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Buds Buddy said:
Use to live in Orlando, Clear Water Beach & Daytona. It's similar in many ways. Just hotter here & a lot less Humidity.
I want to try a single DWC Bucket along with my 2 Auto-Pots next grow. I think I can just make one but need more info. I have a Bucket & Lid, 2 - Air Pumps & plenty of Hose. I also have Hydro Stones. I think all I need is to put a drain in the bucket, buy a net pot & Air Stone. I think that's all that's to it. Not sure how you refill the bucket though. By Hand, Reservoir, or what ?
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That's hilarious i prob shouldnt say this but I live on Daytona hahaha.
 
Emilya said:
.3 grams adjustment. I love your accuracy. It is this that is going to allow you to succeed... you have excellent control over this situation. Carry on... I also like the sounds of all this water use and the plants are looking great!
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Thank You Emilya !!! I appreciated the enthusiasm.
 
Havocsm1 said:
That's hilarious i prob shouldnt say this but I live on Daytona hahaha.
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I kind of miss A-1-A, The Boardwalk & the Shell. Are all the Biker Bars still down there ? I use to hang out at Dirty Harry's & Iron Horse Saloon. Worked the Daytona 500 a couple times through Manpower during Race Week. Did everything get cancelled this year ? Race Week, Bike Week, Spring Break, etc. ? Man, that shit was a lot of fun in the early 80's when I lived there.
 
Buds Buddy said:
I kind of miss A-1-A, The Boardwalk & the Shell. Are all the Biker Bars still down there ? I use to hang out at Dirty Harry's & Iron Horse Saloon. Worked the Daytona 500 a couple times through Manpower during Race Week. Did everything get cancelled this year ? Race Week, Bike Week, Spring Break, etc. ? Man, that shit was a lot of fun in the early 80's when I lived there.
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The virus hit mid bike week this year. Yep they cancelled everything. I grew up here. I work 45 seconds away from the iron horse. I don't think it'll ever be the same after the virus. Our tourism was just starting to pick back up too. There's a few nice areas here like beach side and near the track. Plenty of bad areas haha.
 
Havocsm1 said:
The virus hit mid bike week this year. Yep they cancelled everything. I grew up here. I work 45 seconds away from the iron horse. I don't think it'll ever be the same after the virus. Our tourism was just starting to pick back up too. There's a few nice areas here like beach side and near the track. Plenty of bad areas haha.
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Last time I was at Iron Horse they had a Biker Wedding. About 100 motorcycles driving in the side door & out the front. That was a sight to see. My girlfriend at the time worked around the corner at Pacific Eyes & T's. Use to get tons of Free Sunglasses ... good ones like Ray Bans & Serengeti's.
Good Old Days for sure !!!
 
Buds Buddy said:
Use to live in Orlando, Clear Water Beach & Daytona. It's similar in many ways. Just hotter here & a lot less Humidity.
I want to try a single DWC Bucket along with my 2 Auto-Pots next grow. I think I can just make one but need more info. I have a Bucket & Lid, 2 - Air Pumps & plenty of Hose. I also have Hydro Stones. I think all I need is to put a drain in the bucket, buy a net pot & Air Stone. I think that's all that's to it. Not sure how you refill the bucket though. By Hand, Reservoir, or what ?
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Buds Buddy said:
She does seem to be fattening up some now that she's drinking a gallon a day. I upped the MC on all 3 plants this morning by .3 grams. Not much because I'm scared ... LOL.
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Good to see you not buying the .5gm jump every water.
If you are doing a single bucket DWC, you can get another bucket and just switch out each watering or a shop vac works.
 
Hydroholic said:
Good to see you not buying the .5gm jump every water.
If you are doing a single bucket DWC, you can get another bucket and just switch out each watering or a shop vac works.
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Switching Buckets is easy enough & I have several.
 
Hydroholic said:
Good to see you not buying the .5gm jump every water.
If you are doing a single bucket DWC, you can get another bucket and just switch out each watering or a shop vac works.
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Oh, I tried the .5 jump & ended up with Toxicity issues a few weeks back. Then took Emilya's advice & backed way off & things got better. She suggested .25 gr. increases but easier to weigh .3 so went with that.
 
Got another question for you @Hydroholic . I just added up every little thing down to a coffee pot & alarm clock through every inch of the house. If I had every little thing running at the same time I would be drawing 215 Amps on a 200 Amp service. Actually, just slightly less as you can't run the oven & broiler at the same time; but I did calculate for 4 burners, Oven & broiler together. I can't see myself using 1/2 that amount at one time ever. A lot of this stuff in the calculation are things like Toaster, Microwave, Electric Skillet, Stereo, Computers, TV's & 40 light bulbs.
Anyway, I know there's certain percentages that get figured into the Load a service panel can handle but not sure how that works. Can you help me out on this ?
Obviously don't want to overload the main panel so maybe you can tell me the best way to do this.
Thanks !!! Couldn't do it without you.
 
Planning to start on it Friday or Saturday so hoping I get it figured out.
 
As for your plants, Holy crap dude, they look awesome. You’re not going to have to worry about making a weed run for quite a while after this harvest. And I am absolutely impressed with your grow room that you are building right now. You’re putting a lot of thought and Engineering into this project. I am extremely jealous, as I would love to have a room dedicated as a grow room. When I retire, I am definitely going to build something like what you’re doing right now. I’m still idle right now as it relates to growing as I am working insane hours and I’m spending very little time at the farm other than to just sleep and eat. Our company has made some major shift changes to minimize social contact. There are some of my coworkers that I haven’t seen in almost a month because of scheduling. But boy am I rolling up some overtime!
Re: Texas.
Texas is doing okay I guess. Our surrounding counties did their own thing and didn’t really buy in to the statist type of lock down that some states and counties are doing. Our county EMA declared ALL jobs essential and therefore the decision to shut down fell upon the business owners themselves. The only exception I believe was restaurants & schools. Schools shut down, they are still shut down until May 4. Restaurants can remain open if they can provide curbside takeout, drive-through, or delivery options. Some counties in Texas are taking it a little more seriously. But the projected outbreak never came, and a lot of the field hospitals put in place by the military are closing the shop without so much as one patient being admitted.
Re:Trump
As for President Trump, I pray for that man. He’s got a very hard job. And his personality makes it even more of a challenge. But I also know that he has been lied to on several occasions in the past. I don’t want to seem ungrateful. There’s no way I could say that I could do a better job. And as for the main stream media and all of their bullshit complaints, well we all know what the mainstream media is. Has trump said some stupid shit? Yes. But then again, he’s not a doctor either. And he’s a businessman, not a politician. He’s also no medical professional. So while his terminology may be rough or even embarrassing at times I can’t fault him. I have a medical background (EMT from 1988-2010). I even have an emergency management agency background, and we’ve run table top scenarios like this when I was an agent. (ESF8). When you’re in the middle of the shit, and you’ve been doing it for days, sometimes you get your words and terminology mixed up. It all falls to a breakdown of communication. That break down is caused by fatigue. It even happens in table tops. I’ve seen it firsthand in real disasters. I have actually been put in a position where stress and fatigue left me with egg on my face. You’re dealing with stressors and environments that the average person never experiences. Any commander of a incident of this magnitude is going to be stressed fatigued and probably suffering a bit of PTSD. The MSM and other attacks just make it worse.
And if anybody tries to tell me that President Trump is not fatigued right now, well they’ve never experienced a pandemic from a leadership standpoint. I know it sounds like I’m defending the president, and I am. I swore an oath to defend my country and my constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. That includes defending my president no matter who it is. I had to defend Bush during 911. I would’ve probably said the same thing about President Obama, had he been under the same insane attack by the mainstream media the way President Trump is now, back when we had those outbreaks during his administration in 2012. But he was not attacked by the mainstream media. I am in zero position to make any judgments against the job President Trump is doing at this time other than to say his knowledge in the medical field and the terminology he’s been using is pretty embarrassing. But that’s what happens when you have a president who is speaking to the press “off the cuff” without the use of a Teleprompter. In the past we became too accustomed to seeing sanitized versions of our presidents speaking on camera. One thing Trump does well is he takes his message directly to the people without the filter of the puppeteers or censorship of the main stream media. When that happens, you’re going to see a raw president using raw language unfiltered, uncensored, unsanitized. I find that refreshing. He’s NOT a medical professional. He’s NOT a career politician. I know that many people resent him. But they aren’t in his shoes.
People need to give him a break. If we would all just stop letting the outside voices create division amongst us, we might could get back to normal faster. We need to remember there are intities out there right now at this moment who openly state that they won’t ever let a good crisis go to waste. They embrace Cloward and Piven theology and have dedicated their wealth and resources to create division and misery amongst us as Americans. We CANNOT let them be successful.
 
I agree 100%, the Lamestreet journalist are a big problem not a solution to anything. The globalists are after us not Trump. Trump is just in their way. And for that I’m grateful.
 
Buds Buddy said:
Got another question for you @Hydroholic . I just added up every little thing down to a coffee pot & alarm clock through every inch of the house. If I had every little thing running at the same time I would be drawing 215 Amps on a 200 Amp service. Actually, just slightly less as you can't run the oven & broiler at the same time; but I did calculate for 4 burners, Oven & broiler together. I can't see myself using 1/2 that amount at one time ever. A lot of this stuff in the calculation are things like Toaster, Microwave, Electric Skillet, Stereo, Computers, TV's & 40 light bulbs.
Anyway, I know there's certain percentages that get figured into the Load a service panel can handle but not sure how that works. Can you help me out on this ?
Obviously don't want to overload the main panel so maybe you can tell me the best way to do this.
Thanks !!! Couldn't do it without you.
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If you have all that running at one time your meter will be smoking. Load calculations are based on what you would typically use. It’s understood that people have a bazillion gadgets that are well over your main size. Don’t stress. Teenagers use more electricity at one time than your whole grow set up. If you think that somehow you are going to cause issues(doubtful) change your light schedule off your peak hours. Everyone that lives in a hot area should run lights at night to save energy.
 
Tom Sawyer said:
As for your plants, Holy crap dude, they look awesome. You’re not going to have to worry about making a weed run for quite a while after this harvest. And I am absolutely impressed with your grow room that you are building right now. You’re putting a lot of thought and Engineering into this project. I am extremely jealous, as I would love to have a room dedicated as a grow room. When I retire, I am definitely going to build something like what you’re doing right now. I’m still idle right now as it relates to growing as I am working insane hours and I’m spending very little time at the farm other than to just sleep and eat. Our company has made some major shift changes to minimize social contact. There are some of my coworkers that I haven’t seen in almost a month because of scheduling. But boy am I rolling up some overtime!
Re: Texas.
Texas is doing okay I guess. Our surrounding counties did their own thing and didn’t really buy in to the statist type of lock down that some states and counties are doing. Our county EMA declared ALL jobs essential and therefore the decision to shut down fell upon the business owners themselves. The only exception I believe was restaurants & schools. Schools shut down, they are still shut down until May 4. Restaurants can remain open if they can provide curbside takeout, drive-through, or delivery options. Some counties in Texas are taking it a little more seriously. But the projected outbreak never came, and a lot of the field hospitals put in place by the military are closing the shop without so much as one patient being admitted.
Re:Trump
As for President Trump, I pray for that man. He’s got a very hard job. And his personality makes it even more of a challenge. But I also know that he has been lied to on several occasions in the past. I don’t want to seem ungrateful. There’s no way I could say that I could do a better job. And as for the main stream media and all of their bullshit complaints, well we all know what the mainstream media is. Has trump said some stupid shit? Yes. But then again, he’s not a doctor either. And he’s a businessman, not a politician. He’s also no medical professional. So while his terminology may be rough or even embarrassing at times I can’t fault him. I have a medical background (EMT from 1988-2010). I even have an emergency management agency background, and we’ve run table top scenarios like this when I was an agent. (ESF8). When you’re in the middle of the shit, and you’ve been doing it for days, sometimes you get your words and terminology mixed up. It all falls to a breakdown of communication. That break down is caused by fatigue. It even happens in table tops. I’ve seen it firsthand in real disasters. I have actually been put in a position where stress and fatigue left me with egg on my face. You’re dealing with stressors and environments that the average person never experiences. Any commander of a incident of this magnitude is going to be stressed fatigued and probably suffering a bit of PTSD. The MSM and other attacks just make it worse.
And if anybody tries to tell me that President Trump is not fatigued right now, well they’ve never experienced a pandemic from a leadership standpoint. I know it sounds like I’m defending the president, and I am. I swore an oath to defend my country and my constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. That includes defending my president no matter who it is. I had to defend Bush during 911. I would’ve probably said the same thing about President Obama, had he been under the same insane attack by the mainstream media the way President Trump is now, back when we had those outbreaks during his administration in 2012. But he was not attacked by the mainstream media. I am in zero position to make any judgments against the job President Trump is doing at this time other than to say his knowledge in the medical field and the terminology he’s been using is pretty embarrassing. But that’s what happens when you have a president who is speaking to the press “off the cuff” without the use of a Teleprompter. In the past we became too accustomed to seeing sanitized versions of our presidents speaking on camera. One thing Trump does well is he takes his message directly to the people without the filter of the puppeteers or censorship of the main stream media. When that happens, you’re going to see a raw president using raw language unfiltered, uncensored, unsanitized. I find that refreshing. He’s NOT a medical professional. He’s NOT a career politician. I know that many people resent him. But they aren’t in his shoes.
People need to give him a break. If we would all just stop letting the outside voices create division amongst us, we might could get back to normal faster. We need to remember there are intities out there right now at this moment who openly state that they won’t ever let a good crisis go to waste. They embrace Cloward and Piven theology and have dedicated their wealth and resources to create division and misery amongst us as Americans. We CANNOT let them be successful.
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The only real problem I have with Trump right now is he's not going with what Fauci says. He needs to step back & do what they tell him as they are the pro's on this subject; not Trump.
Care for some disinfectant & UV Rays anyone ? People are still dying from this rapidly & he wants to push to open the country. I'm still waiting for a real stay at home order nationwide to nip this shit in the ass. You can see the doctors are being forced to say things they don't want to say because Trump will fire them if they go against him. That's a Dictator. Not a President. I want to hear from the doctors without Trump so I can get the truth. I'd rather have the doctors calling the shots on this & Trump just do what they suggest. I believe this would have all been over if he had listened back in January & acted promptly; but he shrugged it off. I think he'll lose the election because of all this. Prior to this happening he would have won big time; but don't think he has any chance now.
 
Hydroholic said:
If you have all that running at one time your meter will be smoking. Load calculations are based on what you would typically use. It’s understood that people have a bazillion gadgets that are well over your main size. Don’t stress. Teenagers use more electricity at one time than your whole grow set up. If you think that somehow you are going to cause issues(doubtful) change your light schedule off your peak hours. Everyone that lives in a hot area should run lights at night to save energy.
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I don't think it's really a problem since I'm running about 75% of what I'll use in my grow room right now in the house. I do run my lights at night right now (7pm - 7am) but in veg (7pm - 1pm). That's when I use the least electricity for other things so perfect for grow times. I really doubt I'll even pull 150 Amps at one time other than start up of the A/C when it draws 3 times the rated power for a couple of seconds.
Anyway, sounds like I'm good to go so start this weekend. Thanks again Hydro. I'll be up & running soon !
 
OK guys, any computer savvy people on here I need your help. I got a strange email today saying I clicked on their site & it had malware installed. They said they have my password (they do & included it in the email). They demanded $2000 in bitcoin within 24 hours or they'd ruin me.
Not sure what to do about it.
 
Anybody else notice Chris Scorpio's been MIA ? Not like him. Wonder if he caught the virus.
 
Buds Buddy said:
OK guys, any computer savvy people on here I need your help. I got a strange email today saying I clicked on their site & it had malware installed. They said they have my password (they do & included it in the email). They demanded $2000 in bitcoin within 24 hours or they'd ruin me.
Not sure what to do about it.
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Change all your passwords and don’t answer them or respond to those type emails. Prob a phishing email... those are bad to click on the links in.
 
Buds Buddy said:
OK guys, any computer savvy people on here I need your help. I got a strange email today saying I clicked on their site & it had malware installed. They said they have my password (they do & included it in the email). They demanded $2000 in bitcoin within 24 hours or they'd ruin me.
Not sure what to do about it.
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I and my brother get those emails regularly. Since neither of us use webcams, we know from the wording on the phishing email that they have nothing. I can see from the password that they give that these attacks come from what I consider to be low level security sites, (not like a bank) and where I use a simple password over and over again. Every one of these phishing emails comes from a site like this one, where I have given that low level password. I am not saying that it is coming from 420mag in my case, but based on the password, it could have been. I have been ignoring those and similar emails for the last couple of years, and nothing bad has happened.
 
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