Sassafras¥
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Yup, I've also tried and had success with willow tree water for cloning (;
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Fan leaf Phil
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Hey from England guys! new member on his second grow. Currently running a 600 watt HPS over a lost coast hash plant in a 1.2x1.2x2m. It's my second grow and currently in week 5. Looking forward to getting to know you all and taking in a load of info!
michael275
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Yeah it's my first indoor grow,i've had other plants that I've grown outdoors but never really paid attention to them just kind of threw them out there and let them do their thing
sgarcata
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Hey there... by way of introduction: I'm a senior living in Humboldt County and getting things set up an indoor 215 grow: soil, Clean Green certified (same criteria as USDA organic), in beds, not pots... I've got three rooms that my son had previously set up: one is 10' x 10' with a separate 8' x 10' veg / clone room; the other is 11' x 15' with an area for a watering barrel and a laundry sink + shelves. The ducting and filters are in place, but no lights yet. Both are separate from the house. The climate here is relatively mild with high humidity... lots of rain in the winter; dry in the summer, but rarely gets above 75F; closer to 45F in the winter so heat build-up is not a concern here, but PM is a constant battle. I'm a huge fan of LED lights and in my recent home renovation I've installed LED lighting everywhere; even in lamps and ceiling fixtures, mostly dimmable. I have only 2 fixtures that are non-LED, and that is just because I haven't got around to switching them out from what they came with... even my landscape lighting is all LED. Thus I got here via growmau5's youtube videos in my search for LED grow light options. Although I've spent a few years looking over my son's shoulder, this will be my first solo grow. I'm honestly a little daunted by the cost of the LED option (even as DIY) since I can get 650/750 flex Gavitas locally for $400 each (without bulbs). Plus I only know of one grower in this area who has an LED experiment going... lots of old-timers and naysayers about LED. I am dubious about buying commercial LED fixtures because (1) cost and (2) quality and whether they are built with my needs in mind. I've spent a huge amount of time on this site and watching greengene's and growmau5's videos... I think with a little help I can put them together as I did all the specs and most of the wiring for the LED strips all over my kitchen (inside cabinets, underneath cabinets over cabinets, in clerestory openings, etc.) but I'm still fretting over the cost and the lack of experience with them in this area and a little over the need for tapping and soldering (never done tapping and totally suck at soldering). I have an EV (Volt) that is already set up with the power company so my rates are good (for California, which are ridiculously high relatively to other adjacent states like OR and AZ). Glad to be joining you and appreciate all the friendly, thorough advice... pretty incredible resource IMO... many thanks for that.
manny pinero
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First grow running 2 600w hydrofarms 3 widow autos,2 fem pine chunk, 1 lemoncello haze fem ( bout to throw into 12/12 and flower) and 3 in the dirt. divaloxblueberry krippling autobulk and another widow auto. all in different combos of medium... coco/perl/ ver , ff ocean forest, promix hp, pro/coco/verm. want to see how the different mediums respond to different strains and which is best. Looking forward to the words of wisdom and constructive criticism. thanks guys
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Sassafras¥
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Idk if you know this or not bro but you really don't have to induce flowering 12/12 cycle with an auto. Hell they'll flower under 24. However when I was running autos I did put um 18/6 they did super good with that schedule imo. Are yours showing pre flowers yet?
manny pinero
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Well aware.. I'm not inducing flowering with an auto I'm inducing the lemoncello fem. The autos I keep under 24/0. No they are still too young, they're not showing yet. My pineapples are giving me some issues tho. Showing cal mag deficiency if I'm not mistaken and it must be this particular strain because they are the only ones with issues.. waiting for the soil to dry up a little and maybe add some calmag +
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Sassafras¥
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Cool, just wanted to make sure you knew all that. Yeah some strains are quite finicky when it comes to Cal mag. Some require a ton, where some require just a tad.. kinda made it hard on me back a few summers ago when I was running 20+ different strains lol. I had this one strain that would just eat everything I threw at her.. at one point I had her up to we'll over 1,000 ppm and climbing. Towards the end of her cycle she required less though. 
Happy growing though, take er easy bro..
Sass.
Happy growing though, take er easy bro..
Sass.
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manny pinero
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Yeah im running into that currently lol. Running 6 different strains about to be 7 and it's my first grow . I'm trying to get as much yield as possible on my first to see at least 25% of my investment. Like I said I got 2 600w kits w full nova spectrum bulbs and I have an hps I put on every other day to switch it up (they love it) as far as flowering goodies. Kool bloom, fox farms entire line for flowering budswell, bat guano 8-2-1, seabird 10-10-1, bio minerals and bloom fertilizers, rock bloom and rock heavy yields, thrive alive b1 green and red and cal mag + ofcourse. Let me know how you would feed based on what I have. I was thinking of doing the fox farm line (big bloom,tiger bloom,open sesame, beastie bloomz, chachingwith all the bat and seabird guanos. I let her get nice and bushy before starting her on 12/12 2 days ago. Let me know what you think..Thanks
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Sassafras¥
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I hear that.. you shouldn't have an issue at all getting back what you have tied up into it at all bro + some. They sure look good. What soil brand did you go with? I'm using roots organics + ocean forest myself. I've used the fox farm nutrients lineup also, did pretty good, just go easy with the powder open sesame, chachingwith ching, etc. Those added to the reg nutes tend to burn easy. Now the guanos definitely some good stuff for flowering.. also if I where you I'd add in some molasses to the mix! You'll really see those buds swell with a mixture like that..
Just make sure you go with "un sulphured"..
Just make sure you go with "un sulphured"..
evergreengardener
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hello all first time signing up on site just saying hi
manny pinero
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always... the guanos lolI hear that.. you shouldn't have an issue at all getting back what you have tied up into it at all bro + some. They sure look good. What soil brand did you go with? I'm using roots organics + ocean forest myself. I've used the fox farm nutrients lineup also, did pretty good, just go easy with the powder open sesame, chachingwith ching, etc. Those added to the reg nutes tend to burn easy. Now the guanos definitely some good stuff for flowering.. also if I where you I'd add in some molasses to the mix! You'll really see those buds swell with a mixture like that..
Just make sure you go with "un sulphured"..
manny pinero
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thanks dor the tips love the guano mollases combo. i ran out so i need to get more and have beem substiruing w sugar daddy (not too much)nd I went with a 70% promix 20% perlite and 10% verm for my first grow with a layer of perlite at yhe bottom. (the one I just started to flower.) I mixed it up after that. coco w perlite.. pro/coco -ocean forest w perlite and verm etc.. looking into lava rocks next.. heard after lot of good things. how about you??I hear that.. you shouldn't have an issue at all getting back what you have tied up into it at all bro + some. They sure look good. What soil brand did you go with? I'm using roots organics + ocean forest myself. I've used the fox farm nutrients lineup also, did pretty good, just go easy with the powder open sesame, chachingwith ching, etc. Those added to the reg nutes tend to burn easy. Now the guanos definitely some good stuff for flowering.. also if I where you I'd add in some molasses to the mix! You'll really see those buds swell with a mixture like that..
Just make sure you go with "un sulphured"..
Sassafras¥
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?you mean the lava rocks bro? Or what mediums am I'm going with?
Sassafras¥
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Hit me up anytime bud. Glad to help in anyway I can. I'm sure we can make a grower outta you yet. (; welcome to riu.
manny pinero
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yeah.. that's what im gonna get at the hydro store tomorrow. what mediums do you use?? what kinda grow you working on?
Dank_Dundee
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Hey fellow members, im from Australia, in sub-tropical climate. Im getting into organics, im just getting my set up ready. I have been reading this forum a lot and learning lots, my experience is low, but now i have the opportunity to actually do it (i have always wanted to grow my own and now i can). So you will probably see some posts from me popping up soon 
i wish everyone has abountiful harvest 
i wish everyone has abountiful harvest southern kush
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Just found this site. Started a hydro project bout week and a half back. I'm a virgin to all of this so I'll be doing a lot of reading. I'm gonna go by the book but seems like dirt might be easier.