GreenGalaxyFarm

healthy, beautiful plants. good work

2 hours ago, DesignatedDave said:

200AH deep cycle batteries are not worth it, they only have like 300 cycles at 50% deep cycle

if been checking into this, its closer to 750 cycles at 50%, depending on rate of recharge and heat around the battery.

seeing as the rate of recharge is set to rapid charge for most people as ls hits more than once a day i fully agree now that deep cycles are not worth it in the case of a grow room environment

only recommended as part of an initial system, as there are other components that add cost. you did same upgrading to lithium as funds are available im assuming

29 minutes ago, DesignatedDave said:

with Lithium Ion Batteries

preferably but, 200ah deep cycles still make sense to buy for a start

the issue is they musnt drop below 50 percent so running something like 2 200's go along way from my experience in telecommunications

did you run 105's?

34 minutes ago, Totemic said:

Consider running autos

i guess autos do have a place..good tip 'forgot' about them

12 minutes ago, SHiNi said:

Thanks bud appreciate the input I think I'll continue outdoors till eskom sort themselves out 

yeah i feel that, hope i didn't discourage you tried to give plusses for half indoor grow like i do.. outdoor is how south african do it tho best of luck on the grow. maybe do a thread on here for us to follow along. only thing about outdoor is that you risk losing harvest to theft

18 minutes ago, Bos said:

Large grasshoppers/locusts can do some serious damage. I've had medium sized plants in 20lt pots stripped of 70% foliage in the course of 2 days(locust). Certain butterfly larvae(worms) can also do a lot of damage.

not seeing anything related to pest now, there was a caterpillar on one weeks ago but he is sleeping now

with 5 dogs im sure they should be sufficient in scaring off cats. but something is up. ill try and find someway to get some scrap tyres to my place and do raised pots/beds. 

thanks for input tho guys. will take some experimentation

ok so dogs going after nutes, cats going after leaves is the theory. i can raise the plants on 3 or 4 tyres to solve the dog issue, and even if they eat some leaves ill consider it lollipopping. now to keep the cats of the tyres? bird spikes? 

if its a cat its not mine i dont do cats but they do like chilling on the boundary wall near my intended crop, weed doesn't grow well without fan leaves. in my head im still blaming the dog cause one of the 5 dug up a plant a used seagrosoil drench on so now im thinking they eat the seagro folair on leaves cant fkng win

for some reason fan leaves are disappearing on a daily basis, can only think some animal. we have guinea fowl dogs cats on the property
maybe linked to the foliar sprays

shot bro got bleach will put to good use

On 1/19/2023 at 12:10 PM, DesignatedDave said:

Top-Max

do we even know exactly what topmax is, sure can concoct your own recipe on a budget

cool so the seeds have arrived all of them plus 3 victory seeds freebies nice

is this bleach diluted? whats ipa stand for

hooked, took some more cuts, also comparing leaf trim vs untrimmed for the swazi(thin leaf) the other hybrid(fat leaf) comes from bag seed

yes im cloning under hps

and yes the photo quality could be better but im using an s3, like noah did

my bru! the second one shot roots out the jiffy today lol cant believe ive been sprouting seeds all this time

3 minutes ago, DesignatedDave said:

I'm about to replace my lead acid batteries in my UPS with Lithium Ion batteries. At this point I would just like to keep the extraction and fans going and hopefully that will help. The issue is when we get hit with 2x 4 hour load shedding schedules during a 12 hour period with only 4 hours of power in between. The UPS isn't able to charge the batteries up enough before the next load shedding hits.

 

i hear that, we work with backup batteries alot in telecommunications lithium definitely wins at faster charging

9 minutes ago, DesignatedDave said:

At this point, I'm even questioning the viability of growing indoor with the current stage 4 - 6 load shedding, the petrol cost to run 1800w of power for 4 hours just adds to the pain.

cant you run equipment(lights) dailed down to save on petrol

but what a legend, link a video to private youtube 

atleast we know now you really are dave

1 hour ago, Prom said:

Some small addons ^^

@Promlook here man thank you for the type out, appreciate it. will be following it closely with the addition of an extra transplant jiffy-solo-then 1.6-2.6(must still buy)-final pot 20l fabric/ or outside.

1 hour ago, TheLazyFisherman said:

You can foliar with seagro to get quick action

generally dont like to foliar with this stuff as its recommended dose leaves opaque residue on leaf. but the 1/2 dose didn't leave any so was good im going to keep feeding them foliar, so its half dose, i normally feed once a week my mothers, must i now feed twice as often the clones? or once and water foliar inbetween?

thanks brother,

yes the temp was slightly high but its hps and summer what can i do lol they might still make it tho, nice day today for rooting lol

ok so after transplant i do the indirect light to direct light things as well, no need for dark period immediately after?

i using seagro 53:7:17 how dilute would you go, 1/2 1/4 1/8th?

okay so your not doing myco as well then im not even convincedthat powder stuff even work maybe the liquid but amazon only comes in feb.

again, thanks.

im bringing this thread over from another forum if im honest, from their 104,547 members noone has answered a question to steer in right direction so taking it local and stopping using the us one.

so i was impatiently looking at the roots and thinking they are too exposed to light so i transplanted into a solo cup and moved to my second dome

parameters inside dome are

28c and 80 rh

its only been 4 hours so not sure how se will take it but hope for best