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    First Grow AK-48 CFL

    58 grams?.....update?
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    Flowering with UnderCurrentDWC

    Looking really nice man. You have a hookup on reasonably priced 2" uniseals?
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    Diy Switchable Grow Tray (Flood/Drain & Dwc)

    Anyone ever used one of these? Claim to be flood & drain ,dwc or aeroponic. Is that a good price? http://affordablehydroponics.weebly.com
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    Nutrients for Sweet Peppers and Tomatoes in Dwc?

    Ummm, excuse me? What gives you the idea that me telling him about the nutrients I use on my tomatoes has anything to do with MJ? I dont know if you are trying to be helpful or a straight up smart ass. Either way, I gave him some advice, if you dont like it fine, dont correct me and tell me what...
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    H2o2 Shock on Tomato Leafs?

    Howdy everybody. I have 10 Better Bush smokeless tomatoes in an aeroflo knock off I built outside on my back deck. Overall the plants look phenomenal. Last monday I ran some H2o2 to clean out any slime , dead roots etc...things you get with high temps. It cleaned up the roots really well. Now...
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    Problems With My Tomato Plant

    I had alot of trouble trying to grow tomatoes hydro the first couple times, but I have never seen this before...maybe a fungal infection?
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    Nutrients for Sweet Peppers and Tomatoes in Dwc?

    I have some Better Bush tomatoes in a aeroflo knock off on my deck. Im using some water soluble nutes called QuickGrow. They make a grow and a bloom formula but I am doing Lucas with just the bloom. I put them in on Easter Sunday and I already have about 7 or 8 golf ball sized maters . Blooming...
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    Bleach instead of H2o2

    I have glazed through his thread and may have missed something, but in adding 6 to 8 drops per gallon...is that drops from a dropper? I researched drops per mill and it seems like the standard measurement is 20 drops per mill. Is this the measure that everyone is using? If that is the case then...
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    Is this bad or will it heal?

    Goina heal up just fine.
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    ebb and flow design questions for a newbie

    Lukey boii, have you ever seen the Super Tubs at lowes home improvement? They are 2' x 3' and about 9 inches deep. They are made for mixing mortar, concrete in small batches. They are tough as hell and will last a lifetime. Only cost about $14 each. I use em and build and sell small systems made...
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    Problems with ebb n gro Please Read!!!!!!!

    Kinda figured that a check valve would be the answer.
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    Problems with ebb n gro Please Read!!!!!!!

    Without actually seeing it, the best thing i can think of would be a check valve, but you would think that would have came with the system. Do you have ANY amount of tubing that you could trim off the return to lower its volume, in other words, run only the minimum amount you can from the...
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    Problems with ebb n gro Please Read!!!!!!!

    Ok, the switch in the controller, can you raise it just an inch to prevent it from reactivating or is it mounted somewhere in a fixed position? I know it is ok to have an inch or two in the bottoms of your plant buckets, the water wont stand long enough to go stagnant. Do you think that would work?
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    Problems with ebb n gro Please Read!!!!!!!

    I think I know what you are talking about. The pump constantly kicks on and off because water is being pulled back from the res, which is higher, or is it just the small amount of water in the tube that is the problem? You may want to make sure that the return to the res isnt below the water...
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    Problems with ebb n gro Please Read!!!!!!!

    Go to Youtube and look up sublbc He is running a ebb & grow right now and knows quite a bit about the systems and its flaws. Better yet, email him [email protected] Im sure he will be happy to help you out. I think he may still creep around here some, he used to be a regular a...
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