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Hi, hoping a few of you pros can help me with this. I used the sonoff timer that came with my light, realized the design flaw of last state resuming and planned accordingly but made a mistake last night - loadshedding ended after 2 hours and the resume state was on when the plants should already have been sleeping. Is there a digital timer out there that is recommended? that checks the required state before turning on or off? I've looked around but can't always find if that's the case for each model. any help massively appreciated! wing

man that slurricane cross was a thing of beauty

thanks man, was built to keep some bonsai mums so I guess we'll just see how that turns out. More learning curves.

Finished up a box for the clones. The fans are pwm so I attached a controller and turned them down to half speed or less. When I'm happy with the config of the room I can vent directly into the grow space and from there to outside via the extractor. No heat mats or humidity sensors, the ambient temp in the room doesn't go much below 18C so hoping those won't be necessary.

yewwww! nice looking plants and extra nice room man can see a lot of work has gone into that. what are those spot light things?

In short, concentrates can be mixed but it must be done with caution and tested on samples first. Which I think is sensible advice to those of us who wish to look further into simplifying spray regimes.

I thought this paragraph from happyharvest was also worth adding: Compatibility BioGrow Bioneem is compatible with most fungicides, insecticides and fertilisers. Physical compatibility should first be checked by using the current blends of products in a small test jar. Growers should then test tank mix combos for phytotoxicity on a sample of the plant or crops prior to use. Do not mix with oxidising agents such as bleach or hydrogen peroxide. Avoid mixing with strong acids and bases as they will disrupt the product. For max effectiveness use spray solutions within a few hours of mixing. Do not store diluted solution for later use. Neem is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Shake well before use. Bioneem does not have an instant knockdown effect taking 3-7 days for death to occur. Due to the anti feedent effect, damage is reduced almost immediately. Apply in early to mid-morning or late afternoon. Do not apply in temperatures above 30°C. Active Ingredient By mass Azadirachtin 1.5g/ℓ Reg. no. L6958 Act 36 of 1947 Bioneem is an emulsifiable concentrate.

I was not trying to change your mind on your protocols it was not directed at you it was a continuation of the thread. I thought it was worth putting a link in so other people with the same question can get some opinions from the makers of the actual products and add that to the pool of information they use to make their own informed decisions. If you feel they are spreading any kind of disinformation or have an issue with their content I encourage you to contact them directly and set them straight.

very nice man!

turns out biogrow has some info on their website. It's a bit long for copy and paste so here's the link. https://biogrow.co.za/garden-spray-programme/

tks man

and a fungicide to that mix of neem and worm

Hi, In your IPM do you stack solutions or do one at a time? I know certain things shouldn't be mixed together but if I want to neem and do a MRoberts bio worm can I put them in the same bottle for application? Also, if anybody knows common bio controls that should not be mixed would you mind sharing that? thanks! wing

Meant to say, the pots are in that config because I was going to ditch the bruce banner (far left) so the dice 5 seemed a better config. Of course the mighty bruce bounced back from the leaf burn so I left him in there.

No. I sent leonled a mail but no response. very disappointing. Howzit, I've got one of your 550W 561C lights, the 75 x 115 version. I just wanted to ask a couple of questions because I couldn't find anything on the site. - How do you get the 500W out of the 48V/10A power supply? Is it overclocked? - Do you have any ppfd maps for this light? I have it in a 100 x 170cm space, over a meter above some clones and am going to start lowering it to find the right distance but ppfd info would be super helpful. I see it can be dimmed to 50% so need to decide if that'll work for veg too.

Apologies! The boy got sick so all life outside of him came to a bit of a standstill. He's better now, out of the hospital and life is back to normal... or whatever it is we call normal these days. Been a bit hectic and I'm unfortunately very slow when it comes to making stuff but I did manage to get some things done and the girls are still alive so... not ideal but not a total loss Missed some IPM with all the goings on. Also struggled a bit with light height: I dropped it to 100cm and burnt the tops then realized my house cleaner had moved the dehumidifier under the air intakes of the space so I think the damage was also from the dry air running over the tops of the plants. Lights at 115cm and I'm still getting some tiny leaf curls on the new growth. This is worrying. The light is at almost full height already! I was going to flip them to 12:12 this evening. I put the sticky traps in because gnats suddenly appeared in my outside garden pots. Found a few on the traps a few days later. Also what appears to be mite bites on some of the Glue leaves and that's the plant I was most interested in growing so that's annoying. They, and the rest of the garden pots outside, got a dose of efekto insect control last night. 2ml/L. Looks like mite damage on the glue leaves but I couldn't for the life of me find any mites. Will spray neudosan next I think: I see 10ml/L is the recommendation on this forum so that's what I'll go for, 20 minutes before lights out so I don't stack a mist on top of lights out, then fan up to half speed until RH gets to mid 60's.

Dropped the light till the ppfd showed around 650 on the PPFD Meter app I know, it's an app but it's all I've got. It's now a metre above the tops of the plants.

Thanks Prom, my knowledge is still heavily influenced by a book I bought around '95 or so: Mel Franks Growers Insiders Guide. I seem to remember him saying a perfect grow will get you maybe 10% stronger smoke than if you did an average grow so I've always gone off of that. The book is still relevant however, it's incredible how little is dedicated to curing. A few sentences really and the advice is literally: leave curing to tobacco farmers

awesome. thanks for the input. I don't know what half those things are or rather, I've read of them but I haven't put the time in yet. Will do that when I get a chance. Last time I grew indoors it was a 1000w hps, a single fan, no extraction just the door open, regular feed not cannabis specific, and the walls were painted black. Grew some very fine weed in those conditions. Not sexy weed but got me very caned! I wonder how much difference in potency a perfect grow makes. Terps, flavinoids etc I understand, growing conditions are essential but potency?

all good thanks, got the extraction fan arriving tomorrow so I can close the doors. doing some electrics today but other than that it's good to go. I'm looking forward to closing the doors the room is unusable with the doors open and such strong lights. I'll update soon as I have it fixed up better!

you were right about this, I didn't realise how much heat the led array and driver gave off. And with the solid roof and walls and foam over the floorboards it's pretty well insulated compared to a tent so it won't get too cold. I'll definitely move the driver out the space for summer tho.

Thanks so light's good for the space i'm happy about that.

Thanks man will do that then. I'm worried I'm low on light for the full length of the space but I guess we will see!

Hello everyone, My space is mostly sorted now just the extraction fan and ducting to put in and a bit of wiring. I'm hoping this diary I can ask me some questions and get me some answers.... even if it's 3 different answers from 3 different people It's been a while since I grew indoors and I've never grown under led. I've tried not to get too caught up in the deep dive and get this thing sorted before putting plants in but some clones became available so at the minute the grow doors are open and a fan is circulating air. I have a dehumidifier that is keeping the RH acceptable. Temp not an issue yet. I still have a lot of finishing up to do but they're in veg so I got a bit of time. Herewith the details! Space: 1m x 1.7m x 2.2m high Extraction: 6" with speed controller Passive intakes - 3 x 6" Temp: oil heater hooked up to a TH16 Light: 550w bar light with the 561 diodes (75cm X 115cm ). It has a sonoff timer and a power supply that can be dimmed with a screwdriver. Currently on full whack and 130cm from the plant tops as I just put the clones in there and I didn't want to freak them out. Strains: Blueberry Hashplant / Bruce Banner / Mandarin Mints / Pineapple Express / Super Cheese / Gorilla Glue I was only going to do two strains, a head and a body stone, but got a bit carried away and got 6 different strains in the end. Planned to grow 4 plants but got an extra two in case I cocked something up. It's been known to happen. I also didn't match the growing properties because I didn't know the details for each strain but I did recognise a few names and know I've got some tall ones in there so this could get interesting. They're still in 1L pots, was going to pot into 20L final containers today / tomorrow IPM so far: Yesterday: Neem spray (1ml / litre) Tomorrow: Margaret Roberts Worm (1 leaf a caterpillar had munched on. No sign of the caterpillar. Friday: Coppersoap if I can remember to buy it Nutes: Biogrow / Biobloom / Root Juice Microbes: Biocult Mycorrhizae at transplant Soil: FF, the green bag Water: So far rain water with ph up. Going forward either rain water or tap water left for a day and ph down. OK I think that's all except I should probably put a pic up. Let me do that now... My first questions: 1 - Does everybody put into the final container or do you pot up again? I was going to go to 4L containers and then into the 20L grow bags but now I'm thinking I ight put them straight into final container so the can get over transplant, then top them. 2 - Is 20L too big? I have 15L soil in each container at the moment resting. 3 - I had planned 4 plants. Is 6 doable in this space if all the clones survive my heavy hands? Thanks everyone, looking forward to this. wing

ok thanks, I thought with the single phase motors just a pot wasn'r recommended. Seems to be a bit of info on both sides as to simple dimmers but I'll have a looksee