Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

[Og grumble]

Yes. It is a biological answer to fungus gnats. Bacillus thuringi-ensis: subspecies israelensis. (B.t.i.). B.t.i. is a bacterium that is deadly to mosquito larvae but harmless to other living things. Safe for soil. (Never used this product myself)

Thank you

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

Ive actually had good success with freebies. Dont pop most and just give them away as i have other projects usually.

Just checked. Expert seeds: 'Gorilla cookies' is the freebie i have from them.



I havent done SIPS so i cant comment on that. Pretty minimal moving parts on blumats, 4 years using them, no breakdown on any components.

literally ZERO moving parts on a SIP (-: no chance of breaking down

 

[Og grumble]

Dude what kinda camera do you use the quality of your pics is amazing! I hope u don't mind but I did steal 2 of your pics for my own collection promise I would never try to pass it off as my own, it was just so beautiful I wanted to keep the pic lol!

For real those pics are insane

 

[Og grumble]

I honestly will never grow a freebie or bagseed as long as I live! Beans aren't that expensive when u look at the cost we have all spent on our set ups! Paying a Lil extra for good genetics and piece of mind is worth it in my opinion!

I have grown some dank ass freebies. And some dank ass bag seed. To each his own but i like a good freebie

 

[bizfactory]

Just a tad worried about getting started because come July and August it gets stupid hot here and I'm in full sun. I guess I can dial them open a bit more if I think they are keeping everything too dry or they cannot keep up.

In theory, they should keep the soil the same moisture regardless of the temp / sun.

When first setting them up, hand water the containers first. Then set up the carrots and open them all the way up to purge any air bubbles in the lines. Once they are kicking out a clean flow of water, dial back until there is a hanging drop on the end of the each carrot that doesn't actually fall. That should be a good starting place. I usually get the hanging drop and then dial back one "arrow" (on the brown knob).

 

[Chronikool]

'Woodcock' - Day 55 in ROLS

 

[SCJedi]

In theory, they should keep the soil the same moisture regardless of the temp / sun.

When first setting them up, hand water the containers first. Then set up the carrots and open them all the way up to purge any air bubbles in the lines. Once they are kicking out a clean flow of water, dial back until there is a hanging drop on the end of the each carrot that doesn't actually fall. That should be a good starting place. I usually get the hanging drop and then dial back one "arrow" (on the brown knob).

Thanks for your post. It's ironic timing as I just finished setting up all my drippers and came inside to see it.

I hand watered each pot really well and then gave everything about 25 gallons of compost tea before starting the Blumat setup.

What I did was tighten all my distribution drippers and then back a 1/2 turn on each. I got the drips to sync and dialed back to a hanging drip plus a half arrow. For the maxis i opened up the brown knob on the carrots until I had a steady stream for a while. I then dialed it back till I had a hanging drop and then one more 1/2 Arrow. I'll check them in a couple of days as it's already 100 degrees here and stuff will dry out fast. I put clean straw out on everything afterward.

 

[Greenthumbs256]

'Woodcock' - Day 55 in ROLS
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So how do you like them cobs? I know ita not cheap my guess around 800 for that fixture? Not many ppl do I see with all different types lol what do you think is the best light out of what u have tried? Cobs, qp, hps, t5?

 

[Greenthumbs256]

So

Thanks for your post. It's ironic timing as I just finished setting up all my drippers and came inside to see it.

I hand watered each pot really well and then gave everything about 25 gallons of compost tea before starting the Blumat setup.

What I did was tighten all my distribution drippers and then back a 1/2 turn on each. I got the drips to sync and dialed back to a hanging drip plus a half arrow. For the maxis i opened up the brown knob on the carrots until I had a steady stream for a while. I then dialed it back till I had a hanging drop and then one more 1/2 Arrow. I'll check them in a couple of days as it's already 100 degrees here and stuff will dry out fast. I put clean straw out on everything afterward.

what's with all the straw? Is it so yo dont have to cut the grass lol? I use straw in my pots but that just looks like over kill!

 

[SCJedi]

So

what's with all the straw? Is it so yo dont have to cut the grass lol? I use straw in my pots but that just looks like over kill!

I got a whole bale. Yes, I hate weed eating and I can already smell the catastrophe brewing with a weedeater vs Blumat tubing. I'll lose that fight.

I just put it down as a weed retardant. It looks silly because it hasn't been beat down yet. I still have about 1/4 bale too

 

[Greenthumbs256]

I got a whole bale. Yes, I hate weed eating and I can already smell the catastrophe brewing with a weedeater vs Blumat tubing. I'll lose that fight.

I just put it down as a weed retardant. It looks silly because it hasn't been beat down yet. I still have about 1/4 bale too

If it looks stupid but it works is it really stupid?

 

[Chronikool]

So how do you like them cobs? I know ita not cheap my guess around 800 for that fixture? Not many ppl do I see with all different types lol what do you think is the best light out of what u have tried? Cobs, qp, hps, t5?

Started with COBs about 4 yearz ago. Been all ive used really in conjunction with single LED diodes. Probably build that fixture for about $350-450. Never grown with HPS or T5 so cant comment. Any of the COB brands on offer and SMDs.... they all work great. No major difference that i notice in my growz.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

i love my CXB3590s at 3500k. Got mine from Timber and will be getting more. I am converting to LED slowly (since as you said they are so spendy) currently using a 600 W HPS AND a 5 COB bar of the cobs mentioned before. Eventually I want to have 3-5 of those bars in a 5x5 space.

 

[bizfactory]

Thanks for your post. It's ironic timing as I just finished setting up all my drippers and came inside to see it.

I hand watered each pot really well and then gave everything about 25 gallons of compost tea before starting the Blumat setup.

What I did was tighten all my distribution drippers and then back a 1/2 turn on each. I got the drips to sync and dialed back to a hanging drip plus a half arrow. For the maxis i opened up the brown knob on the carrots until I had a steady stream for a while. I then dialed it back till I had a hanging drop and then one more 1/2 Arrow. I'll check them in a couple of days as it's already 100 degrees here and stuff will dry out fast. I put clean straw out on everything afterward.

Sounds perfect dude! Looks good too.

 

[Greenthumbs256]

I just wonder if they can beat hps in yield and quality or at least tie! That's the only reason I havent forked over the cash and made the switch!

 

[SCJedi]

I just wonder if they can beat hps in yield and quality or at least tie! That's the only reason I havent forked over the cash and made the switch!

I have 2000 watts of HPS gear just sitting in my garage but I chose to build a $600
4 x qb288 fixture instead. I'm just wanted to give LEDs a try. So far I'm pretty happy with it but I haven't run it through its 12/12 paces yet.

 

[Greenthumbs256]

Hey guys I'm cleaning my veg room with tons of bleach how long until the plants can go back in the room? It stinks of bleach!!!!

 

[Greenthumbs256]

Im worried the smell or left over residue will hurt the plants! No plant was sprayed or soil or pot and werent even in the room at the time of cleaning and spraying!

 

[SCJedi]

You never need to use anything stronger than 10%. Just unzip and turn all your fans on.

 

[Greenthumbs256]

I did about 10% It was a close guess at 20 ml per 2 lt of water