The UK Growers Thread!

[del66666]

thats pretty smelly mate

 

[kana]

I got all my stuff from ebay, worked out cheaper than buying all from one shop. Just google UK hydroponics and look for 125mm fans and carbon filters.

The cooltubes/ air cooled hoods don't come with fans, you only really need one fan for your hood and carbon filter unless your running multiple hoods with 1000's of watts.

You will need to buy some aluminium ducting, also available on ebay or any hydro shop and you can use clips or duct tape to attach it all together.

A very common setup is to have your carbon filter attached to your cooltube which is attached to your fan and then out of the tent. The fan sucks the air through the filter out of the tent (creating a negative pressure which is what you need) and also sucks the hot air away from the bulb and out of the tent.

my setup
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thanks alot WOWgrow!! appreciate the help! i will buy them once the next paycheck comes in, ive ordered the dr90 and the lumatek 600w dimmable ballast, as soon as everything comes will try out each setting and see what the heats like, also is it it just me or do most people have little black fruit flies which just turn up in their tent? i had them in my previous grow they didnt cause any problems, but there here again

 

[krane]

http://www.greenshorticulture.co.uk/Grow-Tents-353/

or

http://www.growell.co.uk/

these are two of the biggest ive used both with no probs, never heard of yours tho? although im shore it cool there plenty out there.

ta mate, yeah im not sure cos no one knows bout it, so may be a scam site that comes up for like 2months, takes your money then disappears... stingy bastards

 

[WOWgrow]

thanks alot WOWgrow!! appreciate the help! i will buy them once the next paycheck comes in, ive ordered the dr90 and the lumatek 600w dimmable ballast, as soon as everything comes will try out each setting and see what the heats like, also is it it just me or do most people have little black fruit flies which just turn up in their tent? i had them in my previous grow they didnt cause any problems, but there here again

No problem mate, I remembered when I first came here I was wondering the same stuff as well.

Those fucking fruit flies are all over my house lol, I kill at least twenty a day!

EDIT: Just killed one.

 

[sambo020482]

No problem mate, I remembered when I first came here I was wondering the same stuff as well.

Those fucking fruit flies are all over my house lol, I kill at least twenty a day!

EDIT: Just killed one.

fruit flys are they the same as thrips? i had problems with them until i got some predetor mites, they come in sachets n you hang them on ya plants or end of the pots is funny cause the thrips wouldnt go near me plants once i had them and they aint no big ladybirds or what i was expecting just looks like sawdust when ya open a sachet.

 

[del66666]

fruit flies , you sure they arent gnats?

 

[las fingerez]

probs gnats from the soil/compost??????

 

[tommy hilfiger]

if i use soil is there always a possiblity to get gnats?>

 

[WOWgrow]

probs gnats from the soil/compost??????

fruit flies , you sure they arent gnats?

Yeh they are, I had fricking tonnes of them when I used some MG compost last year.

Luckily I don't have any in my tent. Touch wood.

@ tommy

I think so yeh, don't think you can get them from coco?

 

[las fingerez]

canna coco is treated well so theres no bugs it says on the website and well i've not seen any in a good few bags

i've got gnats from the cheeper soil, didnt get any with the bio-bizz. not saying that bio-bizz is 100% clean but i thought it was better i'll let u know about the westlands compost from homebase i got yesterday, just repotted my girls

 

[WOWgrow]

When I started my grow I was reading Uncle Ben's preaching about leaving all the leaves on the plant etc and I did.

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That line where you can't see the rest of the bud, there is barely anything under there. I think the veg is too thick for the light to penetrate? What do you guys think? I should've lollipoped the bottom third?

 

[WOWgrow]

You need to delete some space las so I can reply! haha

 

[las fingerez]

sorted bro lol

 

[del66666]

When I started my grow I was reading Uncle Ben's preaching about leaving all the leaves on the plant etc and I did.

View attachment 1389358

That line where you can't see the rest of the bud, there is barely anything under there. I think the veg is too thick for the light to penetrate? What do you guys think? I should've lollipoped the bottom third?

uncle ben is only good for rice mate

 

[dura72]

found out ma temp probs...had forgotten to turn the light timer on...the fans were goin off at nite and the poor little buggers were gettin 1200watt of hps with no extraction or even air movement.
what a fuckin bellend???????????

 

[del66666]

canna coco is treated well so theres no bugs it says on the website and well i've not seen any in a good few bags

i've got gnats from the cheeper soil, didnt get any with the bio-bizz. not saying that bio-bizz is 100% clean but i thought it was better i'll let u know about the westlands compost from homebase i got yesterday, just repotted my girls

ive used westlands, i dont use now cause has fungus gnats.........

 

[las fingerez]

nice cheers for heads up i'll get some stuff now lol

 

[WOWgrow]

Haha, you live an learn las.

Anyone know where mr west has gone? Ain't seen him around for a while.

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

hes about lad. just parkin his car

 

[WOWgrow]

Rumor has it, he's kickin round the cheese thread