shnkrmn
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Start a grow journal and post the link here.
For All Cap Ebb and Grow Users
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smokingrubber
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Swap the ballasts. If the dim moves to the other bulb it's the ballast. If the same bulb is dim again, it's the bulb or the connection. Do you have a light meter to quantify this dimness or just eyeballn it?
morrisgreenberg
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if you think you got a faulty ballast in any way shape or form change it now instead of waiting for your flowering cycle. for yield depending on strain indie's should be vegged atleast 2-4 weeks, anything less than 70g is a complete and total failure, now if vegged like this system is intended for larger plant, aim for a QP per or .5gram/watt
boxing119
Active Member
thanks for all the info, i am going to get a new ballast tomorrow, would it be problematic if i ran a Digital ballast with a coil ballast also. i have to coil ones now but was thinking about getting a digital tomorrow. how long would you recommend vegging for with this system to maximize yield?
smokingrubber
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I vegged for 5 weeks (after 3 weeks germ) and it felt like 1 week too long. I may top them after 1 week next time just to squash the vert. Some plants can REALLY go skyscraper on you!
morrisgreenberg
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i take them to atleast 2ft tall abd make em bushy, i have a whiteberry going now and they are like 3ft wide, 5week vegg, i only do this cus io know this strain and i know she wont stretch more than a foot on me, this is improtant info, i got other cuts that cant go more than 2 weeks, ya dig?
mrduke
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do you guys ever have issues with leaking from the "T" connector @ the buckets? It seems that every time i get setup and do a couple practice floods w/o plants it leaks from the hose connecting the "T"'s. anyone have an easy fix for this?
When i connect the hose i soak it in hot water for a minute then slide it on and can never get 'em off with out cuting so I would think its tight?? IDK
When i connect the hose i soak it in hot water for a minute then slide it on and can never get 'em off with out cuting so I would think its tight?? IDK
BikerDude
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My ebb and flow has one fill/drain and the an overflow pipe which is set to the height of my flood. Built it myself for under a $100 and never had a problem. If if the pump were to stay on it would just flood to the overfill tube and back down to my res...why are you using floats and multiple valves? Must have a huge set-up...
morrisgreenberg
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with lankier sativa-ish strains or just in general, i highly recommend using tomato cages as opposed to trellis or nets, these units were designed to be moved around for maintenance and such, once they grow into a trellis your screwed, all those heavy flowers will need support
shnkrmn
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mrduke
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smokingrubber
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The is a thread for CAP - Ebb and Gro users. http://www.hydrofarm.com/downloads/fc/12936_EBB-12Instructions.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa69EDCwfak&feature=related
(my shit) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5gU8EDqDkg
mrduke
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Do you think soaking the hose will make it expand so that it will leak? It leaks at almost every fitting, probably lost 2 cups of water over night with just the left over 1" in the buckets
