Naughty.Psychonaut

Indeed, I am. In this pic you can just about see the "50W" on the light itself. Other specs where mentioned earlier in the thread. When it comes to LED it is really not the wattage which should be of main concern, but rather the overall estimated Lumens. Or more specifically, Lumens per Watt. I have found high wattage lights, huge lights, that push very average lumens. These are the ones to be avoided, specially because they'll typically be priced a bit lower and they look real big and mighty. This is where looks can be very decieving! Then there is the low watt high lumen output lights, these are the ones built for specific purposes and will be a bit more expensive. Not the most detailed explination, but Lumens per Watt means the amount of light you get for the amount of electricity used. Where the Lumens refer to the light intensity and the Watts refer to the amount of juice sucked from the wall.

I would also like to see this thing in action. I already phoned the place I got this light at, they'll do a refund for me, but I don't wana take this light out before I have the new one and I am on the brim of finishing up saving for something much more important. So as soon as I get my ducks in a row I'll grab one of these aswell! This is a deal not to miss, IMO. I think just sticking to LED rather than HID you're already much better off concerning the bill!

Spread their legs and gave them AACT twice by now, did another Bioneem treatment. The little red things down below is just a couple of sweet potatos rooting and a tip of a trichocereus bridgesii cutting sticking out there. Also: I had a few extra clones, given all away except for this one Banana Hammock. It's free to anyone who wants it, must be able to link up in Hermanus area to collect.

Just daily check ups and water when needed. Day 38:

@BlakDogg Hell yeah, I like this shib!! I'm in the process of building basically the exact same thing, will be my first one! Got my alu sitting in the corner, waiting till funds allow me to place my order with digikey.

It actually mimics what happens in nature, just pushing it to greater extents. Cannabis flowers during winter when the days get shorter and nigts get longer and the temps are all around lower than in summer. So I guess people have tried pushing it with that whole thing and no one can really say if it does any good or bad. Someone on the forum pushed for amber trichs when they where all clear still but the rest of the plant has been showing signs of finishing, so after the 48h dark he had a good percentage of amber. I mean that's pretty cool, but who can say if it was really the dark... If you put ice, remember it melts and within few hours will just be wet soil again. Not to say that the drop in temps might have an effect, but then again so does not giving light at all for that long.

@DamDave This is a good read hahah I like everything about this! I wish I had some pics of my old CFL setup hahah your shit looks 100 times better than mine did! I am literally still running a full DIY setup for veg with a clicks desk clip fan, a flood light, a bathroom extractor fan and a cabinet I built one busy morning. Anyway, awesome thread you got going here, your plants look like they appreciate all that you do for them!

Ok, sooooo This is a NO GO. Exactly as you mentioned, it will throw the ph out completely! It should only be used when planted straight in the earth, never in pots. Only small quantities and when you see deficiencies. The ash itself supplies potassium at a bang but over time starts to release great amounts of lime and mag!

Yeah I do this, make sure they enter the dark period dry as possible, kickstarts the dry process and there will be no more light that helps with moisture usually. Darkness and humidity is also not a great combination to have with all those beautiful fruits you farmed that already carry their own moisture, think of it as already having them cut and hanging in darkness for dry, then adding pots filled with wet soil in that area. Do you have a nice loupe for checking the trichs?

I agree, looks like magnesium def.

That is a valid point. I might know someone that can tell me more about this, will get back on this thread with the info once I have it!

Yeah, I was kicking my own ass when I saw that light. I might still return for a refund then pick up the same one you have! On the other hand, I'm im the process of building a proper 300W LED for the tent then will upgrade all my propagation stuff and move my 300W blurple to the propagation space and will no longer need the floods. So might even be worthless, might just return for refund and done.

Aaah, the light I should've gotten for my propagation area! I got a LED flood light too, literally days before I saw the recommendation from crex for the same one you got!

I know about the wood ash, never tried it... how about dumping a scoop in the vortex? Will be able to test and regulate the ph of the water before I give it. I got dolomite lime mixed in, will look into the Ecobuz multigrow! Thanks man!

@afternoon blazer Nice, like they say you miss 100% of the chances you don't take and 100% success rate is still achievable without all the fancy gear, all you need to do is try! What light you using? I've seen so many different "make-shift" humidity domes, I would say the best ones are just bottoms of plastic bottles cut to fit over only the seed and as soon as life appears, remove the domes, individually, and drop RH to around 40% and increase airflow as there was none in the dome. Another rule of thumb is absolutely no light during germination. No roots ever want any kinda light on them whatsoever. Many people feel like they'll be able to see the roots so why not plant in a see through pot or something, but trust me "seeing your roots" is never a good thing unless you're transplanting or doing a DWC inspection.

@afternoon blazer What's good my dude! I have made quite some changes to my method of popping seeds, only because what I had before was stuff laying around the house! I will look at a few points, first answer your questions and tell you what I did with these seeds, then give my suggestions and recommendations based on what I did to avoid the same mistakes! I am learning as I go still, also very new to all this so wouldn't go around telling people to do what I do for great success!! I popped these seeds on a heat mat between 30 and 35°C. Under a 85W 4000K (cool white) CFL bulb hung literally 5cm above the dome. Around 85%RH inside the dome but as soon as they open their cotyledons remove the dome or you'll be risking a lot!! Get them used to heat and direct light and all that as soon as possible. As soon as you remove the dome you have to take the light up atleast 20cm away from the seedling or the heat will cause stress or even worse, burn the plant, while there's really not even enough light coming from those CFLs to make the plant grow. My suggestion would be to never waste your time and money on CFLs. When popping seeds you wana go for the same kelvin as for veg (between 4000k and 6500k, a nice cool white). You really don't need much Wattage because you're not vegging under this light and if it's only for propagation seeds as low as 10W will do. Also don't need much in terms of Lumens as this only becomes important when you're in full veg and the plant is taking up nutes and all that. Also a handy tip for people like me who are still learning, keep away from any biological matter when popping seeds. A seed will pop with nothing but moisture and in a high RH environment with a lot of biological matter you'll encourage all kinds of life to sprout and you risk a lot by doing this! This is where Jiffy pellets (any kinda sterile medium) and distilled water comes in!! Also, going over 35°C will cook your seeds and anything under 25°C will slow things down drastically, so grab a heat mat and thermometer, will help a lot with these cold winter nights!! Happy Growing!!

@Bospatrollie2 I rent where I stay and there is nowhere to keep the setup outside without it being exposed to the elements. We get super harsh winds making it virtually impossible to keep a nice garden outside without a decent wind screens and I'm not allowed to put up any roofs or walls. At the moment the vortex is about 4m from where I sleep and the tent and all not far from that, so the noise is real. Any specific things you know of that one can add to increase P? Have a few ladies in flower that I'm sure will appreciate it!

@Batista Thanks man! I am in the process of building a new light for the tent, then will use my 300w blurple for this space. Probably will pick up a new tent aswell when the new light is running then just keep this as is with that 50w in there just to pop seeds or make some clones. Not really looking to spend more money on it as it's only 1m high I can't really let the plants stay in there for too long. Once new light and tent is up I will use my current setup for a proper veg room.

This is my second one I'm doing like this, seems to work, only thing I put in a seperate container is the teabag with some FF premium and local soil from a healthy patch. I also scoop 1L from the vortex and add my molasses to that and stir till that's dissolved and pour it back. Luckily I have liquid vermi pure so add that directly to the vortex. Then I have a bunch of microbial addatives, but decided to go with "eco-T" as it dissolves in the water itself where as the mycorrizhae will just float and I already got it mixed in the soil aswell as the mycoroot from hortishop, but those are small stones so I will keep them out for now. Anyway, here is my pooptea

Fresh fruit smells when I open the tent, canopy very uneven because of the Super Lemon Haze just being almost 2 or 3 weeks behind the others, but also just seems like a smaller plant? Flower Day 21 Super Lemon Haze Cheese Blueberry Banana Hammock Peep from outside

Just an update on these ladies. Topped a few tops, the long ones aswell as the one short cheese clone in front. Treated them with Bioneem so they look all shiney. Cooking up some tea for them that will be ready tomorrow night!

Looks like it will do for now. The hooks have not budged a bit and when I tug on them they feel firm. Will only upgrade when I switch lights, got some brackets with hooks already. Girls are looking perky so I am feeling good about this, they only gona be in here till the tent is empty then gona use it for clones in future. As I mentioned I had a "clone dome conversion situation" and this is what came of it. At the time I had probably 10 to 12 clones, with a couple that got root bound and some that where not worth it. I only got space for 4 plants indoors, planted few in random potting soil in pots outside. These are the 4 that got material pots and prepped to go into the "flower tent" after I harvest what's in there now. These are: 3 x Banana Hammock 1 x Cheese (front left) -small one in the corner is a Super Lemon Haze cut. I've topped all the tops, except for the one plant in front right, but I think I took this photo before or during.

Flower Day 15. For now most of my work is done here. Tent filled out corner to corner, did the last hard defoliation, hopefully. They got their last BioNeem and BioPhyta foliage treatments. Top dressed with DE, Tricho, Myco and some Dolomite Lime. Covered the pots to the tops with some more FF premium classic. Giving AACT as often as possible, at least once a week and just 7.0ph water inbetween. Recipe for AACT is FF premium classic, Liquid Vermipure, Molasses, Tricho. (Playing it safe till I get to know the ropes) Here they are pre-defo:(30 June) Post-defo:(6 July)

Just a here, roots should not have any kinda light on them. Absolute darkness. Get the poor little lady out that harmfull pot.

Justice for Stobbs!!!