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  1. akboarder

    Is this normal?

    Plants are extremely variable. I've seen bud grow out of a fan leaf. I'll say that again, a nug grow out of a fan leaf where the leaf blades connect to the leaf stem. I've seen albino tops that look very healthy and happy, but were light bleached. I've seen plants sweating balls of resin which...
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    Mature Plant 'random' death

    Interesting things is, there are dead parts to it, but lots of the plant is perfectly healthy. I can post a pic of the plant as a whole. Interestingly, the plant is cut in half basically from me taking off death. She was a good 3 feet plus wide and 4 feet tall. She is now very unsymmetrical cut...
  3. akboarder

    light combo

    Another thing to keep in mind too, cheap ballasts can also produce heavy RF, radio frequency, fields. Depending on where you're at and the "chill" level of the state/country, RF fields can be an indicator of ballasts used for indoor gardening, so it could potentially be a little more "publicity"...
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    light combo

    Keep in mind too, especially if you are on a 1 light program, if your ballast does quit, you will have to return it for warranty repair or replace it. That can easilly take a month- trust me- by which point your plants will be pissed from being lit by substitute means or even dead. This could...
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    light combo

    I've got an Apollo, 400W. It will do the job and has good reviews. The cheap ballasts always made me nervous though as far as starting a fire or randomly going out. I sold the few I had and kept one as a backup. Solis Tek is a good ballast company with a good reputation and safety measures built...
  6. akboarder

    Does giving an auto bloom nutes stop all vertical growth?

    Bloom nutes are usually just different ratios of NPK and micros. Switching to bloom nutes will not stop vertical growth, but if you want as much size out of it as possible, stay with veg nutes which will have more nitrogen in it and promote growth of stem and branches. Wait till you see buds...
  7. akboarder

    Can you get buzzed of high this way? HELP!

    Haha, no, you'll be fine. I did get baked eating biscuits cooked on a silicone cake pan that was used to make honey oil, but that is a COMPLETELY different story :)
  8. akboarder

    Mature Plant 'random' death

    Ok, i'll give that dose a try. I ran into some cyanobacteria (my diagnosis anyway) last year when I was in RDWC and after a long battle with it and little success, I switched to coco. Used sodium hypochlorite quite a bit trying to fight it so I am quite comfortable using it and used about that...
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    Mature Plant 'random' death

    I read up on it a little bit and it seemed like there wasn't much you could do for plants that had it, I don't really know what to do as it just seems to be getting worse and continuing. A dead mother plant is not the end of the world, I had just been given them by a mentor and I didn't want...
  10. akboarder

    First grow and I'm looking for any input

    Your plant looks super stoked, no deficiency screaming out (that I can see). I'd suggest looking at some cloth pots- they allow more aeration of the soil and roots, Root pouches are durable and work great- or smart pots. Roots like oxygen and fresh air :) Not to say anything bad about 5 gallon...
  11. akboarder

    Mature Plant 'random' death

    Thanks for the feedback everyone. I doubt salt buildup as they are commonly flushed to 200 ppm higher than plain water (140ppm). It does happen pretty quickly though, leaves yellow, turn crispy. They haven't been getting all the attention they need though so some death build up. Ya tips wilt and...
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    Mature Plant 'random' death

    Hey everyone, loosing my post virginity here. Long time reader and watcher. I've got a few mothers i'm watching that have been in good health a few months, but now they seem to not be doing so well. There is random death forming in the middle of branches and seems to spread. I have branches...
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