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*GreenPassion* · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 12:29 AM

Please take your time and think out your answers, a reply that isnt well thought out, or based on facts, just can not be used.

I'm sorry if I sound harsh, I'm not trying to be. I am just trying to push you guys to deliver the quality answers I know that you are capable of.

So, how do you flower?

MrLizard27 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 12:35 AM

Honestly All I did was put the lights to 12/12 and start using bloom food. Observations
The ones started from clones flowered in a few days.
The ones started from seed took a couple of weeks before they started to flower.
This is my first time around and I really did not do anything elaborate. I used the same 400wt HPS that I vegged with. I had to stake one of the girls cuz her top was making her bow.

Mogie · #3 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 01:00 AM

That is all I do too.

StillSmoking · #4 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 02:15 AM

After a month of Veging.I flick over to 12/12 under a 600watt light and have the light 450mm away from the top of my girl.
I have my girl in a 20lt pot that drains at the bottom into another 20ltr pot that drains outside.I grow in CANNA COCO.
I put 7 litres of water through my girl a day when flowering. People have said im nuts but,but i have a big bushy girl that growing up fast. The excess just drains off.The first water of the day i water around the trunk of the plant. The second water of the day, I water i put around the outer edges of the pot. Seems to work well and get those little roots moving outward pretty quick.But the most important thing is to get your Nutrient and ph correct. I use a nutrient that is made in Perth Western Australia its called GT COCO. Its made by GROTH TECHNOLOGY and there is no probs getting a regular supply. I really like the stuff Has made my girl health and strong.
I have a great deal of fresh air coming into the room via 2 pretty strong intake fans I also run a carbon filter on my extractor fan.I have 3 osilating fans moving the air around the room.One fan at the base.One between the plant and the light and one blowing air around the top of the room.and i use CO2 powder= Corbon Dioxide in powder form at the base of my plant every day. To turn the powder into CO2 gas, I just add water. All this is sealed in an air tight room which remains at 50 degrees C.
Nothing comes in or out unless i want it to.
Below is my new Carbon filter that will be going in next month.

*GreenPassion* · #5 (**permalink**) 10-04-2007, 04:54 AM

What is co2 powder?

Pappy · #6 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 09:37 AM

Where can I get more info on CO2 powder?

*GreenPassion* · #7 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 10:02 AM

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 spoon of dry active yeast (for baking bread)
First boil the water, (this will ensure clean water) remove from the heat and add the sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves. Let cool until water is room temperature (if you don't let it cool down it won't work).

After the sugar water has cooled, float the piece of toast on top of the water. Now, empty the tablespoon of yeast over the toast. After a few days, the yeast will take over the toast and start making bubbles (CO2) in the bucket. After a week, the amount of bubbling (CO2) will increase.

Keep the lid airtight on the bucket. CO2 travels up the dispersion tubing, and due to it being heavier than air, falls directly onto your plants. Timing your exhaust, is essential in maintaining an effective level of CO2.

StillSmoking · #8 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pappy

Where can I get more info on CO2 powder?

Dry ice is solid CO2 that is made by compressing the gas until it "freezes" into a solid mass. CO2 is a rather unique substance in that it goes directly from a solid to a gas, which means that you can simply set a block of dry ice in your growing environment and it will slowly "boil" off CO2 gas.

One pound of dry ice is equal to one pound of liquid CO2 (bottled). One Pound of either is equal to 8.7 cu. ft. of gas.

If you drip vinegar onto backing soda you will produce CO2 as well.

ClosetDWC · #9 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 05:26 PM

How I Flower.
When the plants are large enough (I use DWC and veg for 1 month soil mabey 6 weeks for me) in my DWC when im ready, i switch the lighting over while still using Grow nutrients for about 3-5 days then I use clean mountain spring water with no nutes for 1-2 days then finally ill use my bloom nutes at 1/4 scale at first and gradually raising it to full strength over the course of 2 weeks after i have them at full strength bloom nutes i start using a lock out nute such as Advanced nutes Bud blaster this will help speed up the transition if you are growing from seeds after about 2 weeks with the lock out nutes i will resume with just bloom nutes untill the final 3 weeks on the 3 weeks to go mark i use not only my hps but will also use a metal halide and start with the lock out nutes again right up untill 3 days before harvest i do a pure mountain spring water only flush and thats the end of the story im sure How Do You cure is another section anyways !

#10 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 05:56 PM

when the days get shorter around march normally the light gets less and i ill change the nuits to some flower solution, thats if i am even giving them nuits.
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