The UK Growers Thread!

[shawnybizzle]

@ yorkie Yeh well the last grow I kind of overwaterd em when they were young and I had perlite in there so I didn't wanna take any risks this time what I do is just mist the top layer everyday and all the coco inside is nice n moist but I've a fresh bag of coco for when I transplant so I'm just gonna use strait coco for that. Oh 1 more thing I thought it was good to let the coco dry out a bit between waterings?but I suppose these airpots do dry out a little quicker

 

[The Yorkshireman]

anyone got any advice ? does flir mask work?

Stop venting into your attic, that's thin ice right there. Vent into the rest of your house instead.

No flir mask doesn't work.

 

[The Yorkshireman]

Oh 1 more thing I thought it was good to let the coco dry out a bit between waterings? but I suppose these airpots do dry out a little quicker

If you look at the coco chunks rather then the fibres, dark brown is wet/moist and light brown is dry.

You should never let your coco go light brown again, the top 3 inches are OK and shouldn't be worried about.

I water every 2-3 days regardless but if I've been lazy then my personal test is to tip the airpots and look at the chunks in the bottom.

If they're dark brown and piss water when squeezed between your thumb and finger then your OK, if they are dark brown but you have to squeeze really hard to get a little bit of moisture at the end they need watering, if they're light brown then they've dried out far too much and your probably only a day or so away from the plant collapsing under it's own weight because it's got very little water left in it's cells.

 

[shawnybizzle]

Sound mate that's sort of how I judge it or I poke me finger in a bit to see if its moist or dry Lol. Think after all this I'm gonna stick with canna its just I'm a bit disappointed with my yield this time round but its all my fault not topping and not filling the canopy enough this time I'm toppin em and lst'n em tk fuck

 

[The Yorkshireman]

the potash is 39% K.

What kind of potash did you get mate?

I probably forgot to tell you about the 100% soluble stuff ages ago when you asked.
If you just got a cheap bag of Sulphate of Potash then it won't dissolve properly and makes a cloudy, scummy solution that fucks with the PH.
You can make it dissolve better but you need to drop the PH of the hot water it's to be disolved in down to about 3.8 if I remember correctly, then when dissolved chuck it in your bucket of feed water and PH that as you would before watering.

This is the gear I use now and it's 100% soluble in hot water alone.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500g-Potassium-sulphate-fertilizer-high-grade-/140429187183?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Fertiliser_CV&hash=item20b23b586f

 

[The Yorkshireman]

Right I've got to find some batteries for this camera so I can get some pics up then I'm on cloning mission.

 

[indikat]

Lol, that's a shit way to have a pop over a discussion I had with Shawny!

Dude if you want to talk to me about the pros/cons of organic/synthetic nutrients then address me personally, don't make off the cuff remarks mentioning me in a pointless post that has no factual basis.

re reading that post i am surprised that you found offence as i didnt even disagree wiv u and certainly not a pop as ther was no sting in wat i said but take it as u will u seem to be on a roll today so carry on m8

 

[iiKode]

Well the first day of 12/12 starts tomorrow at 8:00am, I can't be arsed with this DIY loft tent bollocks anymore I'll finish it over the next fortnight before the stink kicks in.

When i take down the plastic sheeting up and paint the walls, i will recycle the poly plastic, into a mini 1.5 ftx1.5ft homemade tent frame, for holding clones/1 mother.

- -just to hold clones until a flowering session is done.
storage container if you like

 

[The Yorkshireman]

re reading that post i am surprised that you found offence as i didnt even disagree wiv u and certainly not a pop as ther was no sting in wat i said but take it as u will u seem to be on a roll today so carry on m8

Actually I didn't take offence, I thought it quite amusing by how far you missed the point and obviously haven't payed attention to what I've said.

 

[The Yorkshireman]

When i take down the plastic sheeting up and paint the walls, i will recycle the poly plastic, into a mini 1.5 ftx1.5ft homemade tent frame, for holding clones/1 mother.

- -just to hold clones until a flowering session is done.
storage container if you like

My fogponic cloner lives in the TV cabinet in my bedroom with a double CFL socket, just enough space.

Now I've got this loft space when this run is done I'll use it for vegging/mothers/storage and flower in a 2.4 x 1.2m tent.

 

[DON DAPA]

Stop venting into your attic, that's thin ice right there. Vent into the rest of your house instead.

No flir mask doesn't work.

Thanks for reply yorkshireman

when you say vent into my house do you mean just let the air blast through the whole house or put all my ducting through and out the extractor..? Smell wouldnt be an issue would it if its being put through an 8inch can filter? i think my best option is put my 250w cfl enviro light up once ive veg-ed these girls and just have 2 or 3 mothers to take clones off ....i should be ok with 600 wt hps in flower room but 400 and 600 has me a bit concerned ....thanks anyway least i aint bought this flir mask yet , price of it is a joke....

 

[iiKode]

the new ones...

 

[indikat]

Actually I didn't take offence, I thought it quite amusing by how far you missed the point and obviously haven't payed attention to what I've said.

oh good I thought we were getting on jus fine I am not here to cause offence to my fellow uk growers and you are right i was jus expressing my nutr prefernce which is different to your very reasonable approach...but you r a hard man to hav a joke wiv but i will persist as long as you realise i am not poppin u

 

[iiKode]

My fogponic cloner lives in the TV cabinet in my bedroom with a double CFL socket, just enough space.

Now I've got this loft space when this run is done I'll use it for vegging/mothers/storage and flower in a 2.4 x 1.2m tent.

well iv got one of them 85w cfls the big ones, think i can use that to house 8 clones in little pots, or i may use you're fogponic cloner, depends how creative i am feeling, iv got a small fan that i wired up, its from a broken xbox360, you know the double fans, might use that for intake, or extraction, depends on heat, which i doubt with the cfl. Just enough to make roots, grow and get root-bound till i can veg them proper.

 

[The Yorkshireman]

Thanks for reply yorkshireman

when you say vent into my house do you mean just let the air blast through the whole house or put all my ducting through and out the extractor..? Smell wouldnt be an issue would it if its being put through an 8inch can filter?

Yes just blast it back into the house, in winter you'll save on your heating bills no end.
If the filter is set up right it will be fine, 8" will filter quite a large space.

but you r a hard man to hav a joke wiv but i will persist as long as you realise i am not poppin u

And that is the problem with the lack of emotion in text, it's very hard to determine if somebody's having a laugh or trying to be sarcastic.
We have smileys for this very reason......

well iv got one of them 85w cfls the big ones, think i can use that to house 8 clones in little pots, or i may use you're fogponic cloner, depends how creative i am feeling, iv got a small fan that i wired up, its from a broken xbox360, you know the double fans, might use that for intake, or extraction, depends on heat, which i doubt with the cfl. Just enough to make roots, grow and get root-bound till i can veg them proper.

I could do with some airflow in the TV cab but but that means more light leaking into the bedroom, to be honest I've loads to do and not enough time in the day. lol

 

[The2TimEr]

what happened to that bush you were growing kode? finished yet? new ones off to a flyer
phoarr warm one today thank fook i run the light through the night or they'd be cooking!

btw yorks that heads will roll tune atrack remix you posted has been played on my pc about 100 times lol fucking right tune, cheers for posting it

 

[indikat]

is this for real or another disinfo campaign....disclosure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6TSMhOpsPo peace

 

[The Yorkshireman]

btw yorks that heads will roll tune atrack remix you posted has been played on my pc about 100 times lol fucking right tune, cheers for posting it

No worries mate, I'm an oldschool raver at heart and an ex DJ so I have special tastes lol.

There's very few modern tracks that give me a tingle up the spine but that tune gets blasted in my house quite regular, easily the best remix by far with new and oldschool influences to the whole track.

I got a pal to drop it at an electro night last week and it blew the roof off, it just screamed for a rewind!

To be fair you can't beat a tune that's about coming up on 'E'......

 

[tip top toker]

What a crock of bollocks!

Just got refused a bottle of shandy in morissons because i didn't have any ID... Who gives a fuck about immigration problems if the cuntry is in that much of a shit state that they're terrified of little kiddies getting pissed up on shandy.

 

[The2TimEr]

couldnt agree more that song gives me the pure party feeling, i'd heard it last year at some point and i swear i was looking for it again when i did.

blasting some of this guy today, daniel portman new find thanks to youtube. dat bass after 1.20 odd!

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