my 3 stages of flower

oceangreen

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Yea i bet just a RAZZ wondered which cut he did first.
Looks like tire off my truck.


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hehe.. yea this time is wasn't a good one. I heat up a sharp kitchen knife on the stove until its get amber and then i cut the plastic over what i marked. last time is was really good. This time i used a different knife and it didnt turn out as clean as i wanted.
 

oceangreen

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Guys,

lets talk PH.

what does everyone set their PH to when mix fresh nutes in? and do you let it swing? or keep it at a certain PH?
whats the word here. Its almost go time.
 

SOMEBEECH

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it really depends on the stage they are in, 5.5-6.1.
This being the most accurite statement.
Ocean i use Florakleen,but im not sure if your really talking about a Aquarium.It werks great for salt buildup,and also does other things,i believe to help nutrient uptake.Correct me if im wrong SS....Reduces stress from excess and imbalanced nutrients.



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superstoner1

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exactly. but what i have found is if you find the "sweet spot" on the nute mix that salt build up is very, very minimal and i have stopped doing any flushes now. when i was running 1200-1600 ppm i would always flush and i would have salt build up around the net pot lips, now i just dont have it at 750-1000ppm.
 

SOMEBEECH

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Weird you say tht i followed your advise on DWC roots being in nutes all the time and need less nutes,and my salt buidup greatly reduced.Was running 1000ppm and lowered to 650 - 700 and the problem i pm you about also went away.Also ive got a vegger im kinda playing with its over a ft tall and branchin like crazy at 100ppm.....Read somewhere where a guy said no nutes for 4 weeks?In DWC..


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SOMEBEECH

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Im starting to believe alot less is better than just less,Think they want us to use as much as possible with out too many issues when 1/4 strenght will do the SAME!! By the way i use Lucas F.

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zer0ed

Active Member
Just read all 44 pages of this thread.
Also was a member of SB's forum, i bought the new book.
and ive been following the harvent a pound thread for about 2 years.

(LOL at the guy DAMANDING you prove your results to him. as if you owed it to him.)

I Just want to say thank you to SS and the other guys supporting this system.
Im still putting my supplies together for my first system.
Im hoping to build my own custom system somewhere between stinks, and SS's system to fit my own needs.

Couple of questions for you guys.

SS, why did you go back to a stacked tote vegger? is it better then the single tote vegger in SB's book?
Is it to keep the roots from touching standing water?

also i heard Botanicare Silica blast has "Sodium Silicate" which isnt as good for plants as "Potassium Silicate"
so while i plan on using Botanicares core nutes, i think i will shop around for the "additives" and get the Silica from a different brand.
thoughts?

Thanks again
:)
 

907

Member
:bigjoint: Hey there SS , been going like hell doing doing revamp! Minisplit is all mounted and running, and all I can say is HOLY SHIT BATMAN!! I got my hands on 100' of reflective grow tent canvas. Used it to do my whole room. Then I purchased 2 DIY T5HO 4 bulb aquariam lighting kits. I mounted the lights on 4'X4' sheets wrapped in the grow tent canvas and then mounted those on the walls for side lighting. With 1000 watts above in the parabolic and 800 watts of T5HO on the walls the mini has no problem of keeping it at 78 in there , and you want to talk about bright, I had to purchase the wife and I a couple pairs of grow room glasses. They are called (Method Seven Optics) I highly recommend !!!!!!!!! The #18OG KUSH last round was a joke! waste of money. Am going back to my Power Kush:lol: Peace 907
 

superstoner1

Well-Known Member
Just read all 44 pages of this thread.
Also was a member of SB's forum, i bought the new book.
and ive been following the harvent a pound thread for about 2 years.

(LOL at the guy DAMANDING you prove your results to him. as if you owed it to him.)

I Just want to say thank you to SS and the other guys supporting this system.
Im still putting my supplies together for my first system.
Im hoping to build my own custom system somewhere between stinks, and SS's system to fit my own needs.

Couple of questions for you guys.

SS, why did you go back to a stacked tote vegger? is it better then the single tote vegger in SB's book?
Is it to keep the roots from touching standing water?

also i heard Botanicare Silica blast has "Sodium Silicate" which isnt as good for plants as "Potassium Silicate"
so while i plan on using Botanicares core nutes, i think i will shop around for the "additives" and get the Silica from a different brand.
thoughts?

Thanks again
:)
i have always done a "stacked" vegger, yes it is because of roots. this is aero not dwc and my vegger works great. i have used three different silicon additives and never saw difference between them, but i did see a difference with the plants when using them. dont look too much into things.
 

superstoner1

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:bigjoint: Hey there SS , been going like hell doing doing revamp! Minisplit is all mounted and running, and all I can say is HOLY SHIT BATMAN!! I got my hands on 100' of reflective grow tent canvas. Used it to do my whole room. Then I purchased 2 DIY T5HO 4 bulb aquariam lighting kits. I mounted the lights on 4'X4' sheets wrapped in the grow tent canvas and then mounted those on the walls for side lighting. With 1000 watts above in the parabolic and 800 watts of T5HO on the walls the mini has no problem of keeping it at 78 in there , and you want to talk about bright, I had to purchase the wife and I a couple pairs of grow room glasses. They are called (Method Seven Optics) I highly recommend !!!!!!!!! The #18OG KUSH last round was a joke! waste of money. Am going back to my Power Kush:lol: Peace 907
it makes you wonder how we did it before minisplits , huh? they are perfect for grow rooms. your room sounds great as usual, you have been one who really got it and ran with it. good job big guy. stay safe up there in the wild cold.
 

SOMEBEECH

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Yep..here it is

"So here is the chemical reason this experiment was not successful.

For those of you that don't know as budlydoright predicted I got a bad case of Iron lockout due to excess copper ions.

The nutes don't swap directly with the copper, but I happen to use Citric Acid as a pH down, and that will react with copper oxide. So the citric acid keeps the copper free of oxide, the oxygen reacts with the metallic copper at the surface and oxidizes it readily.. so the cycle continues until there is no more citric acid to consume. Most pH downs will do this, some stronger acids will dissolve copper directly. This also has the side effect of neutralizing all the pH down I added, leading to pH problems.

I will message the admins to edit my first message with a warning not to use copper.

That said a stainless steel wort chiller is only $45 online, less than half the price of the cool coil product."
i would love to drink a beer with you bet your a hoot!!!


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