lowryder 2 under 540watts t5 hydro

I go to Greenwich a lot, which takes me a little under two hours.

1982, Maybe you should invite her here too. https://www.rollitup.org/toke-n-talk/41867-really-me-my-avatar.html

oh, hash lover, for nutes i used ff big bloom and some biotone (I think its called, for higher N levels) on the bagseed plants with the yellowed leaves. in my new system, i got some new powdered nutes General Hydroponics MaxiGro 10-5-14 which i'm giving a try with the lr2 seedlings.

wannabee said:

the PPM meter says TDS EZ on the top and HM Digital on the bottom. in the back it says "Calibrate with NaCl". did you make the hash in your avatar? i haven't seen hash like that in probably over 20 years.

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Yes, I made the hash in my avatar. It taste good. I have the same one you have. I just got it a few weeks ago off Ebay. Is there some reason you think it is not working? Or not right anyway?

no reason hashlover, i used it only once and i think it seemed a pretty good level, in the veg stage. i've just heard people talking about it how you need to calibrate, or else its not accurate. The leaves don't seem to be getting any worse, so i guess i'm just lazy about checking them lol.

I was the same way, not even having a meter to start with. I wanted to get one but the one I wanted was a little over $100. Then I saw this one on ebay for less than $20 so I got it. I'm glad I did because my plants were starting to show problems when they went into flower. The way they looked I was not really sure what it was but was like the ones I had in soil that I though was calcium def. Then I got the meter and found the ppm was 2400!!! And I was going by the GH program. During veg everything was great, plants looked fantastic. It was when I went to the flower mix that it started. I have the 3 part Floro and checked my mix with only the 3 base nutes and no extras it was 1600 ppm. GH is good stuff but I'm not using it anymore because of that. The thing about the GH stuff is they don't at least give you an idea what your ppm should be with a certain mix. I went back to Advanced Nutrients stuff. At least they say what your ppm should be with certain mixes. That way I don't have to rely totaly on the meter. I have not calibrated mine yet. But I do try to check mine at least every other day.

And your meter should be calibrated from the factory. Which certainly doesn't mean it is right. But if you have an idea what your mix should be (like AN has) you will know your in the ballpark anyway and don't really need to calibrate it.

Hash Lover said:

And your meter should be calibrated from the factory. Which certainly doesn't mean it is right. But if you have an idea what your mix should be (like AN has) you will know your in the ballpark anyway and don't really need to calibrate it.

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thanks hashlover, i'm going to buy some of those AN nutes you mentioned and measure the ppm levels on my lr2 plants. i live out on long island in new york, are you near Greenwich?

1982grower said:

gonna have some fun with a couple of the buds coming up. colouring, flavouring etc. itll be fun. but only with a few. i guess you can kinda see what it looks like. in 6 hours its down from 14 grams to 11. and i'm drying slow. should be smokable in 4 days. cant wait.

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are you going to use blueberry juice? that sounds interesting...

wannabee said:

thanks hashlover, i'm going to buy some of those AN nutes you mentioned and measure the ppm levels on my lr2 plants. i live out on long island in new york, are you near Greenwich?

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I'm a little north of Hartford. We used to go to Long Island when I was a kid on my parents boat. Ya, I like the AN better also because I think the are more geared towards the plants we grow. A little more specefic to them, They don't come out and say it but read their description and you get the idea. I would get their 3 part, grow, micro and bloom. I like their Mother Earth Teas too. I use the grow and bloom teas. The teas have some really good extras in them.:http://www.advancednutrientsonline.com/Advancednutrients-base-nutrients.php

wannabee said:

are you going to use blueberry juice? that sounds interesting...

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What is the blueberry juice?

wannabee said:

thanks hashlover, i'm going to buy some of those AN nutes you mentioned and measure the ppm levels on my lr2 plants. i live out on long island in new york, are you near Greenwich?

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I am waiting for some Big Bud I ordered too. Ebay is a good place to get them also.

Hash Lover said:

What is the blueberry juice?

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i think 1982 mentioned wanting to try soaking some buds in blueberry juice to see what happens... thats what i was talking about. what have you heard about that strain, big bud? are they small plants? how long to grow?

Sorry, Big Bud is also an AN nute. That is what I ordered. I have seen the strain though but don't remember anything about it.

when you get a ppm meter what is the calibration fluid made up of NaCl? sodium chloride?
if so i have some of that in one of my chemistry classes my teacher would gladly give me, theres tons.

Hey i was wondering if anyone minded lending some help. I am growing in a small closet, first time grower, i started with the LL Auto White Russian regs from dopeseeds. Now that ive looked back i wish i went with LR2xAK fems which i will use if these are all males. Im using a SylverStar T-5 4ft 4 bulbs with some 18 dollar a role mylar a friend gave me. I am going to be using the FoxFarm 3 step nutrients as i heard this would be good for beginners. I was wondering how many tablespoons i should use per 2 gal and when i should be switching to step 2 flowering stuff. My white russians are in 1 gal clay pots (wont be using next time) and i am growing 5 under this. 2 have been in soil for 7 days, 2 for 4 days, and 1 for 1 day. I was just trying to get an idea of the time to switch to stage 2 and then stage 3 on average. Also i heard 2.5 weeks untill i should switch to 2 bulbs grow, 2 bulbs bloom and i was wondering what power of grow/bloom bulbs i should use. Any help would be greatly appreciated, trying to get started on auto flowering buds as they are small and i dont have a lot of room, PS. i used 20 dollar potting soil and mixed it with Pete Moss for them all, any better ideas for lr2xak for next time would be great.

I beleive that you can switch to 2 grow/ 2 flower bulbs now!!! I think dual spectrum is awesome from beggining to end. But I would ask 1982 grower before taking my suggestion!!! Good luck.

what the? my thread went crazy today. those buds are drying nicely and are down form 14 wet grams to 6 wet grams. but nowhere near dry enough to smoke. That other guy was supposed to bring the hookers. or i'll check my phonebook.
Snowman. put all the lights you have in there. if using t5ho get all 3000k for flowering and all 6500k or above for veg. but if all you have is 1 kind of bulb placethem all over the plants. as much as possible. as for the nute just measure according to instructions. flowering nutes are only used after the plant shows signs of budding. most nutes have a guideline on their website of exactly when to use each stage during a certaing length of grow. my nutes have a recommendation on how to use them on a 12 week grow. just shorten or lengthen each stage slightly if your length of time is different. if you introduce nutes slowly over several days the plants can normally handle alot.
well cant believe this has 3 pages without me. lol. the hemstars are nerly falling over. the lower popcorn buds are all getting huge and the tops are covered in bats. got at leat 20 more of the size i harvested yesterday. finally starting to see some finished product.
wannabee. we get hash like that sometimes. its wrapped in pure gold and stamped with something. by the time it gets to me it looks like hashlovers but covered in gold flake. its good. cant read the stamp though. but it doesnt come through often. Also forget the big bud strain. its a low yielding low potentcy strain. You have to buy many seeds and find the magic huge yielder and then clone. they dont all yield well. and many say not more then quality other strains. And yah i'll try and make some blueberry juice buds and some peach snapps buds. but only a few small buds. oh yah and hempstar in the states is sometimes called brainstorm. check it out its a very potent strain thats sold around here. also tried some weed labelled kush. it was pretty good also. very light coloured and crystally with mild earthy smell. would be easy to conceal. Theres only so many times i can tell my mom i thin theres a skunk out back. lol

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Hey 1982, I know what you mean about the pics being slow. Mine are too when my camera is set for the highest def pics. It was at 2816 X 2112, I changed it to 1600 X 1200 for a couple pics on my hash thread. It loaded 3 pics in I think no more than 10 seconds. On the highest setting I could only do 2 at a time and it took much longer. You need to go into the menu and change the setting to a smaller file if that's what you would call it. And then you can use your better camera. The next lower setting on my camera is 640 X 480 and is the lowest one it has. But that is smaller than the maximum size so I don't want to use it but might try some time. I just don't like to lower it and not have the best pics for myself on my end. But maybe lower it when taking pics that I know I'm going to post. That was really nice to be able to post the 3 that fast. I would do more with my albums if they went faster. I'll let you know how it goes when I do more hopefully later. But like I said let me know what camera you have and maybe I can help you with it.

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i switched to an easier camera to use but still cant get the shots i want. i'm using the cannon S5iS. i use it on super macro but then the zoom is not available. i can adjust the light levals with the cam well though but the cam is literally touching the plant nearly. like 1 mm away. dont know what it is. its an 8 mp.

hashlover seen your post in bbs and damn 16 weeks!! when did you flower? at 4 feet? lol. Tech mine i geuss are taking forever also. the bud i picked was a sacrifice. it was spend some serious money on some weed or pick a bud slightly early and not spend money. my trichs are cludy but no amber either. i did the dumbest thing ever before flowering. i grew out 3 large females for 5 weeks. cloned them till they were barely alive. didnt like the clones that came off so tried again after the mothrs grew back. didnt like them again so decided to flower the mothers. i took 2 sets of clones and wasted 20 days total on them just to flowere the mothers that i could have flowered at the same size 20 days sooner. i used rooting gel that was 10 years old. not sure if that was the prob but it worked fine 10 years ago. so i think it expires. my fault. my hempstars will go to 16 weeks prob to now that i think about it.