Al B. FAQt

Folks, I've got to stay off the board and get work done in my own op. I will be back in a couple of days and will catch up.

Hi AL . B hope all is well with your op! I'm sure it is superb! I just had a quick question for ya. Should i leave my humdity dome lid on for my seedling till it developes some leaves? of cours keep the humidity low and allow some air in their, just wondering what your thoughts are on this? Thanks AL.

Yep, cover on, vents open, if it starts forming a lot of condensation, prop it open with something about an inch all around. High RH doesn't help cloning as much as steady 30C air and rootzone temps. Humidomes are much more useful for stabilising temp than RH. They should be called thermidomes.

Soon as they have a pair of seed leaves going, take the cover off but keep them on a heat mat until they have a few pair of 'true' leaves and a nice spray of roots out of the bottom of their cubes.

hey, aren't you supposed to be working?

well since your fuctin' off......you seem to know more than a usefull amount about maaaany subjects, so here is a question that is near and dear to my heart.

my father has alpha one antitrypsin defficiency....a lung disorder that basically sapps out the chemical in your body responsible for the elasticity in your lung tissue.
anyway he's one of those poor souls who will probably die on the waiting list.
however...i have the money to take him overseas beyond the reach of the fuckin FDA and basically ( however immoral ) buy a lung...i know this is done and dont know/ can't find info or where to look on the subject...google just spits out sites with info 'bout the disease and so forth.

i know this is a slap in the face to the fun we've had on your thread...i was just hoping you might have insight.

sincerely, thank you

Al B. Fuct said:

6-8 mums would fit in there. Do make it taller. A 250HPS will raise mums fine. If you don't need a lot of cuttings nor very often you could veg with fluoros. Downside is that you don't get stems as thick as HPS or MH will produce.

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Wow that is a lot more than I expected you to say. I figured with such a small footprint there wouldn't be enough room for the outward growth of so many.

You can sex the plant after it has come to sexual maturity, about 6-8 weeks vegging from seed. When preflowers appear at the nodes, you can sex the plant.

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That's perfect, so in my case the only concern would be that their vertical height didn't exceed my maximum. Since I planned for scrog, I will most likely stick to scrog afterall, except the first go round will be from seed and I will need them to grow to preflower stage before I can move/remove them accordingly. I have about 28-30inches of grow room. Again I know it varies, but will that be enough room for them to get to preflower stage? If not are there alternatives (topping or otherwise) that won't affect their sexual maturity but allow me to grow them in that grow area?

bugsrnme said:

hey, aren't you supposed to be working?

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I have been working since 4.30am, 11.45am now, had stopped for a coffee earlier, now stopped for another!

my father has alpha one antitrypsin defficiency....a lung disorder that basically sapps out the chemical in your body responsible for the elasticity in your lung tissue.
anyway he's one of those poor souls who will probably die on the waiting list.

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oh, no... I'm so sorry to hear it.

I'm sorrier that I can't offer even one whipstitch of information for you.

I hope he's as well as he can be.

Jeebus said:

Wow that is a lot more than I expected you to say. I figured with such a small footprint there wouldn't be enough room for the outward growth of so many.

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You're looking to go upward, not outward.





Takes a very small footprint, not much bigger than the pot. This tray is about 300mm wide (maybe)

will that be enough room for them to get to preflower stage?

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Sure. If they get too big, prune 'em back!

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my father has alpha one antitrypsin defficiency....a lung disorder that basically sapps out the chemical in your body responsible for the elasticity in your lung tissue.
anyway he's one of those poor souls who will probably die on the waiting list.
oh, no... I'm so sorry to hear it.

I'm sorrier that I can't offer even one whipstitch of information for you.

I hope he's as well as he can be.

thanks for the kind words al...no worries he's as cantankerous as ever and i feel i have plenty of time to solve this....i digress.

i have been meaning to ask you if you think www.hygrozyme.com falls under the magic sauce catagory.
it's compatible with h2o2 and seems like it would be beneficial.

bugsrnme said:

i have been meaning to ask you if you think www.hygrozyme.com falls under the magic sauce catagory.
it's compatible with h2o2 and seems like it would be beneficial.

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You gotta start worrying when a maker promotes a "secret [...] formula" as a selling point. That's actually a showstopper for me.

If they at least disclosed what the active ingredient is, you could do some research for some peer-reviewed science from the botany/horticulture college of a reputable university which indicates what the benefits and hazards are.

A good test of magic saucery is the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) associated with the product. This will contain basic data and toxicological info. If there's no MSDS available, you can make a reasoned guess that what's in the sauce isn't much more hazardous (or perhaps efficacious) than tapwater.

Remember Colgate toothpaste with MFP™? We were supposed to be realllly impressed with MFP™, whatever the fuck it was. I always thought it meant 'mostly fuckin' profit!'

Al B. Fuct said:

A good test of magic saucery is the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) associated with the product. This will contain basic data and toxicological info. If there's no MSDS available, you can make a reasoned guess that what's in the sauce isn't much more hazardous (or perhaps efficacious) than tapwater.

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You got me curious!

http://www.bwgs.com/sendfile.asp?id={1A1781AB-73B0-4B94-98E1-1477D650536B}

Heres the MSDS for it..

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Thanks for the linkage.

From the MSDS:

If ingested may cause Laxative reaction. (diarrhea)

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hahahhahaha!! they knew I was comin' and that magic sauces give me the shits.

Not much info in that MSDS, I'm afraid. No chemical names we could run off & search up.

On the basis of the info available to me, I'm not tempted to try it.

well, being happily baked, i kept digging..

Turns out Hygrozyme is made by Sipco Industries (http://www.sipcobio.com/index.html), a biochemistry company whose main line seems to be medical enzymatic cleaners .

They specifically mentioned gear like endoscopes on their list of items that their cleaners are used on.
I dont know if you have ever seen an endoscope ( hopefully you wont) but that looks like one tough bastard to clean!

My guess is they figured out that the excess product they were dumping out in the back lot was growing greener foilage, and exploited the market.

"Secret Formula" is on the label probably because "Medical Detergent" looks like ass on the shelf at the hydro store...

On the flip side, I have used it, it didnt kill anything.
However not having enough grows under my belt to try without it, I cant testify as to its effectiveness .

I can, however testify as to the price of this stuff- Ouch!!

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ya i cringed when i seen the price....but the hydro nahtzee just will not leave me alone about it and i havent read anything bad about it yet.
....idk....my h2o2 does an awesome job for cleaning....

i think i'll stick with tried and true methods fuct style

You said you were at work, but I hope you can answer this question that will settle them all for awhile. Will this work for Ph down?
pH Decreaser – 2 Lbs.

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well, being happily baked, i kept digging..

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As you should!

Turns out Hygrozyme is made by Sipco Industries (Sipco Industries: a complete line of speciality medical detergents.), a biochemistry company whose main line seems to be medical enzymatic cleaners .

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well spotted!

They specifically mentioned gear like endoscopes on their list of items that their cleaners are used on.
I dont know if you have ever seen an endoscope ( hopefully you wont) but that looks like one tough bastard to clean!

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Well, when you consider where they put those things, yeah...

My guess is they figured out that the excess product they were dumping out in the back lot was growing greener foilage, and exploited the market.

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I hope that was the case!

"Secret Formula" is on the label probably because "Medical Detergent" looks like ass on the shelf at the hydro store...

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So would 'cleaner for stuff you put in ass'

On the flip side, I have used it, it didnt kill anything.
However not having enough grows under my belt to try without it, I cant testify as to its effectiveness .

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Not killing anything is good...

I can, however testify as to the price of this stuff- Ouch!!

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...but the price for something that doesn't kill stuff is indeed a bit stiff.

The way I get it, Hygrozyme is supposed to break down dead root matter. H2O2 does that in spades.

bugsrnme said:

....idk....my h2o2 does an awesome job for cleaning....

i think i'll stick with tried and true methods fuct style

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Well, I didn't invent H2O2 nor was the first to use it in hydro system, so I'm not terribly sure it's 'my' style. The stuff just does the job of sterilising and breaking down dead organic matter very well, with the bonus of giving off O2 into the rootmass.

Chumlie said:

You said you were at work, but I hope you can answer this question that will settle them all for awhile. Will this work for Ph down?
pH Decreaser – 2 Lbs.

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I copied their package image and enlarged it in Photoshop. This stuff is 95% sodium bisulfate. The sodium will kill your plants!

Good for the hot tub, might kill weeds in your footpath, too... not something you want in your hydro system.

Can't you just go to a hydro shop and get the right stuff?

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....idk....my h2o2 does an awesome job for cleaning....

i think i'll stick with tried and true methods fuct style

Well, I didn't invent H2O2 nor was the first to use it in hydro system, so I'm not terribly sure it's 'my' style. The stuff just does the job of sterilising and breaking down dead organic matter very well, with the bonus of giving off O2 into the rootmass.



just givin' the ol' sniffer a good work out kiss-assdid i get everything in there good an clean fer ya?

did i get everything in there good an clean fer ya?

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oh, ferufxsake.
You know, I reaaaaaaaaaaaallllly hate this 'smiley':

i will say that the recipient in the smiley does look rather menacing...almost prison rape-worthy

yeah, if he was an army sgt, he'd be shot by his own troops.

I'm SO not that. I really cringe with this whole guru trip ppl lay on me. I can do some stuff but I'm not any kind of Einstein nor do I need my ego massaged.

just givin' the ol' sniffer a good work out kiss-assdid i get everything in there good an clean fer ya?

Al B. Fuct said:

oh, ferufxsake.
You know, I reaaaaaaaaaaaallllly hate this 'smiley': kiss-ass

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OH MY GOD!!!!! ROFL !!!!! That was funny very unexpected.

+ rep for you bugs

well ....smart and humble....nope nothing there at all redeeming or noteworthy....your right. you suck



totally kidding...i love you and you can still have my wife and sister....( went waaaay back for that post, you prolly don't member! )