RIU, You chose it, I'm growing it. Fucking Incredible!

laserbrn

laserbrn

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Jerry Garcia said:
I like the way you covered the rockwool laser. Is that to keep light out of the roots?
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Yes sir. I don't want light on the tops of my rockwool cubes. PARTICULARLY if you start your seeds in the cubes and need to water from the top EVER. If you even do it once, you open the door to algae and mold. It's just best to keep them covered up.

smokingrubber said:
Nice babies Laser. They look like california cows (happy)! Are you using tap water on those or distilled?
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Ahh thank you. I've been using RO water on the babies. But the reservoir is filled and ready with tap water. I just can't bring myself to turn it on. I've always used RO and I know that they are perfectly fine with tap water later in the cycle (I'm using tap on my current flowering batch, have been since about 2 weeks before flower), but seedlings...I dunno. $140.00 beans and a supply running low might not be the time to test the water sorta speak.
 
thedude121212

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because i didn't trust the tap water i just germed in a seperate tray in the cubes with bottled r/o. u kno just keepin around 2"of water. then after they were around a week old i put them in the system with tap water that had just been filtered with those cheap pur ones u get from home depot and everything worked out beautifully. as long as their good genetics u shood be all good.
 
thedude121212

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have faith just because one brick of ur house is currently cracked doesn't mean the whole house is comin down u kno what i mean. i'm sure these girls will be beasts just like ur last ones no matter what u decide to do. the force is strong with u young padawan.
ain't this sum weird shit look what they come up with these days it's called a padawan trainer maybe we're not so far away from havin flyin cars after all.:dunce:
 
smokingrubber

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Good call on the babies. They don't take much water when they're that young so it's not that big of a hardship to tote 2 gallons a week.

So, if you've got an RO system somewhere near you, why not just buy 100ft of 1/4" water line for $10 and string it up once every 2 weeks? The line at my friends house is easy 50ft. It works without a problem. They make quick-connect fittings. Would probably be worth it while they're young imo. Just a thought. It sure beats totin' buckets!
 
thedude121212

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hey man i'm sure u did a lot of shoppin around 4 tents since u have one. so is this a good deal or wat?
3'11"x 3'11"x 6'7" $209
 
laserbrn

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thedude121212 said:
because i didn't trust the tap water i just germed in a seperate tray in the cubes with bottled r/o. u kno just keepin around 2"of water. then after they were around a week old i put them in the system with tap water that had just been filtered with those cheap pur ones u get from home depot and everything worked out beautifully. as long as their good genetics u shood be all good.
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That's exactly what I've been doing. They are now in 4x4 rockwool cubes that were soaked and they are still very damp after about 26 hours so I think I'll be okay watering with bottled RO water for now or picking up 5 gallons or so and just getting them through the next week or so.
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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smokingrubber said:
Good call on the babies. They don't take much water when they're that young so it's not that big of a hardship to tote 2 gallons a week.

So, if you've got an RO system somewhere near you, why not just buy 100ft of 1/4" water line for $10 and string it up once every 2 weeks? The line at my friends house is easy 50ft. It works without a problem. They make quick-connect fittings. Would probably be worth it while they're young imo. Just a thought. It sure beats totin' buckets!
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I don't. I live in an apartment. And we have stainless steel sinks with no hole drilled in them. The way things are under my sink I can't get a tank and the whole system under there.

I don't like toting water from the grocery store RO machine. Those machines work great and the water is cheap as hell, but it looks suspicious to the neighbors when I'm lugging 20-30 gallons a week when both veg and flower are banging with good sized plants.

But for this part of the grow, I can just lug one bottle. No biggie.
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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thedude121212 said:
hey man i'm sure u did a lot of shoppin around 4 tents since u have one. so is this a good deal or wat?
3'11"x 3'11"x 6'7" $209
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I have seen that tent a few times. It seems like one of the higher quality tents out there. It solves the problem I have with the intake being on the same side as the exhaust in my tent. I think that's fuckin' retarded and whoever designed my tent should rethink it.

Fortunately I made it work in my space, but I would've like this tent a little more. My tent is also a little on the flimsy side, but in all honesty it hasn't made a bit of difference.

I paid I believe $130ish dollars for my tent, shipped. It could be nicer, but I think with these tents if you do your digging you pretty much get what you pay for. I wish I would've sprung a little more and gotten a nicer tent, but then I don't see how it's had an effect on plant growth, convenience, or anything else. I just WISH it where a little more sturdy. So for $130.00 I'm happy as hell with it. Just as I'm sure you'd be happy with that one. Once you grow your green in it, it won't matter to you anymore. It's just there and serve's it's function.
 
laserbrn

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smokingrubber said:
I have that same tent only a foot larger (4'9 x 4'9). I love it! It's not flimsy, and it unzips all the way open. Definately a good investment imo.
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Thank you for the update! That pic of your carbon filter up top really sells it. My tent couldn't hold mine up there, but I use a Can-66 filter (I believe yours there is a Can-33?). That tent looks sturdy enough to hold mine without a problem.

So it seems....you get what you pay for and I should've sprung the extra $70.00. I've spent $1000's in equipment, I've saved more $1000's on ganja, what's $70.00? Get the good shit.
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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smokingrubber said:
That is a Can 66 my friend. The vent plumbing is all 6" (everything inside the tent).
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Wow....that worked out nicely. I guess I should've gone a bit bigger and with the more sturdy tent. But in all honesty I'm happy with my setup. I'm going to buy another tent at some point and I'll probably buy and identical one to my current tent. It's cheap and for doing side by side comparisons I'd really like to have all equipment identical.
 
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