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  1. phxazcraig

    Thoughts on Grower's Choice LED light ROI-FF?

    I just got this light, so not looking for recommendations, but I am looking for information. For the past 5 years I've grown one crop a year in a 4x4 tent with an HLG-600r. Aside for poor edge coverage in the tent, because I couldn't keep enough space above the canopy, it's worked well...
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    Looking for a better sump pump

    I'm growing a single crop each year in a 4x4 tent in a bedroom. I'm growing in coco coir and using a drain-to-waste setup. I've gradually built a working DIY feeding system which operates as often as every 2 hours. Nutrients flow into pots and end up in drain pans. The drains empty into a...
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    Did I ruin these by putting outside too soon?

    I've grown indoors, but not outdoors, so I made a stupid mistake this year. For my indoor grow, which I try to start in January to be done for summer travel season, I tried to germinate 4 seeds out of 5 I had. I screwed up and only got 3 seeds to germinate, so I went out and got need seeds...
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    After 4 Years, I finally have my Coco Drain To Waste system working

    First, I've done almost everything step-by-step according to the cocoforcannabis.com grow setup guide. But I've made particular changes to the watering setup described here: https://www.cocoforcannabis.com/diy-automatic-watering-system/ The things that worked fine from the cocoforcannabis...
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    Trying to control my watering amount more precisely

    I'm setting up a 4x4 tent for another grow with Coco Coir. I'm trying to solve a problem I've had in previous grows with my watering amounts. I've been using a 33 gallon drum with a water pump at the bottom to feed nutrients to my plants up to every 2 hours in a drain-to-waste system. I've...
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    After the harvest - the 'after crop' or 2nd harvest

    I've been trying something my girlfriend suggested after my last harvest - cut the buds, but leave the rest of the plant in the grow tent, to fill out the tiny, albino buds that were growing beneath the canopy. It's working, to some extent. This is just a concept and progress report. My...
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    Trying to solve nutrient runoff issue before new Coco grow

    I documented my last grow in this forum in a thread titled 'Explosive Growth in Coco Coir'. Lots and lots of details of what happened in that grow. It was successful - 28 ounces of Sour Diesel - but I fought nutrient issues all through flowering and never got a handle on it. Certainly I...
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    Connecting Drain-Away saucers to half-inch hose?

    This should be a simple fix. I have previously grown indoor crops using the CocoforCannabis method, specifically including the homemade self-draining saucers. With those, I took a half-inch hose and ran it through one section and glued to another. That just gave me too many leak issues, so now...
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    Using Grove Bags - how dry?

    I've got two half-pound Grove bags, and I've never used them before. I have lots of issues drying here in Arizona, because my drying conditions are about 79F and 35%RH right now. I hang buds for drying and in 2 days they are almost done. In 3 days they can be crisp and potato chips. So I'm...
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    Anybody do 2-stage harvest? Tops only first?

    Just wondering what experiences others have had from harvesting the top part of the canopy, then waiting a week or two to take the rest of the plant. I'm running a very bushy grow, and while the top 6 inches or so of canopy has mature buds ready to harvest anytime between now and a week from...
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    What late stage am I at? Sour Diesel, flower week 7

    I've got 4 plants growing well in coco coir. Sour Diesel, which is supposed to have an 11 week flower stage, is now through week 7 since flip. I'm wondering if these really have 3-4 weeks left, or if they are really just some 8-week flower strain sold as Sour Diesel? Specifically, looking at...
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    What happens to runoff EC ratios?

    Using DTW autofeeding 7x daily in coco/perlite mix. Late in flower stage now. My EC is consistently higher in runoff than input, sometimes over 200 points if I don't water 'a lot'. A couple of times I've dumped 4 gallons of runoff back into my 30 gallon reservoir along with a bit of RO to...
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    Looking for better PPM/EC meter (display)

    This shouldn't be hard... I have several PPM meters now, all of which have simple issues. One is a TDS PPM only meter - I wanted one with an EC scale. It came with an RO system and it has a tiny display that is hard to read. One is a 700 PPM meter - this one was close, but it isn't...
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    leaf stress under bright light

    Here are pics of two leaves that show problems. Both were taken from top colas within a foot of the light. At first I thought maybe it was normal at 6 weeks of flower, but only the top fan l eaves under the brightest areas are looking like this. Lower fan leaves are green. Growing in...
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    leaf stress, light or nutes?

    Here are pics of two leaved that show problems. Both were taken from top colas within a foot of the light. At first I thought maybe it was normal at 6 weeks of flower, but only the top fan l eaves under the brightest areas are looking like this. Lower fan leaves are green. Growing in...
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    What nutrients/additives NOT to combine with H2O2?

    After trying some organic nutrients in my drain-to-waste coco coir system, I added some H2O2 to the nutrient mix to clean things up. And it worked in that my reservoir is much cleaner since. But ... at what cost? Specifically, what other nutrients or additives that one might use that get...
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    How to prep larf and trim for dry sift?

    Been watching some interesting dry sift videos, and I thought I'd give it a try since I have about 2 ounces of mostly-useless trim from my October crop. It's been sitting in mason jars with Boveda packs and is what I'd call decent-for-smoking dryness level. Or a bit moister than that...
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    DTW, but re-using some of the runoff?

    I've been running a DTW system for 4 plants in coco coir, and things have gone so well the biggest issue is my plants being too tall. To get there, I've been running a lot of fertigations, currently up to 7x daily, with one of those in the middle of the night and the rest under lighting. I've...
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    positive displacement pump for 30 gallon reservoir?

    I've got a 30 gallon reservoir being used in a drain to waste coco system. I'm using all equipment listed in the cocoforcannabis.com tutorials, including a 400gph centrifugal pump. I have a problem, I think, with the pump moving a lot more water when the reservoir is full than when it is...
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    Cal/mag additives for coco coir

    I read that coco coir sucks up calcium and magnesium, so we have to supplement feedings with some. How long? Is there ever a time that the coco coir has saturated itself with cal/mag and doesn't need any more? I've been adding 1.9-2.5ml/gallon since the beginning, more at first. With...
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