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Happy New Year Everyone.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread - I hope to see some more useful growing tips/information in the new year.

If you have any questions feel free to post here and maybe myself or someone can help out.
Good vibes to all in 2016!

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Originally Posted by trichrider

mosquito dunks.
put in doubled baggies, smash with hammer (or use coffee grinder) till powder.
transfer to cheese shaker (get with cheese at grocers, it's like a big salt shaker).
now you can shake dunk powder around the bottom of stem quickly and easily.

Another little trick I read about the dunks is to put it in a clean sock and throw it in res, the sock is so none of the particles from the dunk get into any tubing or feed lines.

I like the cheese shaken idea as well that's awesome. Ever since I started using dunks a couple weeks ago my gnat population has been significantly reduced. There's still a few but I'll keep at it.

[Snook]

another good tip: read up on the PPK, haven't had a gnat since.

[oldbean]

High all

Great thread, here's my tip...

Keep lights off temperatures high or as close to lights on temperatures as possible like lights off 22c lights on 25c and watch those buds swell lol

Peace

[whythefnot]

Originally Posted by oldbean

High all

Great thread, here's my tip...

Keep lights off temperatures high or as close to lights on temperatures as possible like lights off 22c lights on 25c and watch those buds swell lol

Peace

Do you care to elaborate on why the conventional wisdom that lights off temps should be 3 - 5 deg C (5 - 10 F) lower than lights on is wrong? I'd love to put this to practice, but your one statement isn't really enough for me to go by.

[bigganjabud]

2 pumps in my res one for recirculation one for Fluming so I use flume pump and a length of 13mm garden hose to empty my res on change days

(if you've read this whole thread YES I HAVE A FAIR FEW PUMPS AROUND ME LOL)

[budsnblunts]

Originally Posted by whythefnot

Do you care to elaborate on why the conventional wisdom that lights off temps should be 3 - 5 deg C (5 - 10 F) lower than lights on is wrong? I'd love to put this to practice, but your one statement isn't really enough for me to go by.

Well, my presumption about that would be this. Temperatures get colder at nights and warmer during the day. Adapting and mimicking this surely would help the plants process and transition. Just as cutting a light cycle down from 24 hours on to 20-4 hours and so fourth to reduce the stretch on your way to bud. When growing indoors, all we try to do is replicate as much of the outside as possible. But that was a presumption using my common sense. I could be wrong.

[bigganjabud]

Eitherway your still gonna get stretch mate your only reducing the stress of flowering by easing them into the shorter days!!

I've tried it both ways on strains before really no difference imo but horses for courses bro

Good luck whatever you do tho mate keep a diary and let's see your practical

[budsnblunts]

Originally Posted by bigganjabud

Eitherway your still gonna get stretch mate your only reducing the stress of flowering by easing them into the shorter days!!

I've tried it both ways on strains before really no difference imo but horses for courses bro

Good luck whatever you do tho mate keep a diary and let's see your practical

Hey man that post was more directed at the temperature drops between night and day to increase yield rather then anything to do with stretch. Probably should have elaborated on that a little more sorry. The light cycle was just a poor example of mine (I seem to be pretty shit at examples lol).

[bigganjabud]

Originally Posted by budsnblunts

Hey man that post was more directed at the temperature drops between night and day to increase yield rather then anything to do with stretch. Probably should have elaborated on that a little more sorry. The light cycle was just a poor example of mine (I seem to be pretty shit at examples lol).

My apologies man!!

Hope you keep them Temps as close to guide lines as possible tho man they're guidelines for a reason lol too much heat were talking banana pods and foxtailing
Not enough and it's autumn colours as a warning and much lower than that we talking near death either end of the road yield extinguishing problems

And a whole load of unnecessary stress!!

Just my 2pence emphasising your point!!