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dirt clean said:

welcome back A.L. I am here to thank you for pointing out the wonders of ozone.

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No worries.

In the time I've been off the boards, I've also added a monstrous carbon filter to the exhaust from my flowering area. The Uvonaire 5000 just could not keep up with the massive 600CFM from the main blower and the output would get whiffy when there were a lot of plants in the last few days of flowering.

dirt clean said:

I have moved from the A.L b fuct rockwool to soil and those magic teas of the organic section, but cheers to all.

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I went off rockwool as a primary medium some time ago. I now stuff pots with Fytocell, with just 25mm or so of RW in the bottom of each pot to keep the Fytocell granules from being rinsed out the pots.

Sorry to hear you've gone to soil. Much more work, lower yield performance, non-sterile out of the bag (even commercial potting soils have lots of microbial materials in them) and disposal issues due to weight. Sure, you can dump old soil in your gardens, provided your garden plants don't mind nute residues and you have the garden space to fill with soil. In an op like mine, where I'm disposing of 23 pots of medium every two weeks, I'd be raising my garden beds pretty significantly if I were using soil. I also already have problems with flood trays eventually cracking, partly due to weight of media & water; can't imagine what trouble I'd have if my pots all weighed 4x more.

What possessed you to switch to soil?

iloveit said:

Be sure to post pics of your grow ops every now & then dont leave us hanging.

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We shall see. It's a bit of a mess at the moment and not worth photographing as I've had a couple of batches of clones fail in rapid succession recently along with a pH meter failure which caused me to shoot the pH too low in the flowering area & clone watering soln for a few weeks. Both are due to seasonal/weather variations. I have to manually compensate for lower air temps in winter (coming on as we speak around here), notably by reducing the number of watering cycles per lights-on and pay close attention to variations in tapwater pH caused when the treatment plant copes with pathogens washed out of the catchments when there's been a lot of rain- and we've been bucketed lately.

iloveit said:

Heres something that Ive always wanted to ask you: What is your favourite all time strain which you smoke regardless of your mood or state (state breeder also)?

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What I'm growing now- Sweet Tooth #4 from Spice of Life Seeds. It's a primarily indica hybrid with a kinda stoney high. Because of the great flavour & heady high, I'd grow White Widow again if I had the space and inclination, but the yields always disappointed me. I once had an F1 cross of Skunk #1 x White Widow made by a local mate which yielded brilliantly but still had some of the WW characters. Lost it for some strange reason, kicked myself over that ever since. Not replaceable.... oh well.

Al B. Fuct said:

We shall see. It's a bit of a mess at the moment and not worth photographing as I've had a couple of batches of clones fail in rapid succession recently along with a pH meter failure which caused me to shoot the pH too low in the flowering area & clone watering soln for a few weeks. Both are due to seasonal/weather variations. I have to manually compensate for lower air temps in winter (coming on as we speak around here), notably by reducing the number of watering cycles per lights-on and pay close attention to variations in tapwater pH caused when the treatment plant copes with pathogens washed out of the catchments when there's been a lot of rain- and we've been bucketed lately.



What I'm growing now- Sweet Tooth #4 from Spice of Life Seeds. It's a primarily indica hybrid with a kinda stoney high. Because of the great flavour & heady high, I'd grow White Widow again if I had the space and inclination, but the yields always disappointed me. I once had an F1 cross of Skunk #1 x White Widow made by a local mate which yielded brilliantly but still had some of the WW characters. Lost it for some strange reason, kicked myself over that ever since. Not replaceable.... oh well.

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I love winter temps & so do my plants, but the weather in U.K. for the past few days has been really hot, today my hygrometer recorded the MAX temp at 31C OH MA GYAD! I found my root riot cubes dehydrated.

Mmmm Sweet tooth not tried that yet speaking of which, Im in the mood for some Ben & Jerrys chunky monkey lick lick slurp slurp.

If you do get hold of the F1 cross of Skunk #1 x White Widow then show us pics.
Im considering growing Kali Mist, Super silver haze or Critical Mass not decided yet. Im in the process of gathering info on breeding strains so I know longer have to purchase 10 seeds for £££. Hopefully Ill get the hang of it quickly.

It was great to hear from you again

Lol, I am growing white widow skunk. Also widow cindy, a cross of white widow and purple cindy. White widow skunk is white widow, skunk, and northern lights. Huge plant. Cant wait, my first time with her.

As to soil, I am medical, so I want to stay in my limit. The cops already sent a hello party to my door thanks to some nosy neighbor and the tv too loud. Long story. I am ok by them it seems. But no experiments for me. Four in flower, four in veg and clone as I go. Seven gallon grow bags. 600 hps and 400 mh for now. I am no where near comercial. rofl.

Cool grow update. Those huge filters are awesome hired help for a grow. My first ozone was a wherehouse size titan model that with a lid still would not have done the job. Had to take the lid off a smaller model. But I am small. Personal.

iloveit said:

I love winter temps & so do my plants, but the weather in U.K. for the past few days has been really hot, today my hygrometer recorded the MAX temp at 31C OH MA GYAD! I found my root riot cubes dehydrated.

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Yeah, I know ya poms think 31C is a heatwave. *giggle*

We had a 45.1C day wrapped with a few 42-43C days last summer. Now THAT'S a heatwave, bro.

I will agree that change of season is a rough time unless you have perfect, year-round climate control, tho.

iloveit said:

If you do get hold of the F1 cross of Skunk #1 x White Widow then show us pics.

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Unlikely, I'm afraid. The feller who I got it from is no longer growing.

dirt clean said:

Lol, I am growing white widow skunk.

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Lucky you!

dirt clean said:

As to soil, I am medical, so I want to stay in my limit.

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Oh, I see. Gotta do wotcha gotta do.

dirt clean said:

The cops already sent a hello party to my door thanks to some nosy neighbor and the tv too loud. Long story.

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feckers.

dirt clean said:

Cool grow update. Those huge filters are awesome hired help for a grow.

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yep, they sure do work, but they're not cheap. I'm looking into refilling mine when it stops working, but it's nearly as practical to just buy an entire new filter, considering the cost of new carbon granules and the mess factor involved with doing the refill.

don't them big 150s or whatever they are called ... those 5ft monster filters... aren't those good for like 5years constant use?


edit: how can you tell when the scrubber isn't working.... do you not get too accustomed to the smells?
thanks

Greyskull said:

don't them big 150s or whatever they are called ... those 5ft monster filters... aren't those good for like 5years constant use?

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I can't recall any mfr of the things giving any sort of estimation on how long they last.

Greyskull said:

edit: how can you tell when the scrubber isn't working.... do you not get too accustomed to the smells?

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That's my problem! I don't know how long they're supposed to last and I definitely can't trust my own schnozz to tell me when they're spent!

Al B. Fuct said:

That's my problem! I don't know how long they're supposed to last and I definitely can't trust my own schnozz to tell me when they're spent!

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ha ha! I know the feeling...
here's a bummer

from http://www.canfilters.com/faq.html

How long does the filter last?
The life of a filter is determined by the Of the contaminant, the relative humidity and the volume of air cleaned. Unfortunately there is no indicator light on the filter that tells you when it is ready to be replaced. Experience with one Can-Filter will give you an expectation for future Can-Filters in your particularapplication.

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Hey Al,
Just wanted to say thanks for all your info and your willingness to share it. Sadly, you left before I could get through those massive stickys you spawned. No big deal though. All I needed was in there. And there are plenty of your decipels who know quite a bit to help with the small stuff. Cheers and good luck in all your future endevors.
DS

Greyskull said:

here's a bummer

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And a bummer it is, too! Effin' good thing these jokers don't sell tyres. Imagine! "Our tyres don't come with a 'when to replace light' but you'll know when they're due for replacement when the tread flies off on the motorway. Experience with one of our products will help you when you own the next copy. If you live to tell about it, of course." I guess I'll write a letter to the maker of these carbon filters from jail. "Oh hey, your filters work GREAT... until they don't, that is."

dirtysteve said:

Hey Al,
Just wanted to say thanks for all your info and your willingness to share it. Sadly, you left before I could get through those massive stickys you spawned. No big deal though. All I needed was in there. And there are plenty of your decipels who know quite a bit to help with the small stuff. Cheers and good luck in all your future endevors.
DS

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Thanks for that. At least the threads have been maintained for your archival convenience.

fuck man maybe plant like 700 fruit trees around the OP, or start cooking with mega curry, just in case LOL
WTF CanFilter - c'mon help us out here!

Screw the fruit trees. I'm getting one of these.

We try to keep the BS meter down between 2-3 to keep everyone else sane.

That's not bad. The BS dial HAS been up to 11 in the past.

that armed chopper drone is fucking tits!

Hey Al, ive read a lot of your post and it was some very interesting reading. I grow in a total opposite way to you but I still enjoy reading about your methods even though I dont use them.

Keep up the good work

MB

Al B.

I just want to drop in and let you know that your philosophies on growing have shaped my entire op. Your steadfast dedication to simple and efficient methods that lead to infinitely reproducible results are a credit and an assett to all lazy stoners. Thank you. I raise a joint to you, sir.

Your threads of beating newbs with a lot of the same information over and over again convinced me that, yes, hydro really is that easy and E/F is the way to go. That and environment is #1. If the lighting, temp, and ventilation are not right nothing else matters. Several of us self proclaimed "Fuct-heads" have continued to fight the battle against CFLs, LEDs, bubblecloners (I get 100% in RW on heating pad w/out any powders thx to you.) , organic hydro over chem and all the other crazyness that gets tossed around these boards.

I can, sadly, no longer grow SOG as I am state legal to grow for medicinal purposes but I can only have 6 plants total. 3 in veg and 3 in bloom. If I were to grow 3 full sized plants (6 wks veg) in my table it would be way too tall even with proper pruning. This restriction has me in soil for this round and I HATE IT. Give me back my controlled res of nutes so I know exactly what my plants are eating. Things are going OK but i will be back to my E/F next round.

Here's a pic of my OP just for giggles. 400W in 5 sq ft. Thank god for cooltubes. You were a big part of my inspiration, Al. Thanks again.

Hi Al...

I just cannot thank you enough...

I started with an Aerogarden... and after I found your thread.. well, I'll just post a current pic of the op...

Cheers to you mate!!!!

And Thank You very much for all the knowledge...



https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/167596-gypsys-picture-depot-9.html

whats up guys!! al... nice to meet you...... i'm new to this forum but not to farming. i just went to indoors this year and what a world of a dif then out side!!! any how from all that i have read from you and everyone else....... cheers to u bro!! you seem cool as hell and very smart of whats going on with the way these girls grow. my ? is for you.......summers coming and i need a port ac unit......wat size btu and dual hose or single? room is 12x12x8...and my sun light is 1000x4.

Al B. Fuct said:

We shall see. It's a bit of a mess at the moment and not worth photographing as I've had a couple of batches of clones fail in rapid succession recently along with a pH meter failure which caused me to shoot the pH too low in the flowering area & clone watering soln for a few weeks. Both are due to seasonal/weather variations. I have to manually compensate for lower air temps in winter (coming on as we speak around here), notably by reducing the number of watering cycles per lights-on and pay close attention to variations in tapwater pH caused when the treatment plant copes with pathogens washed out of the catchments when there's been a lot of rain- and we've been bucketed lately.

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ahh gday al! good to see you back!
i'm yet another who has studied your methods and is using a lot of your techniques and funnily (or unfunnily) enough also just lost all but 1 plant thru a PH pen mishap and a small cat eating my second last plant. cats aside, hopefully thats now sorted. i have a jack herer thats hanging onto life by a thread and is now being flushed to see if it recovers from the PH fluctuations. fingers crossed. but anyways thanks for the best source of info on how to grow. u deserve to be paid for what you do mate!