Oaksterdam t-5 veg 600w hps flower

GoldenGanja13 said:

Yeah. And I use those 5 gallon water bottles from wal mart when I flush so 48hrs is a must to get the stink out.

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good morning to you GG! yeah, the only weird thing is ive been using my tap water the entire grow, but if your saying specifically for flush, distilled is the best, than yeah, it makes sense. for me personally, i live by the mountains, my water is the shit. not like colorado springs or anything, (Shrubs!), but yeah, pretty good. but if the chlorine jacks up my flush, that wont be a good thing. i need to make a decision soon, flush starts when they get thirsty next!

ReelFiles said:

I just stick them in my shower and run lukewarm water through them. I never checked my PH, but I am guessing it's fine. Letting the water sit for 24 hours in bottles supposedly helps a lot. I would suggest not to fill the bottles up all the way. That way you would only have a section of water the width of the bottle neck exposed to air. You want as much water surface area to touch the air as possible to evaporate the chlorine. Also let the water sit under your lights if possible the release of chlorine is accellerated by air as well as light.

That's real nice that you have the option to use the AC in the summer. This is the first time I grew in a basement, so we'll see if it gets too hot in my room. Great job so far, shame about the clones. Did you keep any for breeding? Sounds like you have some good quality strains there.

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great to have you here reel flies! thanks for stopping by! its funny how there are people like you, and me, who have run tap in flush, with no ill effects, the real test would be for me to do tap this run, and let it sit next run. im all about the comparisons, it's all a part of dialing it in, im a perfectionist, but not OCD!

i run the a/c at all times. i have an insulated plywood 4x4x6 plywood box. the 8000 btu window air unit keeps the room at 74*, but next run i bought a 6" inline, (right now i have a 4" inline exhaust/air cooling for light.), this should keep the a/c from being turned on as much. so far, its an extra $50 a month, not too bad considering what it brings in.

if you find a heat issue, i would suggest an insulated room in your basement, with a strong exhaust.

i chopped the eight male clones, an then cried for a week! JK, no, i jest! at the time i was laid off for two months, i didnt know what was going to happen, life sucked. a week later an angel came out of the sky, and those new eight oaksterdam clones! look at how they turned out, no pest, pm, hermie, or male, just dank! i also got my job back in the meantime. i have a family, i own a house, and i have a lot to be thankful for.

I would just fill up some gallon jugs and set them out. Making sure you have plenty.

Holy Tamales, they all look fantastic, pulling up a chair. Great Job Bro.

Wow.. plants look fantastic! Like cotton candy, they're so trich'ed out.

Good to hear about your turn of luck. There's nothing better than turning the corner out of tough times.

GoldenGanja13 said:

I would just fill up some gallon jugs and set them out. Making sure you have plenty.

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thanks so much GG. im going to flush when they get dry from the last feeding. i put a 30 gal tupperware full of water in my bathroom, ready to flush in my bath tub. is that an ok method to let your tap water sit out? in a container, indoor, top of lid cracked not sealed?

bender420 said:

Holy Tamales, they all look fantastic, pulling up a chair. Great Job Bro.

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its an honor to have you here brother, thank you for the kind words. good luck to you, and thanks for joining us! this one's gonna finish strong!

Kriegs said:

Wow.. plants look fantastic! Like cotton candy, they're so trich'ed out.

Good to hear about your turn of luck. There's nothing better than turning the corner out of tough times.

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i like how you said cotton candy, not pop corn! i definitely feel blessed right now!

thanks man, the corner was definitley turned, i just kept hoping for the best, when it really didn't look too hot, but i guess carma had my back again. gotta live the clean and clear life!

statrting to think i got some 7-8 weekers here! my long time grower friend came by today, he said the two quirkels, and hindu skunk are ready. he said he doesnt wait for amber trichs, he doesn't like the couch lock. he said when the white hairs start to turn orange, its an indicator harvest is coming close, to start the two weeks of flush. i told him that i got a peat moss soiless grow, that im trying to run a one flush, flush before harvest.

so i set aside a 30 gal tupperware
full of tap water in my bathroom, gonna let it sit for 2 days, or till the ladies get thirsty. does this sound like a good method of letting the tap water sit, i really need help. im so anxious and antsy right now!


any opinions right now will help so much. looking at this nug, what do you think. would you have already flushed, is it past due, does it have 1-3 more weeks. i need you help!

I posted a closeup of one of my swollen calyxes for you in my Diesel thread. You should upload a higher resolution photo to imageshack so we can get a better look at it. Doesn't look like 3 more weeks to me though. She's a beaut.

ReelFiles said:

I posted a closeup of one of my swollen calyxes for you in my Diesel thread. You should upload a higher resolution photo to imageshack so we can get a better look at it. Doesn't look like 3 more weeks to me though. She's a beaut.

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thank you, thank you. yeah i feel like its close. by friday night ill have better pics posted, and thanks for all of the help.

start the flush, 1 week would be sufficient, you could
probably set the date!

Shrubs First said:

start the flush, 1 week would be sufficient, you could
probably set the date!

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thanks shrubs, i hope. does any one know how much a r/o filter runs, cost?

No clue, why would you need that? Is your tap water that bad?

ReelFiles said:

No clue, why would you need that? Is your tap water that bad?

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no, my tap waters great, not the best. but if it was that bad, why would my grow have turned out like this so far, off of tap water, ph'd? im confused. this step is so important to me.

there's two kind of people out there. the distilled water/ cal/mag/ additive people, and the i use tap water people. i experimented and used tap, havent seen any ill effects.

then there's the fact that people say to especially use distilled in flush, but why. the hard part in growing is this. i do it this way, but i do it that way. you gotta make your decision. i just don't wanna mess this up guys!

Pretty simple question.. does nature flush with distilled water? No. Tap water is fine as long as the PH and ECC are within acceptable range. Don't waste your money.

ReelFiles said:

Pretty simple question.. does nature flush with distilled water? No. Tap water is fine as long as the PH and ECC are within acceptable range. Don't waste your money.

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how do you think rain reaches the sky???? It is evaporated, what is
distilled water? Evaporated water collected in a different recepticle....
So Yes nature in fact does use distilled water...I'm not saying tapwater
isn't ok to use, but that is just sophomoric.

Yeah it's distilled in the clouds, but once it comes down it picks up particles again. That's how acid rain happens in badly polluted areas.

No really?!?!?!?

Drell, you can acquire used R.O machines at local fish stores, Ive seen
pretty quality R/O's for under $80.00, ya just need to purchase new membranes
and filters for it, then they are good as new.

I am not trying to start and argument, just my 2c. I'll leave it at that.

Shrubs First said:

how do you think rain reaches the sky???? It is evaporated, what is
distilled water? Evaporated water collected in a different recepticle....
So Yes nature in fact does use distilled water...I'm not saying tapwater
isn't ok to use, but that is just sophomoric.

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Don't know that we want to use Drella's grow for this debate, but rainfall is quite far from distilled. You're quite right that it goes up as distilled, but it doesn't come down that way at all. The natural pH of rain and snow is 5.7 dictated by chemical balance with CO2, forming carbonic acid. That's in pre-human times - now, atmospheric pollutants make it typically less than that -- low 5's down to low 4's if you're the next state over from a coal plant. We have ameliorated, but not solved, the problem of acid rain.

Since distilled is so cheap, I would suggest going with the peace of mind it buys. That way, you can just take it off the mental checklist. But that's probably all you're buying.

Drella said:

no, my tap waters great, not the best. but if it was that bad, why would my grow have turned out like this so far, off of tap water, ph'd? im confused. this step is so important to me.

there's two kind of people out there. the distilled water/ cal/mag/ additive people, and the i use tap water people. i experimented and used tap, havent seen any ill effects.

then there's the fact that people say to especially use distilled in flush, but why. the hard part in growing is this. i do it this way, but i do it that way. you gotta make your decision. i just don't wanna mess this up guys!

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so far from wat ive seen id agree theres def two types of growers out there, distilled/RO and tapwater users. for my outdoor grow when i started my clones off under the T5 indoor i never Phd my water and just used tap water and never had issues. when i transplANTED outdoors i never had an issue either. but now that i started new clones new strain indoor same setup i saw ph issues cuz my tap water was bad (8.5 with like 500ppm) so IMO it mite just depend on the strain to see how it reacts. cuz i used to not care about ph in my water and ppm but now that im dealin with hydro shit im seeing its more important then i thought. but all depends on ur budget as well. i have been shoppin for an RO system as well. new is like $300-1200 depending on quality and gal/hr ratio. id think buyin a used one and gettin new filters membranes etc is a good route if ure on a budget. hope this helps