Guys why are the pictures on the first page not showing up? I've seen those image placeholders on several other threads also. What's up with that? I really want to see Uncle Ben's pictures for this very important process. Is there anyway someone can fix this? Ben?
This is very interesting. I just started a grow, and I can tell already I'm going to have a hard time keeping temperatures down. So it occurred to me that if I run my 400 watt bulb and digital ballast at 50% (which is actually using 275 watts according to my Kill-a-watt) but kept the light...
Fascinating thread. So less light, further away equals healthier plants basically? I'm going to try my grow with the ambient light of one of those 1 watt led nightlights on the other side of the room. And I'm not going to air cool it.
I'm so glad to hear you say that. Makes life so much simpler. One less thing to worry about. I'm lazy and I find the (seemingly) endless list of tweaks, adjustments, augmentations, etc that many people seem to do disheartening and sometimes overwhelming. That's why I'm growing organic, and...
By filter/pitcher systems, are you referring to the Brita type filter, because it would seem to me that it would take a good while to passively filter 5 or so gallons of water?
Hello all. First post :D
I'm preparing for my first indoor grow in a long long time, so I am familiar with all the basics of soil growing. And one of the things that I worry about most is the chlorines in the water harming the beneficial microbes in the soil. I know that either using RO water...