
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    Hermie Question

    Hey Guys - Quick question for those of you who have had to deal with plants that go herm. So I've got a small setup with 5 plants a couple different strains. I am 3.5 weeks into flower. One of my larger plants about 1 month ago started showing some "questionable" growth below the flower...
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    Watering Question

    All, I have a quick question on watering/feeding. I have several grows under my belt; all of which I ended up needing to either feed or water twice a week. Plant's would generally dry out in 3 days. This was when I grew in a basement scenario that was <30% humidity. I have changed setups...
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    More light worth it?

    All, I got a couple options with my setup and I wanted to see if anyone here had an opinion on what I should do. I have a 4x4 tent with 4X5gl pots and 2X2gl pots soil (6 total). They are under a 600W MH vegging right now for another 3-4 weeks before flip. My question is.. is it worth adding...
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    Tincture Question

    Hi Folks, Quick question on tincture. I took some "A" grade trim from my latest crop, dried and cured it then placed a bunch of it in a glass mason jar w/ 190 proof everclear. I've done this before. This time, however, after the tincture sits for a day or two there is a collection of what can...
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    Low Humidity Question

    Hi All, Quick question on drying in low humidity climates. I have an ambient RH of about 10-20%. After chop, my dry room goes from 20%RH to 50%RH. Then after about 3 days it drops down to 20% again. It is drying my bud too fast so I was curious if what I decided to do to alleviate this is the...
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    Be careful w/ those youtube videos!

    Sorry if this has already been posted, but I thought some of you could appreciate this. http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/bestoftv/2013/01/12/pkg-youtube-video-leads-to-pot-bust.wmur I liked the plants growing with "temperature monitors" and "oxygen tanks" comments.
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    Hermie Question

    Hi All, Quick question on Herms. For one reason or another, I missed all the drama about CC seeds and ordered some of their sour diesel. Sure enough, ever since about week 4 veg I noticed some peculiar sex structures which were certainly on the verg of being male. I popped 5 seeds and 3 of...
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    How to Adjust Soil pH (after you've already planted!)

    Hi All, After a lot of research on this forum and elsewhere, I have compiled a simple procedure to adjust your soil pH if you did not correctly do so before planting. I found a lot of useful information on here, but never a quick guide that had a case study from beginning to end, so I thought...
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    Light Schedule Interruption

    Hi All, So I made a super noob move and left my timers on 24/0 for about 1 week. They had been on 18/6 for about 1 month of veg until this happened. The problem is, I was planning on switching them to 12/12 soon. I was wondering if anyone knew if this super stresses them out? I hope because I...
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    Question about fumes from waterproofing sealant

    Hi All, I just made 2 3x3 wood tables on wheels to place my 8 plants on as I have an extremely narrow growing space. They are all on plastic trays so not directly on the wood. I waterproofed the boards with a silcone based caulk and this waterproofing sealant...
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    Best use of 2 600's

    Hi All, Quick question on best use of light. I have 8 plants in 5gl pots going on week 4 of veg. I have 2 rows of 4 in a 3x5 grow room. I have 2 600w digital ballast lights with easy cool 6 air cooled reflectors. My question is what bulbs should I use for veg? I am not a noob and understand...
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    Best use of light in a narrow grow room

    Hi All, Quick question on how to utilize my lighting. I have a 3X5 space with 8 plants in veg in 5 gallon smart pots (2 rows of 4). I just transplanted them into the 5s from 1gl grow bags. I had them under 1 600w MH light. After transplanting, I had to raise the light from 18'' up to about...
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    Soil Runoff pH question

    Hi All, Quick question about pH of soil runoff water. I am using FFOF with a bit extra perlite in 3 gallon grow bags. I transplanted from cups to bags last week and watered last night for the first time. I pH'ed my water to 6.8, watered, and then tested the runoff. pH of the runoff was 6.1 -...
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    Second Light questions

    Hi All, Quick question about lighting. I am vegging 8 plants in a narrow, but long basement room (3' X 20'). They are current vegging in 8, 1 gl grow bags but I plan to put and finish them in 5gl smart pots. I will be transplanting into the 5gls in about 2-4 weeks or whenever they are ready. I...
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