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erbzy

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erbzy said:

  • Hello, Im a beginner to the indoor growing scene, been checking out the forums and v.good advice.

    Im planning on exodus cheese i have ten fem greenhouse seeds, here is what i have bought
    1 x 600 watt Complete Euro Magnetic Lighting system with Grolux dual spectrum bulb
    1 x Contactor
    1 x Grasslin Analogue Timer
    2 x Easy Roll Light Hangers
    2 x Gro Tank 424 NFT System
    2 x Spreader mat, pump & delivery tubing.
    1 x 2 litres Canna Aqua Vega
    1 x 2 litres Canna Aqua Flores
    1 x 250ml Canna Rhizotonic
    32 x 3" Grodan Cubes
    24 x Root Riot
    1 x pH Down
    1 x pH Test Kit
    1 x Essentials pH Meter
    1 x pH Buffer 7 Calibration Solution
    1 x pH Buffer 4 Calibration Solution
    1 x pH Probe Cleaner
    1 x Bluelab EC Truncheon
    1 x EC 2.76 Calibration Solution
    1x 1.2x1.2m secret JARDIN tent (    Secret Jardin Dark Room 120 MK2 - Grow Tent) http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=sec...1t:429,r:9,s:0
    1xcarbon filter and ducting + CLIPS
    1x rvk 125mm l1 fan
    1x rvk 125 a1 fan

    INSIDE MY 'SECRET JARDIN' I HAVE THE LIGHT SET UP, I HAVE THE CARBON FILTER POSITIONED AT THE TOP OF THE TENT (ABOVE LIGHT) TIGHT TO THE ROOF BARS WITH A SMALL LENGTH OF DUCTING CONNECTING TO FAN WITH DUCTING ON OTHER SIDE OF FAN WHICH LEADS OUT OF SECRET JARDIN AND OUT OF ROOM WHICH HOUSES SECRET JARDIN, ON THE OUT SIDE OF TENT I HAVE ANOTHER FAN WITH DUCTING EITHER SIDE WHICH BLOWS AIR FROM THE ROOM THE TENT IS STATIONED INTO THE TENT(AT A LOW LEVEL) LIGHT IS SET UP TO TIMER ETC.... I AM USING SYSTEMAIR RVK 125MM FANS 1X L1 MODEL AND A1 MODEL) I AM USING CANNA NUTES!! PLEASE HELP!


    i think i have messed my first attempt up, i have had tent set up with all fans blowing, light on for 18 off for 6 , had the light high on chains to keep away from propagator (fans are on timer with light at the mo or will be too cold for seedlings when lights off), i brought root riot and didnt pre soak (should i?) i placed seeds into root riots and have sprayed once a day with water with ec level 1.0 ph level 6.5-7? its been six days now and nothing, admitidly i rushed into the project after spending weeks looking into everything. Its has been really cold in my area recently and at night temps are low (-6 outside this morning) so wondering if low room temps could be issue.

    If you have any info that could help me succesfully germinate, or any info about tent set-up i would be really grateful as i trying to keep a hat on this and do not wish to ask any of my friends etc.

    THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPTS EVER SO PLEASE USE BASIC TERMINOLOGY LOL!!!!! STEP BY STEP WOULD BE GREAT FROM OPENING THE ROOT RIOT PACK TO SEEDLINGS SPROUTING.

    CHEERS

    ps any info on the following basics would be great

    - temperatures at the different stages
    - nute/water temp for nft grows
    - keeping tent warm at night (when lights off and fans are on)
    - ph levels through out
    - germinating out of root riot
    - anything else that will be of great help to a newby who has spent a few £££!

    I SPENT WEEKS RESEARCHING AND NOW IM THERE I GOT A BIT NERVOUS AND FORGOTTEN MOST STUFF!! - STARTING TO DOCUMENT EVERYTHING NOW FOR FUTURE!

    and yes i have spent quite a bit of money for a newby but if it helps me sleep at night then so be it!    ​


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ANy brits wanna help with this?? ive had two likes ... no advice :(.. thought we pulled together thru hard times!
 
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Mastergrow

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Never used root riot cubes so don't know anything about them, everytime I germinate I more often than not get 100% success, side plate outta the cupboard, paper towels(kitchen roll) onto the plate, splash some tap water onto the paper towel, pop the seeds onto the paper towel, cover with more paper towel, wet this as well, cover the plate with another one the same size and stick it under the quilt on a bed with an electric blanket turned on underneath it, usually between a day or two, BANG, a germinated seed with a root about 1-2cm long. In ur case temps could be the problem, I give mine plenty of heat from the electric blanket and I reckon this speeds it all up
 
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Mastergrow

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Once my seeds are rooted, straight into small rockwool cubes and into the clay pebbles on a wilma drip system, making sure the drip is just hittin the rockwool and keepin it wet, one thing I never have a problem with is getting them started
 
DST

DST

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So you have afew beans in riot cubes that are not sprouting after 5 days. Do you know what the temps are when the lights are off?

Beans are hardy and will eventually germinate over time no matter what (unless they get soaked, split, rot or something). Get one of the cubes and have a little root around (pardun the pun) see what's happening with the little pip. As long as it hasn't turned dark brown/blackish (which means it has probably rotted) you should be okay. Like Mastergorw said, you need to give them a little bit of a warm temps if forcing a seed to grow (otherwise you pop it in the soil outside and let the sun and nature do it's job which can take a whole season in some instances). However we are inside and need to force things a bit (hence the constant cozy temps).

Get them out of the ground first (sometimes can take more than 5 days when put straight into soil/substrate) and then deal with your other worries moving forward.

Give em time, good karma and they will come good.

Peace, DST


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ANy brits wanna help with this?? ive had two likes ... no advice :(.. thought we pulled together thru hard times!
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Mastergrow

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How often do any of u folk change your carbon filter? I've a couple of bluewidows in there last 2-3 wks and just realised this morning that the smell as soon as lights come on stinks the house out, later on in the day it's not too bad. Had the filter for nearly a year was thinking this could be the problem, needs sorted soon. I've a couple of ona air blocks comin tomoro hopefully, hoping they do the trick and once this grows done I'll change my filter, so how often does anyone change there's?
 
UKHG

UKHG

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erbzy said:
ANy brits wanna help with this?? ive had two likes ... no advice :(.. thought we pulled together thru hard times!
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wait u dudnt geerninate the seeds in the tiitue before putting em in riots?
they should be i coimpete darkeness til you get a nice tap root then put them in the root riots undercool lighting till thyve srpouted properly the worste all being well u should see results by now

3eyes said:
That'll work but 1000 cheese in a field is a tad bit harder to put in a shed at night lol
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LOL
 
UKHG

UKHG

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Mastergrow said:
How often do any of u folk change your carbon filter? I've a couple of bluewidows in there last 2-3 wks and just realised this morning that the smell as soon as lights come on stinks the house out, later on in the day it's not too bad. Had the filter for nearly a year was thinking this could be the problem, needs sorted soon. I've a couple of ona air blocks comin tomoro hopefully, hoping they do the trick and once this grows done I'll change my filter, so how often does anyone change there's?
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buya yanke cadle or 3 wouldnt need any filter then!

cuple yrs sum told em to have to re-activtae the carbon i think u have to put it in th oven or sum shit imnot sure just google how to reactivate carbon ina carbon filter

http://www.uk420.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=62215
 
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00ashoo

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Mastergrow said:
How often do any of u folk change your carbon filter? I've a couple of bluewidows in there last 2-3 wks and just realised this morning that the smell as soon as lights come on stinks the house out, later on in the day it's not too bad. Had the filter for nearly a year was thinking this could be the problem, needs sorted soon. I've a couple of ona air blocks comin tomoro hopefully, hoping they do the trick and once this grows done I'll change my filter, so how often does anyone change there's?
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i use a homemade one and change the carbon every 6month or so
ive done blue widow n a few ona gels wont help much with the pong, candles n ona aint no replacement
best thing off top of my head is keep temps a bitt lower if possible
 
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Mastergrow

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Yankee candles lol, brings back memories....a few aunts of mine burned these all the time, big ones £20 a piece, a local theif I know realised he could sell them a tenner a pop, he called round one day after just stealing 10 of them lol! There pretty big to get outta a shop with ten of them! Needless to say the nxt week when he went back for more he was caught in the act lol! Think I'll give them a go till the ona blocks arrive, u ever used them UKRG?
 
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Mastergrow

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00ashoo said:
i use a homemade one and change the carbon every 6month or so
ive done blue widow n a few ona gels wont help much with the pong, candles n ona aint no replacement
best thing off top of my head is keep temps a bitt lower if possible
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Temps are pretty low at the min, it just seems to be first thing in the mornin tho as soon as lights come back on, I will change the filter in a couple of weeks, I'll maybe look into this reactivating carbOn first tho
 
UKHG

UKHG

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Mastergrow said:
Yankee candles lol, brings back memories....a few aunts of mine burned these all the time, big ones £20 a piece, a local theif I know realised he could sell them a tenner a pop, he called round one day after just stealing 10 of them lol! There pretty big to get outta a shop with ten of them! Needless to say the nxt week when he went back for more he was caught in the act lol! Think I'll give them a go till the ona blocks arrive, u ever used them UKRG?
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do we ever user em! are u serious!lol man we got cupbrads full so many half used one ect ect weve los 6 full ones amongst em,
round here they are 6-7 qwid of the grafters i get loads of old dears who buy em of me but hes in jailn ow soLOL il get em of my other pal the vannilla lime is great for killing the smell of weed in the house i think we had cleat cotton upstairs and mango and chutney downstairs and you couldnt smell nowt but clean bedding andsummet fruity! yeh the bigus are 20 each but DAMN ther worth it u get the smell ur asking for not like the b and m specials

NICE PC THAT yorkshireman im running the phenom ii x4 black edition 3.4ghz think thats 1.45vlts neevr overclocked it paranrantly these black editions can be O'C pretty well i mean like well over 4.2ghz,
been looking at the new x8 fx cpu's 3.2ghz i thng they are amd fx pretty slick! 150 i think
i mite sell my cpu and upgrade been wantning a x6 black ediditon,
had sum issues in past with using u know no name parts to save money? i paid 100 for 8gb ffs i can get corsair or wotnat ram for cheaper
got a nice ezcool psu running now temps never go above 30-33 new ezcool heatsink big fuk of thing hels tons and 4x 1400mm fase vented making it high airflow!

got a nice custion luquid cooling kid loads of cpu mounts and gpu mounts chipset n all that just cant be arsed may but on gumtree swap liquid cooling system for a 1gb graphics car....
 
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00ashoo

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UKHG

UKHG

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man im sat here like a fukin zumkie head on the keyboard waking up like wtf!!lol

took 3x 7.5 mg zopiclone at 3amm and im fucket still! guas 3 aint my magik number mite go to 2

yeh iv heard shit about ona blocks how long the last and hwo much are they?
 
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Mastergrow

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There about £8 each, I read somewhere that if you pull all the foil paper off they last 15-30 days or if you just poke holes in it it'll last longer, I've two comin and just goina rip the lids off them both, I'd say they'll only last about two weeks, but that's a I really need anyway, quick fix!
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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Ah, all hail the new lord of leisure. from now on tueday wednesday ad thursdays are 3 hours working days, i'm back home by 10am, wtf am i supposed to do with myself without any weed in the house? :D

Ona blocks are really good, but as said, they don't last that long (they'll still smell but stop removing the smell) and at £8 a pop it can add up real quick. Type of thing you want to crack open come harvest when all the weed is lying around the bedroom etc.
 
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Mastergrow

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tip top toker said:
Ah, all hail the new lord of leisure. from now on tueday wednesday ad thursdays are 3 hours working days, i'm back home by 10am, wtf am i supposed to do with myself without any weed in the house? :D Ona blocks are really good, but as said, they don't last that long (they'll still smell but stop removing the smell) and at £8 a pop it can add up real quick. Type of thing you want to crack open come harvest when all the weed is lying around the bedroom etc.
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That's all I need them for, last 2 weeks of flowering cos the carbon filter just not doing it's job, think it needs replaced but can't afford one for a week or two!
 
UKHG

UKHG

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yeh i got a 5-4 inch carbon filtter................never use it FUKIN SOLDIER ME WHO CARES IF U CAN SMELL THE SHIT DOWN ME PATH!!!!BAHAHa

JUST CHILLIN to the doggystyle album damn forgot how long since ive had snoop pumpin on the 265's gotta love jamo :P

MORNNIG TTT u kn fella?
 
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