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Moved them into the flower room now. Vegging another 2weeks to ensure they are acclimated. First time using this tent, first time flowering under the ChilLed Setup. Very exited to see how it goes.

How much i smoke.... nothing to brag, is just sad Roll 34 joints at a time and put 0.15g tabacco in each join. 1.15g fit in a king size joint. Lasts 5 days without visits. Batch of day smokes, this time Exodus Cheese. Using a coffee grinder not to get nuts. 150g ready for processing. The fun part comes with blending strains. Slurricane, Ginger Tea, Sour Diesel and Deluxe Sugarcane as blend... just freakin delicious and knocks you out of your socks. 1000 cones in a box... nearly done with this one. The pollen in the coffee grinder lid smells and hits you as good as cheese can. And there is quite a bit wish you all a fun May.

What reluctance to accept help? You have yet to provide any proper data of your lights. I did so I know hat I work with. Rather the devil you know. I was simply discussing the problem and brain stormed a bit. Me think you need to go and smoke a joint. You sound way to tense. But that said, this happened on other forums before. I got into a topic and made a nice thread where the ideas was developed. Got lots of appreciation from some for it and then of exactly the same reaction like yours from those like who apparently feel threatened that some oaks wants to figure out things with developing the theory first. Same story. Told me how stooopid I am as an engineeeer who cannot understand these basic topics that one apparently learned on school. Simply could not follow the discussion. Told me theory and practice does not meet bla bla bla. Eish. And one should not dare mention the Dunning-Kruger effect because that they like to try and throw that back at you. You can see that everywhere. Mechanics thinks they know better than the engineer who designed the engine in front of them. That is now the engine and ALL the tooling and technology to built it. So mechanic think just because is able to make it faster, he did better - yet he is unable to design and make the engine for starters. Too stoopid to think that perhaps the engineer could also do what he did, but he did not because there was many other things to consider. On one forum I documented the remapping of the ECU of my TD5 Land Rover. I started knowing nothing about engine mapping. I documented everything from knowing nothing to the final result and covered the improved measurements during the exercise, in detail. I ended up with probably on of the most balanced and polished maps ever done anywhere for this vehicle, because I did my research and I can make things work in practice. You can ask anyone who have my engine map on their car today. It ended up with a super smooth vehicle, nice power, vastly improved shift quality on the auto gearbox, improved traction control in low range, improved engine protection - all of which "experienced" engine tuners (with no engineering degrees mind you), bypass. They just moer the fuel map because that is how they did it all the years. Worst place ever to scratch around in an ECU map. And they have broken maaaany motors with their approach. A few really bright guys stuck with me there and we could generate some great ideas - and we had to ignore the others who were annoyed when we got good results. I honestly doubt that you of all can teach me anything about heat exchange and inefficiencies. Sorry Sir. I am perfectly aware of the problem of running lights at day. Said that even before you did. But you should know by now why I need to consider it. I only have solar power. No eskom. Can't run a gennie here all the time. If that reason is not ligit enough for you, then why waste time here? It is a damn good reason. Do you perhaps have clever ideas of how to get through a night other than buying fat batteries? Or running a noisy gennie? I bet you don't. Neither have I. Option 1: Look at a major heat source and see if I can do something about that. And the lights, regardless how good they are will dump at least 40% of what ever watts goes into the room, as raw heat if it is not removed by other means. It does not matter how they are put together. Option 2: Grow Outside. Not for now.

"Hope this video does not give you incentive to run to the nearest grow shop and grab some aminos just to go add it to your regime" - Actually, that's what I am trying to avoid. "Hell yeah bud, nice to see you studying the right stuff" - I like to dig deeper into rabbit holes to see where and how they all connect and correlate, there are so many ways that "lead to roam" that I would watch multiple videos, read articles, etc on the same subject and as they branch out to what I feel is relevant to what I want to or in some cases, need to know. I never knew that terpenes in plants 'communicate' to each other through all the processes happening in soil, the balance of bacteria and fungus etc. So, thanks for directing me deeper into that direction. Still very much into the rabbit hole, I just wish I had more time., lol don't we all, but I am truly fascinated with this micro universe in the soil. "All those 'science' clips you get on YouTube... they are more for the freaks." Information is everywhere and when a person is looking for direction, information is where to start, verifying the info is second. Multiple sources has always worked for me. I know not everything you hear is factual and sometimes not relevant, or even applicable, but I try to learn from others' experience and discoveries, mistakes and successes, the dynamics of most scenarios are so interchangeable, so I understand to take most advice with some salt. As always, your inputs are appreciated. Happy Growing.

Is also no reason to overthink things. You are not going for a moon landing. Putting thoughts in your light is great. If you go with a grow light from a known manufacturer, you will end with a good harvest, if you know how to handle the rest. (If you never grew Cannabis.. might take more than one run to get it figured out. Winter more easy indoor, lights heat reduces humidity.) If you just plan to run a 1.2x0.6 tent, light rather easy to handle and you also have less issues with ventilation and heat. Small tents need less side gear as big tents do. If you get a pure 3000k, 3500k, 4000k or 5000k board, will work. If you add IR, will help, UVa.. some say do, others don't advise it, new stuff hehehe. You do what you learn while growing your plants. I think you have more than enough knowledge to start.. will you build the first setup in a perfect way? Most likely not.. nobody i know has done that (including me) ^^ There is always something to tweak and Winter/Summer setups differ like totally new setups (i change my ducting).. feeding changes (summer needs more pure water feedings, except hydro, that needs more active solution cooling).. hehehe there is no perfect setup working all year long.. except you run a fully climatized indoor environment. And that only pays out if you sell in big numbers.. private people blow way to much into cooling during summer, or best shut down Dec-end Feb. I favor Flower over Veg, reason i went 3000K with IR (660-720nm), no UV. My plants get to size anyhow (worst case they stay a few days longer in the Veg tent, no time limit on Veg), but prefer more red for flower to add the 'umpf' and bud density. 3500-4000 is 'i don't know what i prefer' and 5000k is 'Veg is king, less node spacing' ^^ Flower has a limited time and plants will run out of time.. dying, rot or worse, go into rodelization. If you want to go PERFECT/PERFECT.. you would need dimmers on each kind of diode and change the setup depending on each stage.. i think i would take a pistol and put a funny painting on the wall before going that way keep it simple Would bet that you change your light setup later on ^^ might not be the light temperature and mix with IR and UV (or leave it) but also shape or cooling.. or simple redirect the in-tent ventilation to your light.. add more ventilation to cool the light better, more tent cycles (tent should get at least 6 full air exchanges per minute, PM prevention). And i missed at least 20 things now ^^.. you can over do it at some stage. Would just start.. go and find the light fitting your first impulse and grow some weed Addon: ^^ And when the next generation of diodes gets released.. you start over

During the lockdown there was no Biobizz Biobloom. I had Grow and used TA tripart bloom with good results on a 15 plant run.

with weed... many ways lead to Rome. When you go to a certain level of detail, you come to the level where the strain even counts. Not all strains are exactly the same and need a little different treatment. PM is no real rocket science.. if you have a crap ventilation you will get PM (spores are simply EVERYWHERE and just wait for the right condition to bloom) or have the super ventilation that gets shut down in 4 hours blocks.. and turned into crappy ventilation. You see more as 68% humidity in your tent, PM is blooming and you can't do anything against it. Also want to point out.. resistance doesn't mean immune If you constantly have issues with PM... you have to put more thought into your ventilation setup.. and look for a backup for the ventilation when Eskom shuts you down. Normal flower tent get shut down for 4 hours and you don't open up the tent, you will have 99% humidity in that tent at the end of that power out. Spores will have gone into bloom... good ventilation just makes their life much harder. Bad ventilation and you will run into a serious PM issue, there are just limits you shouldn't pass at any time. If you get the idea to use filters... you face another challenge, PM spores are 1-3 micron in size. With you working inside the tent.. they will enter. Your ONLY chance is to keep humidity between 30-50% during flower. Germination the plants love and need over 80% humidity, Veg I keep em 60-80%. So yes, there is a high chance that you have PM starting to bloom during Veg.. conditions are just perfect... but Veg you can also unpack potent cleaners like Copper Soap. Spray all your plants top to pot when you put them in Flower and they are squeaky clean for the tent it matters. Your flower tent runs between 30-40%.. you will never have any PM issues... never... The Kushy Amino Acids I highly recommend any grower who as nothing similar. Dirt cheap and brings 10-20% more harvest and potency (tested) just by using it correctly.. wouldn't say helps with PM ^^ or didn't notice anything in that direction. All those 'science' clips you get on Youtube... they are more for the freaks. As a normal grower looking to grow his own stash, go to a grow shop and let the dude tell you what to do. Keep it simple, way easier to find the error. The moment you use 20 products instead of 4-6.. you have also a bigger range to debug your mistake. Honestly, keep it simple I use BioBizz Fish-Mix / Bloom, Kushy Amino Acids, Kelp Extract, Molasses (de-suphurized) and Fulvic/Humic Acids (BB Top Max, 5:2,.. check what your grow shop has) (6 products and rain water). As i grow biological in soil, i do not use any pH UPs or DOWNs. Keep it simple ^^ less debugging stress.

Soooo ^^ was just very busy with work.. and had a proper self induced fuck up The fuck up ^^ Had a friend over, chat and a few drinks... she got hammered and at one stage I put the drunk chick in my bed with a bucket beside her head hehehe Not the first time she did that and just went on changing the buckets. There comes the issue.. used one of my watering buckets and to make the smell less unfriendly, i put a drop of Sunlight Liquid in once emptied and rinsed out.. fresh lemon smell. So once she was sorted and 'empty'. I put the buckets away again. Problem was.. i didn't wash out the Sunlight Liquid from the clean bucket i use for my plants. Few days later I used that bucket to get water from my rain water storage. I remember I asked myself why there is a bit of foam in the 5 Gallon bucket I use to mix my fertilizers. To make it short.. gave my plants a serious burn from the soap. Got all back but took a bit. Dish wash liquid is nothing to feed your plants ^^ Stage 6 weed.. still works just three times the usual work and yeah.. potency will suffer a bit Ginger Tea

Hell yeah bud, nice to see you studying the right stuff remember not to take 1 bit of info and neglect all the rest, everything has to be in balance with everything else, you need to consider the given. The given being the given amino acids inside the soil, because perhaps the most important part you mentioned is "at a cellular level" - the higher up you move in science the more you realise how little you can witness the cells with the naked eye, you need lab equipment to do soil analytics to read the given compounds in the soil. then based on what that info tells you, you can then see if the soil is in need of more amino acids or not. the plant will react accordingly. Hope this video does not give you insentive to run to the nearest grow shop and grab some aminos just to go add it to your regime. If anything, all these soil science videos should start off by saying "If you don't know what's going on in your soil, get it lab tested before watching this video, because there will never be a video that can accuratly cover all bases of soil science" that being said, experience will bring you closer and closer to be able to guage these things with the naked eye and less and less need to have soil tested. Some old soil gurus I've worked with smell the soil and tell you very very close to what lab results will give you. Fact is, the longer you work with soil the more you realise how important lab results are, even if you're able to tell from smelling it it's still a shot in the dark. Best of the best growers get their soil lab tested, cause they have put their egos aside and accepted the fact that they can't see at the cellular level.