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  1. Smokey Mcpotster

    I sampled my grow for the first time

    I'm getting close to harvest. I think, lol. I have checked in several places and see some clear, mostly cloudy and a touch of amber. I don't see amber everywhere though. I don't have the cahones to take any upper buds. I have many (too many) popcorn buds down below the canopy. How often should I...
  2. Smokey Mcpotster

    H202?

    What do you use/do to sanitize the ph meter when checking multiple plant buckets? Would dunking in straight 3% h202 between buckets work? Thanks
  3. Smokey Mcpotster

    Roots smell musty/earthy

    Here is a pic of what I believe is mandala satori. day 27 of flower, in dwc. The res started to smell a bit musty on tuesday. I started hygrozyme on wed. at 10ml per gallon. The smell is less. Originally I thought it was rot. After doing some reading it seems it may be mold, or something other...
  4. Smokey Mcpotster

    Bumps on main stalk?

    Just wondering if this is something normal for and older plant. 4 months from start of veg. went to flower 11-29. Either Satori or Speed queen from Mandala. Sorry the pic is blurry, I just noticed it with a few minutes til lights off this a.m. I will take another at 7 pm. Not sure what to make...
  5. Smokey Mcpotster

    Flowering problems/questions

    I've got 3 plants. Mandala satori and speed queen. going into 3rd week of flowering. 5 gal bucket Dwc, 600w hps lucas formula 900 ppm @.5 conversion 5ml cal mag per gallon r/o water 8 week flower time. I was having an issue with the ph flucuation a couple of weeks ago. I have that...
  6. Smokey Mcpotster

    potassium or nitrogen deficiency

    I've been reading and trying to figure out what my plants are telling me. I have been having trouble for a few weeks with the color being light green on some leaves. Some of what I have read mentions that not all plants will stay an even dark green. Is that true? When I look at the plants I see...
  7. Smokey Mcpotster

    Contactor

    Where can I get a contactor for my light? Not having any luck locally. when I google it, it came up with ones for europe, not the states. The ones for europe have 2 plug ins w/ the contactor. The ones from the U.S. were DIY ones. I don't want to build it myself. Any ideas?
  8. Smokey Mcpotster

    Stress?

    I don't know who had more,me or the plants.:D As you can see by the pics I'm still battling some issues. I am growing in 3.5 gal dwc buckets. The new flower room is 40x40"x86". 600w HPS cool tube. Temps 75-78 deg. RH 40% Using lucas formula w/ 7.5 ml cal mag per gallon. The 3 are Mandala satori...
  9. Smokey Mcpotster

    At 9 a.m. my doorbell rang......

    I notice 3 cable t.v. trucks on the street. I answer the door and the guy tells me he needs to come in the house to check our cable lines. He then tells me that there is feedback coming from our house back into the system. The feedback is causing signal problems in the neighborhood. He used some...
  10. Smokey Mcpotster

    Need some help with this one.

    I've got 5 mandala speed queen and satori (not sure which is which now lol) that were very slow to grow for about a month. When I finally had time to figure out a ph and slow growth problem they took off. I was able to use cal-mag and a 1/4 strength dose of Gh nutes to get them on track. They...
  11. Smokey Mcpotster

    ph buffers?

    My first grow didn't go well. Work and computer problems got in the way of solving a ph problem I had and still having. I originally had my plants in hempy buckets. I was having a problem with the ph of the runoff jumping up to 2 full points to 7.5 from the water going in at 5.5. My plants had...
  12. Smokey Mcpotster

    Conditioning hydroton

    I rinsed and dried a lg bag of hydroton. I added distilled water at a ph of 5.4, when I checked it an hour later it was at 7.1. The next morning it was at 9.2. Is this normal? should I ph down the mix while it soaks? Does it matter? Anyone have a answer for this one?
  13. Smokey Mcpotster

    hydroton ph

    What should the ph of the runoff be after going through hydroton? I did a test with 5.6 ph distilled water and rinsed hydroton, no plant. I got a reading of 6.7 after it ran out the drain hole. That seemed high. I have 7 plants that have been in mini hempy cups for a couple of weeks.( I have a...
  14. Smokey Mcpotster

    ph runoff

    I have 4 sarori and 4 speed queen in the 16 oz. cups, hempy style. They are 10 days old. I sprouted them in 1" grodan cubes. I washed the hydroton with our tap water ( tap water ph 8.0) but left it to dry for 4 days. I water with distilled water only, phd to 5.7. I checked my run off last night...
  15. Smokey Mcpotster

    Did I overwater my seedlings or??????

    I'm a first time grower. I have 4 mandala Satori and 4 Speed queen. On 8-2 I soaked them til they sank, put them in 1" grodan and germed in a dome. On the 4th all were sprouted. On the 5th they went under 4 28 watt 6500k 1600 lumen cfl's. Total lumens 6400. I think I may have overwatered last...
  16. Smokey Mcpotster

    Filtering water

    I have hard water at my house. My ph is 7.8- 8.2 ppm 256. Is there a inexpensive set up I can buy or am I stuck with RO? Not sure if I can afford an RO system. Plus I'm not a fan of the 4 to 1 ratio of RO. Anyone have any luck with other systems or is there a cheap RO system available? As...
  17. Smokey Mcpotster

    First time 100% Germ-- ready for cfl?

    Woot:banana: They all popped. Thanks to ppl at MP. Are they ready for the CFL? How far away should I put them.? I have 2 26 watt 1600 lumen cfl's ready to go!!!! also being in 1" rockwool should I judge water needed by how the rockwool feels? I mean water weight feel. I have been giving...
  18. Smokey Mcpotster

    My 100th post

    WOOF:shocked: :**: :yay: :banana: :joint: Thanks to MP the mods and everyone else
  19. Smokey Mcpotster

    seed/germination... little help please

    After a couple of days I have 6 of 8 seed sprouted in rockwool. My first grow!!! so I'm pretty stoked. My question is that 2 of them seem to have germed upside down. I have 2 tails sticking out of the rockwool. How do I go about getting these righted? I did have a tough time with a few of...
  20. Smokey Mcpotster

    Dear Bill............................

    I hate windows vista. Why did you have to change xp? I mean how much money do you need? My old computer died. Extended warrnty company couldnt find one comp for me with xp. I hate them as well. Now onto the real problem. It seems that firefox has been causing some troubles on my computer...
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