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    Reservoir smells awful! Can anyone help

    Am an experienced grower in soil but trying to go to hydro,Built a 4 rail system holds 30 plants and 15 gal reservoir. set it up and using aqua shield and FF nutes. within 24 hrs it smells like dirty fish tank,cleaned real well and changed everything out,within 24 hrs it was worse than b4...
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    how much lime?

    have had problems with low ph in soil grow,spending a fortune in ph up and working great but I dont believe i need to go this way so my question is i need to go up 1 point in 3 gal pots anyone tell me how much powdered lime to use and/or how often to mix with watering (can i do damage by using...
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    using 400w hps bulb in a 250w switchable light??????

    i am an experienced grower but not to sure about this I just bought a used sunsystem 2 light from a college student very very cheap it has a 400w hps bulb in it and he says he has always used it this way and burns the 400w just fine well i got it home and plugged it in and it lights up and...
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    can overfeeding cause nute lockout????

    My question is can over feeding cause nute lockout I just transplanted to larger pot(1 to 3 gal)went to 12/12 plants were dark green and very healthy (the soil i transplanted to says feeds up to 3 months)I still mixed up 1/3 strength food to kick start them and the plants are showing signs of...
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    Floranova bloom 4-8-7 floralicious bloom 1-1-1????

    can someone tell me if this is a good combination for flowering stage (soil grow)Im through veging (I used mg 24-8-16 an Fish fert 2-4-0 It worked well for veg but now I want to upgrade on nutes (will use floranova grow on next set of clones)now I want to upgrade my flowering food to floranova...
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    Miracle grow 18-18-21 ???

    I know people do not like MG but can I use this for 12/12 also using floralicious bloom 1 ts per gal.Using the floralicious bloom how much of the MG 18-18-21 should I mix per gal.box says 1tblsp per gal.anyone know.I use to use this combo with good results and also mixed in batguano Bloom I am...
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    any experienced users of ph up crystals?????

    can anyone tell me how much crystals is safe to use in a soil grow?My water has PH of 6 my soil is 5.5-6 It takes 2 tsp.per gal for my water to go from 6 to 6.5 and that is still on the low end of where I want to be(I recently lost an entire grow due to low PH 4.7-5.3)I mixed my new soil with 1...
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    can lack of nitrogen or phos. cause nute lockout??

    ive posted a major problem i have been having not much help so far (my fault not explaining well) but can anyone tell me if lack of nitrogen or lack of (phosphorous during flowering)cause a plant to lock out minerals such as ma,mg,iron,cal Im asking because i over fed one plant 5 weeks ago(at...
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    Ffoc and ff nutes or fafard soil and mg nutes???

    Guys ive posted on mj problem forum (deficiency deficiency deficiency!!!)I wont go into the problems other than definciency.My question is what should i do about soil and nutes Ive used fafard soil and mg nutes (trying to get away cheap) 6 grows went great I would say could not have been better...
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    deficiency deficiency definciecy!!!

    guys ive posted on this problem be4, at a loss now.ive just ended 12 plants 4 wk into 12/12.at 2nd wk of 12/12 plants start showing what appears to be measles all over the fan leaves starting low and spreading rapidly in a week killing all fan leaves (100% healthy til 2nd wk of 12/12).Ph was low...
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    quick question on over ferterlizing or nute lockout????

    I recently had a major deficiency problem (looked like the girls had measles on all fan leaves older ones first PH was Low 4.7-5.5 chalked the problem up to low ph, nute lockout ma or mg not sure)my question is it never appears in veg only starts in 2nd week of 12/12 (destroys plants within 2...
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    Espoma organic traditions garden lime????

    this lime is pelletized and dissolves instantly I am mixing soil now for 3 gal pots can anyone tell me how much of this lime I can safely use to each gal of soil,(soil has about a ph of 5.5-6. my water is 6.and after feeding for two weeks in flowering my soil is dropping to 4.7-5.3 causing major...
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    Viagrow PH up Crystals???

    can anyone tell me how much ph up crystal you put in a gal of water to bring it up a 1point need to go from 6. to 7. (soil kinda low and my tester is on the fritz) Thanks all in advance
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    Espoma organic traditions garden lime????

    It says safer than hydrated lime (pelletized from dolomite lime) Ive got a major deficiency caused by low ph(nute lockout) and ph of 5.5 am fixing now and is working waiting on ph up to come in.My question is Im mixing this lime in the top two inches of soil(already in middle of grow)How much...
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    question on flushing and foliar feeding to save grow

    I previously posted with problems, found out ph was to low(4.7-5.3) major nute deficiency so bad the girls stopped taking water looks like they have measles ma or mg def. have not got (ph up) yet will be here tomorrow could not wait so i flushed soil with 2 gal water-1 gal soil (water had ph of...
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    ph level 5.3 help!!

    plants showing signs of nute deficiency is this ph level low enough to cause this (looks like manganese deficiency)thanks in advance for the feedback)some pots reading as low as 4.7 highest one is 5.3 just ordered ph up crystals any one know how much i use to gain 1 point i guess it will say on...
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    updated with pics MEASLES any pros please help

    have read the problem guides still I am stumped.Plants are doing fine through veg and 2 weeks into 12/12.after 2 weeks of 12/12 leaves look like they have measeles little brown spots leaves are covered in these spots starts with old leaves first and spreads rapidly til yellowing and eventually...
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    MEASLES any pros please help

    have read the problem guides still I am stumped.Plants are doing fine through veg and 2 weeks into 12/12.after 2 weeks of 12/12 leaves look like they have measeles little brown spots leaves are covered in these spots starts with old leaves first and spreads rapidly til yellowing and eventually...
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    problems please help

    I have read the problem guides still I am stumped.Plants are doing fine through veg and 2 weeks into 12/12.after 2 weeks of 12/12 leaves look like they have measeles little brown spots leaves are covered in these spots starts with old leaves first and spreads rapidly til yellowing and eventually...
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    anyone!! diy aircooled hood 400w

    can any throw some ideas on making an aircooled hood and does the glass have to be tempered for a 400w hps thanks in advance all!
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