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Jaga said:
Hey muddy hows things :thumb:
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Things are going good Jaga, been really grinding hard lately in finding a new job, which is why I haven't been as active on here in the past few weeks but have had literally handfulls of calls with opportunity and so now its really up to me to pick and choose whats best. Other than that plants are coming along nicely and hopefully I can get that veg tent back into full health again and things will be gravy :)
 
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Good luck on the job search front Ice. No doubt you have skills so just be picky as you can afford to be in allowing someone access to those skills!

Bob ;)
 
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Quick Video update!

 
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Hey Ice,

I think I remember what RO system do you use and would you buy it again?
:thanks:
Thanks in advance bud!
 
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drcannabi said:
Hey Ice,

I think I remember what RO system do you use and would you buy it again?
:thanks:
Thanks in advance bud!
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I use a custom built one I ordered online at Bulk Reef Supply. You can either buy premade systems or piece them together. I think mine cost around $230 delivered. I have a 5 stage system.

Stage 1 is sediment filter at 1 micron
Stage 2 is Carbon block filter 1 micron
Stage 3 is Chloraguard carbon block for chlorine and chloramine.
Stage 4 is the 75 GPD reverse osmosis. After this point I have a 2 way toggle valve to either direct the water out (drinking water) or to
Stage 5 which is my DeIonizing Resin filter which is used for my plant water.

This system takes my 8.4PH 350-400ppm water down to 7PH 0ppm :)

I definitely would order again, however I don't need to order again now, just replace the filters when they get dirty which I do about 1x per year.
 
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Thank you my friend! I appreciate the info. That sounds like a very good way to go. :Namaste:
 
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Hozona said:
Great informative video! :thumb:
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Thanks Hozona! I like doing the videos because it gives a different perspective to viewing my garden online and I fully enjoy doing them. Its fun for me to look back and see my past grows :) appreciate you watching :)
 
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Dr Bob said:
Good luck on the job search front Ice. No doubt you have skills so just be picky as you can afford to be in allowing someone access to those skills!

Bob ;)
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Thanks Dr. Bob... I saw a great "meme" online today that feels so true for the job market.. the add was :

"Looking to hire professionals age 22-26 years old, requirement is 30 years experience...." or something like that :)

I laughed because I have come across so many postings lately that are just like that... looking for the impossible, and then paying in peanuts. Sad to see how the market has become. I've turned down more interviews than taken as most are not worth my gas to even entertain the idea.

Very true Dr Bob! I definitely am going to be picky, but probably will still have to end up settling for now to pay those darn bills until that next awesome thing comes along. I have had a lot of people telling me to get back into music, and there are a few big opportunities that may be possible so we will see.
 
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Quick question, are you using self adjusting PH like AN? The reason I ask is because my PH is ~8 but when I feed it drops to perfect 5.7, where if I started at 7, I would have to add PH up and PPM or TDS will go back up. So, if I RO my water I'll still push up my TDS.

Cheers
 
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millertm said:
Quick question, are you using self adjusting PH like AN? The reason I ask is because my PH is ~8 but when I feed it drops to perfect 5.7, where if I started at 7, I would have to add PH up and PPM or TDS will go back up. So, if I RO my water I'll still push up my TDS.

Cheers
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Hey millertm. I have some experience with AN pH perfect. I use it in my system. Ice cooks his soil and has some other nutes that he uses. I can tell you that my pH before my ro filter is 8.4 with a PPM of 154. After RO it is 6.2 and 17 PPM. I add the AN nutes and it goes down to about 5.8. However, if you take samples through out the day, you will see the pH rise and fall. But for my current grow, which has used nothing but AN, I have not added any pH up/down. The whole grow. After a couple of weeks I get problems with keeping the pH in range so I have to do a res dump. That has been my experience. I can say with out reservation, that I feel the RO filter was one of the best things I did for my garden.

Ice, sorry for jumping in like this. I hope you do not mind. Just thought I would share my experience with millertm about AN and RO filtering. BTW, keep your chin up about the job search. A while back I was in a similar situation but a very different field. My company moved me to Australia to support a contract there and then when it was renewed, wanted me to train my replacement who had zero experience with our systems and was new to the field. Needless to say that did not work out for them or me. When I got back to the states (after almost 2 years of being overseas), the job market, especially in my field of expertise, was crap. I expanded my job search, and had to laugh at what offers were being given to me. It is like that meme you were talking about. They want subject experts, with professional certifications and education, as well as years of experience, but pay less than half of what they should be paying. It is truly remarkable how they figure out what compensation should be.

I said all of that to hopefully show that you are not alone and the world is not against you. Sometimes it can feel that way, but you can and will get through this process. There are going to be some great opportunities for you, but you will have to go find them. I wish you the best of luck and please let me know if there is anything we can do for you Ice. :)
 
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Icemud said:
I appreciate your post :) What differences do you notice going from soil and organics to synthetic? pros cons?
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I don't think their is a great deal of difference between organic & synthetic soil grows but just some minor areas.

Organics is very hard to get nutrient burn but a little slower to sort out nutrient defs & would be inclined to have a suitable PH of soil, with the bud smoking well with minimal flush/curing.

Synthetic easy to achieve nutrient burn due to it is salt based making it more available for the plant to use, with nutrient defs can be sorted in a shorter time in general, requires standard two week flush to remove excess nutrients from the plants as it may leave a slight snap, crackle 'n' pop effect whilst smoking. On a side note freshly dried bud with out cure once smoked gives of more of a carpet mouth feeling but a good curing period relieves the feeling.



Organic vs synthetic i don't think either could grow better bud than the other, i have equal results with both & had wonderful smelly plants whilst growing & smoking the cured bud.


Most novice growers will use grow/bloom nutrients which may effect things slightly, but i highly suggest using a micro nutrient solution of some form.

Boost for flavour, aroma etc well i'm a believer & should not be over looked if ya like that sort of stuff !


Soil reuse organic yes just need to amend slightly per use, synthetic ya gonna need to flush it even after the two week flush whilst growing in case of salt build up it is a lot of hassle so i just get fresh soil/compost per grow.
 
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Hey Ice my friend :)
Awesome info fuzzy, I'm an odd fish as I've never looked into soil etc, even though its all I'm about :) I dont bother with research if I can manage, I love finding out for myself even if it costs me some production along the way. Yet with organics it seems to me to be about keeping my soil alive! :)
Now I'm using non organic feed and have no clue what its doing to my soils living population I've built up over time, yet I'm just gonna plough onwards and treat my medium's the same as if its living :)
Get a good living medium and nutrients seem to matter less?
 
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Soil is quite an interesting subject & slightly hard core once ya get beyond growing in it, to how it may change via amendments etc or deposits to what we use !

Soil is more of a science to what some peeps refer to growing MJ is !


It really makes my head throb thinking about it... & little bit more than i can deal with at times.



But a living medium/culture is referred to organic methods via beneficial organisms or microbes to break down organic material into nutrients for the plant to use & may suggest additional humus content to support them.

Other wise reusing soil many times over becomes depleted with out some amendments from time to time.

Not a great problem if using synthetic, chemical or salt based nutrients or how would we grow with inert mediums etc !



Its like the yin & yang, black or white of growing but do we mix the two for a grey shade ?
 
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Interesting take on the organic/NPK/hydro choice. :cheesygrinsmiley:

To me, the difference in organic and synthetic is who controls the nutrient uptake. The purpose of an organic soil is to turn control over to the plant and the soil biota. There's a highly complex, "natural" process that goes on between the plant and the biota. If the plant needs something, it alters its root exudates, which boosts a population of biota that digest minerals to produce what the plant needs. When it's enough, the plant alters its exudates again and the population shrinks. So, "organic", whatever we think that means, is a method that nurtures the biota and perfects the mineral balance and nutrient level of the soil.

I like the idea of supposedly clean organic, and the idea of letting nature do the heavy work. When you get it right, it's amazing to see what the plant can accomplish all by itself - I've seen amazing things! You lose a lot of control though. I envy the hydro guys in that regard.
 
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Not many do know what Organic truly means, I certainly don't. I just follow the methods of microbeman Tim Wilson. He is actually one of the only few experts in the world. His research makes me feel extremely dumb lol. The wife says the same thing hehe.

One thing I do know for sure is that there is no way to flush salts and expect the end product to be equal to a plant that was grown its entire life in OLS. There is no flushing in OLS because there's nothing to flush.

Personally, I can tell a salt grown bud as soon as I exhale. Every single time. Everyone's pallet is different and not many can distinguish the subtleties. Salt grown can be faster, bigger and even more potent than organics, but quality will always suffer.

I mean no disrespect to anyone here, just thought I'd through out another point of view my friends :circle-of-love::Love::circle-of-love:
 
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millertm said:
Quick question, are you using self adjusting PH like AN? The reason I ask is because my PH is ~8 but when I feed it drops to perfect 5.7, where if I started at 7, I would have to add PH up and PPM or TDS will go back up. So, if I RO my water I'll still push up my TDS.

Cheers
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Hey Millertm, Sorry for the delay but looks like Bamalabrat answered your question :)
 
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Bamalabrat said:
Hey millertm. I have some experience with AN pH perfect. I use it in my system. Ice cooks his soil and has some other nutes that he uses. I can tell you that my pH before my ro filter is 8.4 with a PPM of 154. After RO it is 6.2 and 17 PPM. I add the AN nutes and it goes down to about 5.8. However, if you take samples through out the day, you will see the pH rise and fall. But for my current grow, which has used nothing but AN, I have not added any pH up/down. The whole grow. After a couple of weeks I get problems with keeping the pH in range so I have to do a res dump. That has been my experience. I can say with out reservation, that I feel the RO filter was one of the best things I did for my garden.

Ice, sorry for jumping in like this. I hope you do not mind. Just thought I would share my experience with millertm about AN and RO filtering. BTW, keep your chin up about the job search. A while back I was in a similar situation but a very different field. My company moved me to Australia to support a contract there and then when it was renewed, wanted me to train my replacement who had zero experience with our systems and was new to the field. Needless to say that did not work out for them or me. When I got back to the states (after almost 2 years of being overseas), the job market, especially in my field of expertise, was crap. I expanded my job search, and had to laugh at what offers were being given to me. It is like that meme you were talking about. They want subject experts, with professional certifications and education, as well as years of experience, but pay less than half of what they should be paying. It is truly remarkable how they figure out what compensation should be.

I said all of that to hopefully show that you are not alone and the world is not against you. Sometimes it can feel that way, but you can and will get through this process. There are going to be some great opportunities for you, but you will have to go find them. I wish you the best of luck and please let me know if there is anything we can do for you Ice. :)
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Hey Bamalabrat! Thanks for answering Millertm's question, I never mind members helping members :)

I appreciate you sharing the good luck vibes and your background in dealing with the same things. I'm lucky I keep a positive outlook 99% of the time so it never really gets me down. Just frustrates me sometimes about the jobs but only I can change that so I am keeping my 3rd eye scoping for any signs of which direction to go :)
 
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Fuzzy Duck said:
I don't think their is a great deal of difference between organic & synthetic soil grows but just some minor areas.

Organics is very hard to get nutrient burn but a little slower to sort out nutrient defs & would be inclined to have a suitable PH of soil, with the bud smoking well with minimal flush/curing.

Synthetic easy to achieve nutrient burn due to it is salt based making it more available for the plant to use, with nutrient defs can be sorted in a shorter time in general, requires standard two week flush to remove excess nutrients from the plants as it may leave a slight snap, crackle 'n' pop effect whilst smoking. On a side note freshly dried bud with out cure once smoked gives of more of a carpet mouth feeling but a good curing period relieves the feeling.



Organic vs synthetic i don't think either could grow better bud than the other, i have equal results with both & had wonderful smelly plants whilst growing & smoking the cured bud.


Most novice growers will use grow/bloom nutrients which may effect things slightly, but i highly suggest using a micro nutrient solution of some form.

Boost for flavour, aroma etc well i'm a believer & should not be over looked if ya like that sort of stuff !


Soil reuse organic yes just need to amend slightly per use, synthetic ya gonna need to flush it even after the two week flush whilst growing in case of salt build up it is a lot of hassle so i just get fresh soil/compost per grow.
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Thanks for sharing that info Fuzzy Duck!

I generally always prefer organics vs synthetics because I generally like the more complex flavor profile of organic grown, as well as the high seems to last longer for me than synthetic. I've always been curious though on giving it a try to see if maybe I could control my plants more, as far as quicker fixes to nutrient issues and a more regimented system. I'm not sure if I actually will try them in the future or not but its possible :)
 
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Icemud said:
I generally always prefer organics vs synthetics because I generally like the more complex flavor profile of organic grown, as well as the high seems to last longer for me than synthetic. I've always been curious though on giving it a try to see if maybe I could control my plants more, as far as quicker fixes to nutrient issues and a more regimented system. I'm not sure if I actually will try them in the future or not but its possible :)
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Read over some comments about organic & salt nutrients over the last page or so.

But would tend to agree organics provides more complex flavours & more likely gives a more smoother slightly sweeter taste but the secret is a well prepared soil mix !

I do practise organic methods at work for veg/herbs & a firm believer :thumb:


Salt nutrients & taste, more likely still get a little snap, crackle & pop even after a 2 week flush once smoked but ye Mmm carpet mouth is still prone with out a good cure, but do use additives for aroma & flavour with pretty good success but may lack the deeper notes to what organics may add !


But ye moving over to a NFT tray soon.

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So i may expect a different taste/smoke from a water based system to which is all part of my own growing experience to build up a broader range of skills / knowledge, if i'm not learning i'm not evolving my horticultural skills to which is my trade in real life & some what a large area to cover :green_heart:



Ye good journal Ice & plenty of fine banter over many subjects :Namaste:
 
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