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I'm keeping the lights at the same height throughout the grow mainly because this is a controlled grow. I admit the light is a little higher than I would like. I did consider lowering and adjusting as they grew, but keeping the my changing variables to a minimum is one of my goals. In future...

Hey everybody, for some reason i stopped getting updates on the thread(?). Anyway, I was going to post some updates and mention that algae is a problem but it looks like its already being discussed hah. I had algae by the end of the first week. It wasn't a huge amount, but enough to see it...

hey that's looking pretty nice indeed. what are you using for lighting?

Do you keep any kind of logs?

Ah yeah, thats definitely fancier than the one I got

Thanks, I'll have to check them out after this grow

Yeah I actually did consider that. The problem is that my timers don't allow for less than 30 minutes. Have any suggestions for a good timer?

Well, I have 2 timers. And the cycles aren't on any kind of exact timing. I have the first timer set for 16 hours of light, and daisy-chained off of that timer is my pump timer. On the pump timer I just spaced every cycle apart enough so that there will only be 4 to 5 cycles per 16 hour period...

Yup, thats probably what I would do.

I think 3 12" would work if the roots had more space to fill. I think your problem here will be that your roots can't grow outside of the container. I believe plant size is proportional to root mass.

That picture just made me realize how dirty hydroton is

Yeah, I consider the base to be around the level of the hydroton. But, I only measured my drain piece, so the drain is a hair less than 6 1/2" tall. And I sorta just buried my plant at about that level. When it drains completely at the end of each cycle, theres about a "quarter of a pinky"...

I flood mine right to the base of the plants. I just measured mine and the water level reaches around 6 and 1/2 inches.

I actually cut the front PVC legs down so that the table would sit like that. It drains a little better.

What do you guys think? It's actually for tomatoes but none of my friends are into that. So i figured this community would get a kick out of it :)

dirts cheap

I looked at home depot.com, the line voltage thermostat they have is too big for what I need.

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Does anyone have any ideas on getting a small temp sensor or thermostat to remove power from one or two 23-watt cfl's when temps reach 90? Something small for a pc case. Been having some heat issues. Temps get up to 93. So if i can get one or two lights to turn off then I think the temps...

i knew a dude that put ketchup in his plain corn flakes. haha