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Does anyone know about the Bubbleberry Martian strain? I can't seem to find a lot of info on it?
 
Hi everyone back awake from my fog. Hope all is well just read and caught up.

Speaking of cheap items I bought a PH meter on ebay. It was from Hong Kong. I think this may have been the source of my issues in the end of the last grow that wasn't so productive.

I calibrated the meter and for about a week double checked its readings with strips. Well I am here to say I just put my new seeds into flowering and the meter is way off. I calibrated again still off. My point is cheap stuff will ruin your grow.

Question 1 - What PH meters have you found to be effective and not such a pain in the butt? Are there any that don't cost a fortune?

Question 2 - My plants look ok just a little nute deficient from the ph but the roots are still real short. My plants are 10" after a 6 weeks veg. The roots are barely in the water. Should I be worried?

Well, I was going to recommend the meter I use. But............:smokin:

Here's what I use for ph metering. Used it for about 18 months so far with no problems. Expensive but good.

HM Digital PH-200 Waterproof pH/Temp Meter/Tester, NEW - eBay (item 230422849499 end time Apr-11-10 00:08:37 PDT)

Don't exactly know about the short root problems. Are the plants drinking?

This is the exact same meter I have. I bought the PH-200 and the TDS meter together for $130 after shipping and handling. How do you like it MC?
 
My rock wool cubes have a 3/16 hole to place seeds. Seeds have already sprouted 1/4 in long tap. Should I cover my seedlings up, once placed in the rock wool?
Also, I ran my Deep Water Culture tote last night to check everything out and the rock wool was really wet. The water hoses are touching the cubes about 3/4 of the way down. I read that it is hard to over water with RW. Should I move the Hoses back?
 
Any suggestions on movies to grab for my next trim day (This Fri most likely)?

So far i got:
The Big Lebowski
Grandma's Boy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hmmm.....

The Union

Marijuana Inc.

The Emporer Wears no Clothes (I am familiar with Jack's book, but I do think someone made a dvd on the same book. It's written by the man, Jack Herer)

Pineapple Express

Hurt Locker

Something Something Darkside (Family guy)

Blow

Pulp Fiction

Super High Me

Grass

Half baked

12 monkeys

The Doors

Wonderland

Full Metal jacket

any of Penn And Teller's series "Bull$hit"

Just rented Law Abiding Citizen. Haven't seen it, but looks good.

Ya, I love movies! Got myself a decent sized collection! lol

:grinjoint:
 
My rock wool cubes have a 3/16 hole to place seeds. Seeds have already sprouted 1/4 in long tap. Should I cover my seedlings up, once placed in the rock wool?
Also, I ran my Deep Water Culture tote last night to check everything out and the rock wool was really wet. The water hoses are touching the cubes about 3/4 of the way down. I read that it is hard to over water with RW. Should I move the Hoses back?

You can most likely adjust the water flow. At the irrigation hub, you should have little nobs. You can "open" or "close" the valve. But you can always part-way close the valve. Try it out and let us know!

I'm sure it's fine, but just another option.

Just drop the little seedling into the rockwool cube, tap root pointed down. Then just GENTLY pinch the rockwool back over the seedling and close it up.

Hope that helps some. :goodluck:
 
Hmmm.....

The Union

Marijuana Inc.

The Emporer Wears no Clothes (I am familiar with Jack's book, but I do think someone made a dvd on the same book. It's written by the man, Jack Herer)

Pineapple Express

Hurt Locker

Something Something Darkside (Family guy)

Blow

Pulp Fiction

Super High Me

Grass

Half baked

12 monkeys

The Doors

Wonderland

Full Metal jacket

any of Penn And Teller's series "Bull$hit"

Just rented Law Abiding Citizen. Haven't seen it, but looks good.

Ya, I love movies! Got myself a decent sized collection! lol

:grinjoint:

Those are all great movies. Rp, you will probably enjoy Law Abiding Citizen. I enjoyed watching it. Is Hurt Locker a good movie or what?:smokin:
 
hey guys question..

my air stones, air "bars" do not sit on the bottom of the resivor, they float around the irrigation hub, my question is does the water pump not get the oxygenated water if they arent on the bottom?

let me know or answer in my journal thanks
 
My rock wool cubes have a 3/16 hole to place seeds. Seeds have already sprouted 1/4 in long tap. Should I cover my seedlings up, once placed in the rock wool?
Also, I ran my Deep Water Culture tote last night to check everything out and the rock wool was really wet. The water hoses are touching the cubes about 3/4 of the way down. I read that it is hard to over water with RW. Should I move the Hoses back?

I had 1/2 in long tap roots when i put my seeds in. I just cut the RW in half, put the seed in so the top of the seed was about 1/4 in below the top of the RW, and closed together, put it in the cups with hydroton and it worked very well for me.
 
hey guys question..

my air stones, air "bars" do not sit on the bottom of the resivor, they float around the irrigation hub, my question is does the water pump not get the oxygenated water if they arent on the bottom?

let me know or answer in my journal thanks

I always hooked my air tubes under the water pump to keep them stationary. Now that I have the water pump removed, i am planning on putting in some fishing weights. I need to go get some though, the one's i have are used...for fishing, probably very bad to put those into the tank.
 
I always hooked my air tubes under the water pump to keep them stationary. Now that I have the water pump removed, i am planning on putting in some fishing weights. I need to go get some though, the one's i have are used...for fishing, probably very bad to put those into the tank.

thanks joe!

yeah i have two bars that i tried hooking under the water pump but they just dont fit. one has suction cups (that dont work) and the other one has plastic stands along the whole thing. one is 12" and one is 18"...they are both submerged but my concern is taht the water pump isnt getting the bubbles from the water because they are above the pump?
Or am i just crazy? Yall tell me :)
 
Sam, I am using the SH system but no more of there nutes. I used at the end of my last grow and using now biotanicare CS17. I have the grow, bloom and ripe. I am doing it by the instructions but maybe they are crappy nutes. I had huge roots last time. My roots where longer then this I think after three weeks last time. I have a good amount of them though. They ate about a 1/2 gallon of water overnight. I fixed the PH today so we will see what they eat tonight. I might change to ripe I am using the bloom now for transition.

Any suggestions?

Sam and MC,
As far as the PH meter, isn't a good one about $150? I don't want to spend that but you said you paid like 45 and don't mind replacing it. I was confused if I am right on the good ones price. Is there any such thing as a good one? I will have to get one in the next few days I would imagine. What does PH 200 mean?

Bigdeal thanks for the input as well.

Is this the same problem with cheap TDS meters?
 
thanks joe!

yeah i have two bars that i tried hooking under the water pump but they just dont fit. one has suction cups (that dont work) and the other one has plastic stands along the whole thing. one is 12" and one is 18"...they are both submerged but my concern is taht the water pump isnt getting the bubbles from the water because they are above the pump?
Or am i just crazy? Yall tell me :)

I can't say whether you're crazy or not, that may be the case, but... As long as the stones are in the water putting out lots of bubbles it doesn't really matter where they are. You may want to add weights as someone else suggested just to keep them stationary.
 
hey guys question..

my air stones, air "bars" do not sit on the bottom of the resivor, they float around the irrigation hub, my question is does the water pump not get the oxygenated water if they arent on the bottom?

let me know or answer in my journal thanks

Roseman always suggest tiny fishing weights. n his tutorial he said tie tiny fishing weights to the airstones. I am lucky in this area mine stay down.
:peacetwo:
 
Roseman always suggest tiny fishing weights. n his tutorial he said tie tiny fishing weights to the airstones. I am lucky in this area mine stay down.
:peacetwo:

the one i got from SH sunk to the bottom BUT earlier this day the fricken thing broke into like 7 pieces! (a week to this day!!) ugh right...well me and my gf went out and got two air bars and another air pump, but they dont sink, so TAKE THAT broken air stone...lol thanks guys
 
the one i got from SH sunk to the bottom BUT earlier this day the fricken thing broke into like 7 pieces! (a week to this day!!) ugh right...well me and my gf went out and got two air bars and another air pump, but they dont sink, so TAKE THAT broken air stone...lol thanks guys

After sh I bought the two long blue ones from walmart in fish supply and they sink too. I have seen on this site other peoples going up not sure why. I am not sure what I did with the first airstone but it lasted whole grow. I may have tossed it instead of cleaning it since that is about the only thing that is cheap and the tubes.:grinjoint:
 
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