How Much Will It Cost To Run My Lights?
Here is an explanation to help you figure out your own cost of running your equipment. This assumes $0.12 per KW hour price. (If...
How To Build an Inexpensive Carbon Air Scrubber?
Building a carbon scrubber for de-odorizing stinky grows.
The design is such that there is no back pressure on the grow box exhaust fan, and...
How Do I Control Odor With Ozonators?
Ozonators can make the smell of even SMELLY strains like Mikado and Romulan practically unnoticeable, unless resin glands are broken by your movements within...
Why Should I Grow Using Hydroponics?
Pros:
Increased plant growth rates and yields with improved aromatics, potency and taste.
Cons:
Requires close monitoring of ph and ppm levels and total reliance on constant...
Why Should I Grow Using Aeroponics?
Pros
Unsurpassed plant growth, resin, potency and yields with incredible aromatics and taste.
Cons
Requires close monitoring of ph and ppm levels and total reliance on constant...
Why Should I Grow Using Medium Filled Containers?
Pros
More cost effective, forgiving and simple for inexperienced, smaller growers to manage.
Cons
Difficult to ascertain and maintain consistent and optimum moisture, nutrient and ph levels.
Author:...
Hydro vs. Organic
I have to respectfully disagree that hydroponics will yield higher than organics. There is a difference between growth rate and the yield. Because something...
How Do I Rig An Electric Float Switch Reservoir Controller?
OVERVIEW:
An electric float switch is an alternative to float valves and controller buckets (for which there already exists a GROWFAQ entry for External Reservoir...
Lighting Coverage Primer (Jackerspackle’s)
A very general rule of thumb is that your garden needs 50 watts of HID lighting per square foot of illuminated area. This rule...
Stickydank’s Basic CO2 Method
Items Required:
* 10lb. white sugar
* 5 gallon clean bucket W/lid
* 4 1/2 gallons of water
* A piece of toast browned and hard
* A table...
Building your own Inline Fan
I used a Comair MX2A4 115cfm A/C fan for this project. I bought it at Grainger (was about $30).
· I took a few scraps...
How Do I Install a Duct Fan to Operate Most Efficiently?
Principles of effective ventilation
Many growers own fans powerful enough to move air of a city block in Manhattan, but has failed to install it...
How Much Co2 Should I Add?
Co2 Calculations:
1. Measure and multiply: length x width x height of your grow room to calculate the volume of cubic feet
2. Generally, the c02...
How Do I Power 12v Computer Fans?
Quiet, low power and surprizingly efficient, computer fans are an ideal cooling option for smaller cabinet grows. The only problem is that most computer...
Should I Choose a Round or Square Pot for my Plants?
Many growers across the world using the round type planters are wasting possible space in there grow rooms, if you want more freedom in...
DIY: How Can I Build a Compact Hood with an Intergrated...
The following are somewhat detailed instructions for constructing a shielded hood/reflector with an integrated light trap designed for a small cabinet... It...
420 Magazine’s Plant of the Month September 2024
Congratulations to our member Terrapin Station for winning 420 Magazine’s Plant of the Month September 2024 with his beautiful plant titled...
420 Magazine’s Photo Of The Month September 2024
Congratulations are in order for our member Bill284 and his incredible photo of the month for September 2024, earning the distinguished...
420 Magazine’s Nug of the Month September 2024
Congratulations to our member Grand Daddy Black for the beautiful frosty ‘Fat Bastard’ Nug, earning the honorable 420 Magazine’s “Nug Of...
420 Magazine’s Grow Journal Of The Month September 2024
Congratulations to our member Melville Hobbes and his winning 420 Magazine’s Grow Journal of the Month September 2024, earning the distinguished...
420 Magazine’s Member Of The Month September 2024
Congratulations to Trala for this remarkable achievement, our 420 Magazine’s Member of the Month September 2024, earning the distinguished “Member of...
