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  1. shinedog

    CLOSETGROWTH'S 1000 WATT DWC BUBBLER GROW!!! Start to Finish

    I built a very similar cloner. Mine is more of a rubbermaid container, but not the clear kind it's solid so it keeps the light out. I used a 1/2" drill bit and drilled about 15 holes in the top. I'm using two of the 2-valve air pumps from Wal-Mart. This gives me optimum bubble action. I have a...
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    1000w vs 600w

    Gypsy, what was the dry weight on that bud? Yeah, I'm considering moving Ebb and Flow too eventually. Seems like 4x600w on a 3x3 is overkill. At the same time you are getting some killer results from the looks of it.
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    1000w vs 600w

    I'm in the process of laying out my new grow room. I'm trying to determine how many lights, watts, etc. My ultimate goal is to increase yield. I currently have two 600w hps lights for flowering. I can comfortably fit about 5 to 6 plants per light in 5 gallon buckets. I'm currently growing white...
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    Question About Mother Plants... How To

    Alright so I believe I understand what you all are saying. Let me do a step by step here. 1. Pop the seed and veg 2. Take clones from each vegged plant, noting which plants they correlate to 3. Place original seedling/vegged plants in flowering 4. Veg new clones 5. Determine best phenotypes of...
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    Curling leaves. Suggestions appreciated

    Can't be certain, so take this for what it is an opinion. I don't think it's over watering. From my previous experience with over watering they tend to curl in the other direction. Nute burn usually looks different too. I know you said your temp stayed around 80, but it really looks like heat...
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    Question About Mother Plants... How To

    So, I've been growing a little over a year now and I'm starting to feel a little more confident in my skills. When I first started like most I had no clue what I was doing. (Not to say that I know everything now). Unfortunately, I screwed up a lot, but managed to learn from it. In my screw ups...
  7. shinedog

    A Bored Electrician to Answer Your Questions

    I'm currently looking at a new house to move my operation. The house is older, but has been recently updated and seems to allow me some flexibility in space and power. There is a space on the top floor that runs the span of the house. Looks to be an old attic area that was converted. There are...
  8. shinedog

    New to hydroponics

    Brilliant Gypsy! Thanks so much that helps a lot. I had only seen a couple of examples and usually it looked like the table itself was filled with a grow medium. I sure you can understand my confusion in that not working. However, the pots individually loaded into the tray makes perfect sense. I...
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    New to hydroponics

    I've been interested in ebb and flow for sometime. I'm a soil guy, however I've tried a DWC/bubble system. I gave up after a little while only because I could see dealing with multiple buckets daily would be too much. At lease for me. I like the idea of once source such as a reservoir for...
  10. shinedog

    Need Someone to Shed Some Light on Hydro for Me

    So I've been growing in soil for a little while. Feel fairly confident in my soil growing abilities. I've got my favorite strains and now exactly how long each takes to meet me desired outcome. Now, typically for me I take my clones and run them in a DWC like setup to get them to root then I...
  11. shinedog

    Advice on My Nutrients and bloomer ?

    Yep, use those nutes myself. However, let's start with those seeds. You need to get a heating mat it will help a lot especially if it's cold. Ok, now for the nutes. You need to go here http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf and follow it exactly. With the soil you're using you won't...
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    Spider Mites! Help!

    Man, I had killer mites for a little while. Guy at the hydro shop recommended the Safer Soap remedy. I bought one of those bug sprayers from Home Depot and sprayed them liberally from top to bottom. Knocked them down a lot, but they kept coming back after a few days. So my final remedy was...
  13. shinedog

    Starting DWC Bucket Looking for Nute Suggestions

    I'm going to start a DWC bucket with my next grow. I'm just wanting go get a comparison on DWC to my typical soil grows. I've tried it in the past, but never saw it through to fruition. However, this time I want to see it through. I'm typically an organic Fox Farms guy, but I'm curious about...
  14. shinedog

    CLOSETGROWTH'S 1000 WATT DWC BUBBLER GROW!!! Start to Finish

    Thanks for the quick response. Couldn't agree more with the Fox Farms assessment. I too use the whole line and molasses in the last few weeks of growth. I drop the FF line at that point but I double up on the Cha Ching. I get crazy resin production in the last few weeks before harvest. Yes, the...
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    CLOSETGROWTH'S 1000 WATT DWC BUBBLER GROW!!! Start to Finish

    CG, Well done man these ladies look real nice. I've been growing for a little over a year. I've seen it all at this point and really learned a lot. As a matter of fact I'm learning more everyday. I feel like I'm at a point now where I can understand what the plants are telling me in terms of...
  16. shinedog

    White Widow prices?

    Ok, so I'm seeing all kinds of rates for Widow at a retail level. Anywhere between 325 to 400 a zone. This guys getting it at roughly 100 an oz. That seems really low which is what everyone is saying. I guess my question is what should the wholesale rate be? If it's sold in bulk should you be...
  17. shinedog

    Canopy Managment 101

    In a post by Subcool on about page 2 of this thread about mid way down the following is said: I've really learned a lot from this thread and have found it extremely useful. Thank you so much for your contributions. My question: I would like to clean up my plants lower levels at this point...
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    Canopy Management and Cleaning Up Plants

    So I was reading Subcool's thread on canopy management 101. I found this information to be very helpful, but I had some questions I thought I might run by everyone. I'm currently at the end of my 4th week of flowering on a strain that typically finishes out at about 9 weeks. So, I'm roughly...
  19. shinedog

    Bud Density - Light, Strain or Both?

    This is kind of the same information I've been reading. I am not currently using CO2 but that is definitely in the plans. However, I'm thinking while light plays a roll then my primary colas that get the majority of the light would be rock hard regardless of light penetration deeper in the...
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    Bud Density - Light, Strain or Both?

    So I've read a few threads on this subject now and I'm still not clear. I'm hoping that someone can add some clarification. Right now I'm flowering 9 White Widow plants under 2x 600w HPS lights. I keep the lights about as close as I can to the top of the canopy without causing serious heat...
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