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duchieman

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Been doing a bit of research and stumbled upon the benefits of comfrey in gardening (compost and teas), because it is a "dynamic accumulator". I believe my backyard is full of these, and or a relative of some sort. Huge roots and super fast growing. Anyway, thought I'd share the vid.

 

Mohican

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Damn - that doobie would kill me!

Beautiful babies. It is nice to see people starting to adopt the LED tech.

Dandelions are very good for your compost too. Any fast growing weed with a hollow stalk is going to pull silica from the soil to make those stalks strong. It is one of the best sources for minerals and nutrients for compost.
 

whodatnation

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Damn - that doobie would kill me!

Beautiful babies. It is nice to see people starting to adopt the LED tech.

Dandelions are very good for your compost too. Any fast growing weed with a hollow stalk is going to pull silica from the soil to make those stalks strong. It is one of the best sources for minerals and nutrients for compost.

I've always had a feeling the thistles around here would make a great fpe
 

DST

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gg4 vertical cab.
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What sort of prices you guys paying for 315watters? 380 euro plus 130 for the bulb in NL.....and I can't seem to find anything apart from the US and UK that sell seperate ballasts (the philips dpapillon fixture/ballast is not suitable for my vertical).
 

duchieman

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Prior to us moving in here, the previous owner was into gardening and had planted several things around the property. I'm still stumbling across stuff. This garden section here is about 30 feet long and as you can see, is very rich in nutrients, etc and gets all day sun. This house also has two sumps and pumps. The first, like usual, is in the house. The second sump pit is outside, at the top of this garden. Currently it pumps the water out of the pit and down toward the garden. Problem is that the pipe is directing the water to my neighbors yard. My goal is to make this my vegetable garden next season and I'm going to redirect that pipe to feet ground water all the way down the garden. South of that compost pit, I plan to start my red wiggler worm farm, producing casting and worms for myself and anyone else who would like to purchase some.

 

DST

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The cheapest I've seen is about $350. but they have the self contained ballast.

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here's what i ended up with. I could have got a cheaper kit from the uk but this includes the philips light and a convertor for my vertical set up so all in all will be less hassle than trying to take a hood apart:)

315W CMH Ballast

€ 229,00

315W Philips CMH Elite 930

€ 108,90

E40 - 315W CHM Lamp Adapter

1

€ 18,90

Mad how things in Europe are so pricey. The lamp adaptor in the UK is a tenner.
 

GroErr

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here's what i ended up with. I could have got a cheaper kit from the uk but this includes the philips light and a convertor for my vertical set up so all in all will be less hassle than trying to take a hood apart:)

315W CMH Ballast

€ 229,00

315W Philips CMH Elite 930

€ 108,90

E40 - 315W CHM Lamp Adapter

1

€ 18,90

Mad how things in Europe are so pricey. The lamp adaptor in the UK is a tenner.
You're not alone DST, it's the US that has all the hookups at reasonable prices, we Canadians pay through the nose for equipment. Most equipment is usually less expensive to buy from the US + shipping + 35% exchange, and still cheaper than buying locally :(
 
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