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I don't think big bloom would do that to the soil, it sounds like the soil just got too much water too fast. 8 tablespoons (1/2 a cup) a gallon sounds like way too much though, it should only be 3-5 max and most people probably never need more than 3 or 4. That stuff is organic and the NPK is...

Yeah that would be fine, just make sure you water it and hold the stem at the its base between your fingers upside down and slide it out :P Although if I were you I would have put them in the Ocean Forest in the first place even in a small container (like a 16oz red part cup full of ocean...

Whats that Irish I don't think I quite understood? All I meant to say was that mid 30s wattage per square foot is optimal, past 40 you could still make use of it but I think more than 40w per sq foot is wasting some of its potential. If you go by the GLH website info they rate the panels at a...

Damn you firefox loading around all crazy when I'm not paying attention! :P Ooops haha I feel pretty silly now! Oh perhaps I deleted a post and didn't notice how it sent me back to the 1st page?

Just figure out how to secure the screen to the pot so you can just lift it with the pot to the bathtub or wherever you want. Unless your door won't open all the way or its an uncommon shape you should be able to get at least a 2 foot wide screen which is plenty. With air pots it can be extra...

Stick with 3w diodes (better than a 1 or 2w don't think anyone is really selling >3w diodes), lens angle less than 120 (preferably 60-90), at least 3-4 wavelengths (no one sells more than 12 yet) or you could probably get all white cree (white diodes often put of 2-3 differen't wavelengths)...

I definitely recomend doing seedlings with a weak LED or CFL bulbs. I did some Nirvana Ice from pop at 2ft from my 12wavelength 3w diode 395w (true wattage) LED panel and definitely had an... issue? Basically those plants grew in height and overall size very slowly, but had tons of nodes and...

That would be 36w per square foot, which I think is perfect for GLH LEDs. A 500w would make it 62.5w per square foot like my tent, and you definitely don't need that much (in fact it might be too much with reflection in the under canopy and penetration being a bit too good). Also it would...

There are many different peaks (haven't seen anyone go for more than 12 yet), but it might not actually be worth it to go into all of those for mass production instead of concentrating on 3-4 colors. But I think the extra expenses are worth it for smaller grows, I have a 12 wavelength panel and...

If you think HID is still always better for flower than HID then you have no right speaking on anyone's behalf in here thanks. Don't come in here and pander to the HID fanboys by talking crap about LED in an LED thread when you are coming in here to ask us about LED. LED can flower better than...

Most all LED will veg, but only the good ones will flower (and the good ones will do better than MH/HPS watt for watt). Look up Irishboy on this website for starters, there are also some great LED growers following those journals (and tons over at 420 mag where Irish even won the first plant of...

Opened them up and got some closer shots to try and help show how crazy its getting, I'm actually getting too many new tops growing off the nodes of each top/vertical stem?

I don't know the best site for blackstar '240w' units, but I've heard several times of people getting lucky and getting one for as little as $250, but usually they are $275-300. Growledhydro (GLH some get that confused with GHL) is also coming out with some 2 units that use less than 180w but...

The best for $500 would be two Blackstar '240w' (really 140w) for $500 if you get lucky or a 180w growledhydro Spectra (really 180w, website out of date doesn't show what they look like now). Its a quantity or quality/longterm thing, I'd get the 2 blackstar unless you think you might muster...

Fox Farm Ocean Forest is pretty good, I think its usually $20-25 per 1.5cubic foot bag though. All organic and with some micro buggers added to help the root system. The best advice I can give anyone growing in soil is to buy some 'Mykos' this shit is amazing helps your plants to last twice as...

I opened them up a bit more and got some close shots. I'm actually getting annoyed with how many new tops are coming off of each... top? So what it looks like on the highest peaks of the plant? Well along the vertical length of each are a bunch of bits coming out of the nodes that look like the...

A power outage shouldn't hurt a proper ballast/hid set up using surge protector and other such outlets. Autos should get at least 18 hours of light a day. If the power is going off more than every couple hours I'd shut down. Also be careful as some ballasts won't wait the 15-25 min they say you...

I've heard nothing but bad things about this company and the people who run it. They definitely charge way more for what they really give you than the good companies charge for what really works best. 1w diodes are definitely way old school now and they want $4.13 per watt with that thing when...

I'd say you should have gotten at least a 600 as a 400 is only 25 per square foot of floor in that tent and they say 50 is about tops. You could always add another 400 in some time, or some LED panels if you don't want to bother with the venting and heat as much.

One could always make a switch to LED. Certain few companies do make proven lights, the biggest benefit is the lack of heat. I went from a 400w HPS set up to a 395w LED (that really uses that many watts from the wall) and my heat output dropped at least 75% both in the tent and my bedroom, some...