Luger187
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get some pvc and a bunch of corner pieces and make a bigass box. then cover the box with something like panda film. u can also get one of those zippers that u tape to the film to make a door.
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My First Real Grow Thread! Socal Style!
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It's probably not as strong , I don't know but vegging is vegging if ya know what I mean. Standard strip lights work.
alotaball
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They work .... So do CFL's ect.. but if your buying a fixture specifically for growing ... and not using a light that was already hanging in your garage.. why not buy the most efficient one that is going to give you better results .. cost you less electricity wise and the bulbs last longer before the degrade to the point they are not productive.. Only way I would run t8's or t12's is if I had a SHit ton of them sitting around and they were free.
On a side not.. the t5's are a smaller diameter bulb... And when you buy a growing specific fixture.. you will notice each bulb has its own reflector directing the light to your plants.. You get more intense light towards the plants your growing. Which is important since Florescent already lack in penetrating abilitity.. if your vegging anything larger then a seedling or clone dome.. and and you dont want stretched plants.. I would use t5 HO's.
On a side not.. the t5's are a smaller diameter bulb... And when you buy a growing specific fixture.. you will notice each bulb has its own reflector directing the light to your plants.. You get more intense light towards the plants your growing. Which is important since Florescent already lack in penetrating abilitity.. if your vegging anything larger then a seedling or clone dome.. and and you dont want stretched plants.. I would use t5 HO's.
alotaball
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Nope .. ur correct they work .. not optimum .. but work .. read my post above and you will see my personal reasoning. But if I was on a budget or had no other options... and I seen a t8 hanging in the garage not being used... you can bet I would grab it.Probably putting my foot in my mouth, huh ?
On the other side.. if your purchasing specifically for growing ..
Hey I'll have to shoot ya a picture of the querkel and AG LST'd and looking real healthy. The kid brought home some fox farms Super root and we cloned his two seedlings and the other Sativa and Hindu that are out side. No drooping or nothing. I don't know if that stuff helps but they look better than normal a week into the Rockwool. We have nine different strains at home to chose from next time vegging as mothers. Querkel,AG,Diesel,Mystery Sativa,White berry cross,black berry,Hindu,deadhead og,and a afgahn land race.
alotaball
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TWS .. I just harvested one of the quekles 2 nights ago.. it looks bitchin.. really compact buds too.. Do you soak your rockwool first.. Rockwool is really ffucked when it comes to ph.. you have to soak it for 24 hrs in 4.5-5.5 ph'd water first. If your gonna go at it with no ph meter.. I would use rapid rooters.. I have some, ill give ya a couple next time I see you to try out... The rockwool works fine.. just is harder to ph .. and if thats way off your clones will take forever to root and ect ect.
Heres that querkle
Check out how solid even the tiny stuff near the soil was..
And I think I gave you a alien OG?
Here is mine that is a little over 3 weeks in .. dont quote me on that lol.. i have to check my calender
Heres that querkle
Check out how solid even the tiny stuff near the soil was..
And I think I gave you a alien OG?
Here is mine that is a little over 3 weeks in .. dont quote me on that lol.. i have to check my calender
alotaball
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Im sure it will still work.. maybe the ph on the super root stuff is really low.. and its fixing the ph in the rock wool without you knowing it.. lol.
Cloning is pretty easy .. you can clone with just a cup of soil and no rooting hormone and it will work sometimes ... there is just alot of little stuff that can speed up the process and increase your success rate..
I think 3 of the diesels rooted .. and one more im waiting on.. I just put em in beer cups last night.. cant wait to see how they become.. ill just follow your grow and get a preview.. im a cheater
Cloning is pretty easy .. you can clone with just a cup of soil and no rooting hormone and it will work sometimes ... there is just alot of little stuff that can speed up the process and increase your success rate..
I think 3 of the diesels rooted .. and one more im waiting on.. I just put em in beer cups last night
.. cant wait to see how they become.. ill just follow your grow and get a preview.. im a cheater This is funny. The other day I think(couple of weeks ago). I pulled the hose across one of the smaller plants and broke off a nice branch and found it burried in the mud. I picked it up and examined the plant for what I did to it and was gonna throw the broken branch away but decided to try to root it. I threw it in the dogs water bowl til I was done watering, put a diagnal cut on it and stuck it in a beer cup and put it on the patio table in the shade and it flippin rooted. Smashed, dirty,no rooting hormone, and left outside. No effort at all and it"s one of my best looking freash clones. 
bonghittersanber
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wow that querkle looks stellar! even the buds down at the bottom look pretty damn good. i cut that part off rather than let it grow and suck nutes but that part on your plant looks like bud from the upper part.
cant wait to try some it that! never had querkle just the grand daddy purple which is querkle crossed with big bud.
cant wait to try some it that! never had querkle just the grand daddy purple which is querkle crossed with big bud.
I like our smaller plants outside better. Next year we might not start til the first of june maybe even July. The smaller ones seem to be alot more vigrant with bigger leafs and stronger main branches. Of course they don't have the smaller branch growth the bigger ones have. They just seem more manageable and less obvious. LOL 
If our weather stays warm enough into late fall and winter I might throw some small plants or some Iranian autos outside. 
Hey Alotta. Do you remember if the tall clone you gave us was the Alien Og. I mighta got the name tags messed up.
If our weather stays warm enough into late fall and winter I might throw some small plants or some Iranian autos outside. Hey Alotta. Do you remember if the tall clone you gave us was the Alien Og. I mighta got the name tags messed up.
They are. Just thought you might remember if the tallest one was for sure the OG. I'll see if I can tell if theres a diff in the leafs. Pretty sure I have it right but I had it wrong so the kid says. I got the pots mixed up.