Skybound
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Can't one just use locally sourced gravel or small stone? I saw a journal (BAR) where the grower grew a round in shredded newspapers. If that worked, surely anything will?
Tead's Indoor-ish, Winter, Hempy, OGK, SOG
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There are many things that will work. I grew a pea gravel plant recently. I like the newspaper idea.
Having said that... I've not found anything with the beauty of perlite. It's just right at keeping the plant roots well aerated and healthy without any drawbacks other than it's recycle-ability.
Wow... I haven't seen BAR in eons.
Blazinjones
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I'm totally digging the artwork on the bag this morning. When the bag is empty, I'm gonna cut it out and mount it somewhere.
Lol I kept lookn at that pic an thought it would be a cool drawing piece lol.
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News from the front lines....
Frustration, few timelines on Louisiana medical marijuana
"As the state nears the four-year mark since passing the framework for dispensing therapeutic cannabis, the latest estimate for availability seems to be summer, maybe. "
Sad, but oh so very predictable.
Frustration, few timelines on Louisiana medical marijuana
"As the state nears the four-year mark since passing the framework for dispensing therapeutic cannabis, the latest estimate for availability seems to be summer, maybe. "
Sad, but oh so very predictable.
HiddenGrow
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Seems like the usual story of guvment stepping in and making it harder than it needs to be.
That Jack Herrer looks amazing
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The 5gal Jacks are starting to really impress me. The Malawis are taller, but slower moving into bloom.
I'm currently smoking on some of the Jack that came out of the 1.5 gal pots... so good.
I noticed in the news yesterday that now lawsuits are flying between the company contracted to run the grow and the state. So sad.
Blazinjones
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Hey tead hows ur day going so far good I hope. Well I had a question cause u got some quantum boards didnt you? Well I got mi e n it doesnt have any instructions. An on there website the dam video has the driver showing different colors then the one I got here lol. So now wondering how do I set this up lol. The bundle of wires it comes with are red and black but the driver is blue an brown on the output side and the input is also brown n blue an then a yellow - green one as well so wondering what do I connect to what lol.
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Good timing... I just wired another one up earlier today. The instructions for the HLG driver has the conversion info. You'll find it on Meanwell's website.
Brown is hot
Blue is neutral
Green/Yellow is ground
Brown to Black
Blue to White
Green/Yellow to Green
These drivers support a broad range of input voltages. When I first installed my 600w drivers, I was running them on 110v and the power cords were getting warm. I switched over to 220v and the issue is gone. 220v puts the same 600w load over 2 wires instead of just 1. If your driver is over 400w, I'd use 220v instead of 110v. Of course, all this assumes you live in a 110v world.
Skybound
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I been seeing much good news leading toward either full federal legalization or at least decrim which would take a lot of pressure away from soft hearted states, so mayhap your state conflicts might be bypassed by the feds. I know Trump said he'd sign any marijuana bill(s) that land on his desk.
I was farting around with hydro buddy and loaded up the MegaCrop and noticed it's very low on Mg and sulfur. I added 1 gram/Gal of Epsom and this brought the Mg up to 50 and sulfur to 48ppm. I'm having awesomely fantastic results with my sulfur up near 65ppm, so if you're feeling like a little experiment, I suggest giving it a whirl and add 1 gram per gallon of Epsom salt from a pharmacy. Your buds will smell and taste a million times sweeter. For reference, when using GH 3 part + Flora Nectar, sulfur was only around 30ppm.
I was farting around with hydro buddy and loaded up the MegaCrop and noticed it's very low on Mg and sulfur. I added 1 gram/Gal of Epsom and this brought the Mg up to 50 and sulfur to 48ppm. I'm having awesomely fantastic results with my sulfur up near 65ppm, so if you're feeling like a little experiment, I suggest giving it a whirl and add 1 gram per gallon of Epsom salt from a pharmacy. Your buds will smell and taste a million times sweeter. For reference, when using GH 3 part + Flora Nectar, sulfur was only around 30ppm.
Could this be the year that it goes legal in the states? That would be amazing.
It sounds like a little Epsom salts might be a good idea. I'll add some when I water tomorrow night.
Blazinjones
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Ok well I got a 135w light so I think I'll be good either way lol. But thanx for letn me know man much appreciated. An now tht u speak of it I did see tht on there website. But i didnt understand it cause they didnt have a red an black part. It jus said it like u did blue being neutral n so on but not worded like u did brown to black n so forth. That really helped me out now I'm not freaking out so bad thinking I wasted 150 bux lol. Plus now I feel good again about wanting to get more lol.
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Ugh. If the federal laws change, the State of Louisiana will fight tooth and nail to keep it illegal. Then, when they finally loose that fight in court (probably 5 yrs after fed decrim), then the state will find all sorts of crazy ways to drive around any fed laws. I'm afraid that, like everything else, we're gonna be at least 10 years behind the curve.
Really... and you somehow believe that? Interesting concept.
Oh I'm down with that. A touch of epsom into my watering mix.... that's nothing... easy. I've got 2 big bags of it already (shopping at Costco dammit!) from when I was using it for CalMag.
Hehe... Meanwell is using the European wire colors instead of US. If you go digging, Meanwell has an enormous variety of various power supplies. Makes me want to make a DIY laser or some other crazy evil-genius type toys.
It would be amazing. Not holding my breath tho.
I thought of you yesterday. Put some new seeds in some water. Decided to try Blue Dream again now that I'm not growing 1/2 way outdoors. Perhaps I can get some harvested without a visit from the evil creatures we dare not mention.
Blazinjones
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Ok I'm starting to see this to lol. Well I got it all wired up an everything. I powered it on to see if it worked but forgot to flip it over an lost my eye sight when the dam sun flared into my eyes lmao. Dam man these things are fukn bright an oh am I so happy lol. One thing I thought about gettn these was u could put the power supply outside the tent? But how can u do that when the cord from the power supply to the light is only about a foot long or less?
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It's not the power cord to the driver that you elongate... it's the wire that run to the light. You'll need to visit the store and pick up wire and some wire nuts. I believe I'm using 14 gauge wire... but just choose a solid core copper wire that's at least as thick as the wires currently connected to the lights. There's a length limit... you start seeing power drop off at about 30ft.
Of course, you can always pickup a longer pigtail for the driver AC connection too if you need a longer run to the outlet... now that you know the color connections you can roll your own. Of course, one could just run an extension cord too.... whatever.
Blazinjones
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Ok well I ended up having a long enough cord on the other end that I jus put the power supply up on top of the tent like so.
Then I got it running in the top vent hole to the actual light like this.
Then I got it running in the top vent hole to the actual light like this.
Dankman_420
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I'll be wiring 3 boards today too. One driver. I bought 3/4" aluminum angle for the frame. Hopefully I get it done today. Too much to do and never enough time. Lol
Blazinjones
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When u say a longer pigtail for the ac side do u mean the cord plug in part I could jus get a longer one of those? I think it would be easier for me an possibly cheaper to jus get a roll of the black an red wire. The ones tht go to the actual light on the dc side I believe it is. N jus go longer from light to power supply then I can jus put the power supply where ever I need it so I can plug it in or would that not work?
Blazinjones
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Ur not kidding I never have enough time in a day to do all the shit I gotta do. I guess that's why god gave us cocaine hahaha
jus kiddin........... or am I lol I am. As for the aluminum angle I been watching a ton of YouTube vids for these lights an one guy does exactly the same thing and uses aluminum angle to make a nice big frame. So I think ull do good. Good luck brother hope everything works out good for you. Knowing u I'm sure ull knock it out the park. I got an outa the blue question here I was jus wondering what strains u running now in the big new location? And are you running all quantum boards now?
Dankman_420
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Hi blaze. If you were asking me. I'm currently running old Mars blurples right now. All's small in veg. I have a few 9lb hammers, one 24 k, one GG x purps, bag seed and I just put a Lemon skunk in dirt yesterday. I'm now in a 32"x49"x60" tent. I'll be running 3- 288 QB's in it. I'm planning on getting a 4'x8'x80" for flower down the road soon. Will be getting more QB's for it hopefully. My old hps lights create too much heat. Looking forward to seeing the QB's in actionUr not kidding I never have enough time in a day to do all the shit I gotta do. I guess that's why god gave us cocaine hahaha
I got an outa the blue question here I was jus wondering what strains u running now in the big new location? And are you running all quantum boards now?
Skybound
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@Blazinjones - a pigtail in electric speak is just an arbitrary length of wire or romex. Just cut to length as you see fit for your needs.