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Chunky Stool

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Yes, those are them. Been using my pair for years and my eyeballs have yet to liquify.

grow store homie told me they’re pretty much the same specs as method 7 just without the big name.

it’s amazing what they do. Takes my orange hps lighting and makes it look light natural sunlight. I couldn’t grow without them. You’ll see things on your plants you wouldn’t notice in the hps/led spectrum.
I just wear cheap sunglasses and a hat with a brim.
My lights put out UV so I don’t spend a lot of time in the grow space.
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I’ve got a bad fish grape stomper that’s going to finish soon and she’s a beast!
Pics later. I’m in bed... :dunce:
 

Laughing Grass

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My bluelab ppm meter started going weird on me last week... consistently reading 305 ppm when it wasn't dipped in water. I replaced the batteries and calibrated but it never would read 0ppm. >:( warranty is only one year and I had it for 18 months. I ordered an Apera smart tds/ph meter and it arrived today. This thing is so cool, one meter that does it all and it hooks up to your phone via bluetooth and saves all your readings to log. It even walks you through the calibration process step by step on your phone... Totally idiot proof.

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Bareback

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My bluelab ppm meter started going weird on me last week... consistently reading 305 ppm when it wasn't dipped in water. I replaced the batteries and calibrated but it never would read 0ppm. >:( warranty is only one year and I had it for 18 months. I ordered an Apera smart tds/ph meter and it arrived today. This thing is so cool, one meter that does it all and it hooks up to your phone via bluetooth and saves all your readings to log. It even walks you through the calibration process step by step on your phone... Totally idiot proof.

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Mine is similar to that..... be careful with the tip. I’ve broke two so for. It works great except when the tip is broke.....so I am very careful when putting the tip in now :wink:
 

manfredo

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I'm trying to organize my garage, and then later mix up a batch of super soil. I went back to Agway and bought 4 more bags of the cheaper Coast of Maine soil, so I have 8 bags total and I'll use that as my base, and then amend it. This should have a little more kick than my normal SS made with Promix. Plus nice warm weather to cook it.

Super humid/muggy here today, but only like 75F.....I just checked 72F with 69% humidity. Good sweating weather!!
 

Chunky Stool

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I want one...I'm tired of using cheapos....I always use 2 of them for a double reading to make sure I'm on....and I need to splurge and buy a better monitor unit for the aero tank.

OK, I just looked at the price, and I don't want one near so much any more :lol:
I've been using an inexpensive PPM meter for years w/zero problems.

Cheap PH meters are another story. The one I've got now is getting a little wacky and refuses to re-calibrate.
They seem to last about one year before acting up.

Lately I've just been letting PH swing from low to high without making any adjustments. (feed, water, water, repeat)
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
I've been using an inexpensive PPM meter for years w/zero problems.

Cheap PH meters are another story. The one I've got now is getting a little wacky and refuses to re-calibrate.
They seem to last about one year before acting up.

Lately I've just been letting PH swing from low to high without making any adjustments. (feed, water, water, repeat)
I find the meter to be indispensable.

I used to be an Oakton loyalist. But a few years ago Annie turned me onto the Bluelab meter. Half the price, mine is working despite very sporadic care after 4 years, and the dead-easy calibration procedure puts the cherry on top.

I had the chance to try a kilobuck ISFET (ion-specific field effect transistor) meter. Cool-sounding material science prattle = win, no?
The device was just as unstable on calibration as the usual glass bulb type. Insult to injury: and just as slow to equilibrate.

This is tech on a level with the daguerrotype. There must be a big barrier between good tech and what we have now ...
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
The lenses are a smokey gray, not too dark.

I never pay more than $20 for sunglasses because I've lost & damaged countless pairs over the years.

The fishing department @ Wal-mart is one of the best places to buy quality polarized sunglasses at a very good price.
(Roland Martin calls them "polaroid", but he's fucking stupid. :dunce: )
In the 70s the Polaroid brand was applied to polarized-lens sunglasses.
 
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