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Mr.Head

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jesus of Cannabis said:
as i am snickering, watch that Joseph OG, it has quite a kick if you get a Jo dominate pheno, lol, its quite a journey. Did you cut the rockwool and why?



on a totally different subject
whilst watching Youtube this morning starting my day off with a bowl of Gooey, I came across this.....

and at 19:00 i became real interested and at 19:40ish I turned it off cause IMO this guy is full of shit
you need the products he is bashing IMO, soil or hydro.'

Your opinions?
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I bought a PH and EC pen when I first started because I was told they were necessary. They aren't necessary if you know your water quality, which you should, and know how to judge your plants, which you should. I almost went out and spent $300+ on a bluelabs dealy.

As far as organics which is what he's talking about Nope. They aren't necessary, about the only time a person would need a PH pen in organics would be if they were making teas and bubbled it for under 24 hours, a tea can have a fucked up PH from the molasses if it's not given enough time, that has been my only PH issue in years.

As far as a digital PH pen they are 110% a waste of money, there is no need of such accuracy in soil, simple paper strips are way cheaper, I bought a roll supposed to be 100 strips I could easily get x5 out of it as it's a tear your own size type deal, think I paid 4.99 at the local hydro shop after my PH pen shit out on me.

I wouldn't run hydro without a PH pen the first time I ran the system just to see how much the nutrients drop my PH by volume.
 
Mr.Head

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For a brand spanking new grower they can be quite helpful to learn what you're working with.

I wish there were cheaper quality options without all the storage hassles. I don't check my PH often, I don't even recall the last time I used the strips,or where they are :) so keeping a PH EC pen in the right solution for god knows how long without checking just doesn't work.

I don't think there is a single good PH/EC unit on the market in my opinion.
 
Beemo

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ph/ppm pens are a hassle.
got to calibrate it with solution. then got to get a cleaning solution for it.
i remember like it was yesterday, stirring, calibrating, mixing nutrients that smelled like antifreeze cough cough (aurora inno)
sooo glad i switch.... glad i was there when lumper/cc was around..
thankyou lumper/cc and his friends for showing me the way.
 
Flaming Pie

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Mr.Head said:
For a brand spanking new grower they can be quite helpful to learn what you're working with.

I wish there were cheaper quality options without all the storage hassles. I don't check my PH often, I don't even recall the last time I used the strips,or where they are :) so keeping a PH EC pen in the right solution for god knows how long without checking just doesn't work.

I don't think there is a single good PH/EC unit on the market in my opinion.
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I check my ph at the beginning of grows to make sure my water didnt change ph. Other than that I have a chart for how much ph up to put in with different amounts of nutes.
 
Mr.Head

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It's all kind of a moot point for me, I alternate between distilled and spring water. It goes into a pitcher then into the pots. If there's something wrong with the water then the store I'm paying $13 a week for water better get some ear plugs cause I'm coming with my outdoor voice :)
 
Beemo

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Mr.Head said:
It's all kind of a moot point for me, I alternate between distilled and spring water. It goes into a pitcher then into the pots. If there's something wrong with the water then the store I'm paying $13 a week for water better get some ear plugs cause I'm coming with my outdoor voice :)
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you should try water from the fish/aquarium store... the place i go has a huge ro/uv system...
.70 a g
its what i use when i run out of rain water. no bs or guessing.
 
Beemo

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Mr.Head said:
It's all kind of a moot point for me, I alternate between distilled and spring water. It goes into a pitcher then into the pots. If there's something wrong with the water then the store I'm paying $13 a week for water better get some ear plugs cause I'm coming with my outdoor voice :)
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$13 a week for water or 52 a month?
sometimes i use city water, on my babies.
if i run out of rain water, i just fill up the barrel with city water, leave it out for a couple a days, so the chlorine evaporates.
its what i feed all my outdoor garden with. tomatoes, herbs, watermelon, peach tree, jalapeno, etc
 
Mr.Head

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Beemo said:
$13 a week for water or 52 a month?
sometimes i use city water, on my babies.
if i run out of rain water, i just fill up the barrel with city water, leave it out for a couple a days, so the chlorine evaporates.
its what i feed all my outdoor garden with. tomatoes, herbs, watermelon, peach tree, jalapeno, etc
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Sometimes I get 2+ weeks out of a jug if the plants are small. This 12/12 from seed has been saving me quite a bit on my water bill. In flower I'm usually 2 jugs a week from 3weeks on.

My tap water is full of everything.
 
Mad Hamish

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What is a Ph? How does EC work? Lol been so long eh, also not certain where my testing kit is at all... Let the plant do the work and none of that matters unless you have some pretty extreme water. Out here lots of cats have to deal with serious lime content from borehole water. I am lucky, all rain tanks over here we have stacks... amazing what one pitched roof can collect. Can be a bit high Ph in summer but never had a hassle.
 
Mr.Head

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when i tested mine with my cheap PPM metre it said 850 when i had the gent here installing the water softener he said it was over that I forget the exact number.
 
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