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Wow...it's been a long time since I did an update so here goes.   We moved the plants outside about 2 weeks ago and starting planting them into pots and in dirt on the farm.  We currently have about half of the plants in dirt that are going on the farm and I have about 25 planted at the house...

   We've been lucky and had great germination rates on all of the Borg seeds we had. The bleeding pheno, non-true type Borg 9 popped at 4 out of 5 and the real red and chocolate Borg seeds germinated at 100%. The true seeds came direct from the UK and were very fresh. They all popped within...

Thanks. I finally took all of the tents down and have the hydro plants loving the "open" air they're getting in the grow room. I changed out the reservoirs last night so they all have a fresh batch of nutrients to feast on for a few days. Hopefully I'll have time to snap some pictures...

Update:   We've had great weather lately so we've been moving the older plants outside in order to get them exposed to the great outdoors.  We start and work in 2 hour increments so it will be a slow process but well worth it.  Within a few weeks these plants will find permanent homes outside.  ...

I've used NFTG for a few grows and it's really good stuff. We use the entire line, including bloom khaos and we've always had great results. Each piece has calcium in it so when using this stuff it's very hard to get calcium and magnesium issues. I wouldn't run it in a recirculating system...

Buy a cheap Crest battery operated toothbrush.  Turn on the brush and use the backside to rub the areas around the flowers and nearby nodes.  It's a great way to promote pollination and works very well for only a few bucks.  That device is nothing more than a toothbrush with no bristles.  Tomato...

We use CO2 injection systems designed for greenhouses and grow rooms. Our system uses 20lb tanks that have Titan Controls solenoids on them and are controlled to bring the CO2 level up to 1000PPM to 1500PPM depending on the size and maturity of the plants It's only running while the lights are...

  Thanks!  I appreciate you stopping in to say that and I hope you stay around for future updates. 

Here's a quick update for you guys that are interested.     The hydro plants have grown quite alot in the last few days.  We started using our CO2 injection system again and that along with higher temperatures in the room have made things really move.  We have Aleppos starting to ripen and...

  Thanks!  We really focused hard on bringing some of the rare breeds to the masses this year.  We're going to offer limited amounts of some types like the Borg 9 and others that are hard to come by at some point in the season, we just haven't determined how much or when we'll release some of...

  We're loving the P86 pots.  We have the P86D trays as well that have 18 pockets to hold the plants in place, but I'm not using them yet because they're not necessary.  Once they get a little bigger we'll start securing them in the pocket trays.  We have labels on the side of each pot because I...

Thanks! Our hydro systems are fed with Canna Aqua nutrients. The only additives we use are Boost and PK 13/14 at certain stages. We use RO water so Cal/Mag is also added. We used GH Floranova and its additives for quite a while and we had great results. The Canna line just has a better base...

Introduction:   Now that things have finally slowed down for a few weeks it's time for me to get my 2015 grow log going.  We had a great year in 2014 and spent a lot of time over the winter upgrading our indoor space and searching out some of the rarest superhots being grown today.  We're...

  I hope this helps.  Advanced Lighting Tech has SPD charts for both the 3100k (930) and 4200k (942) CDM-T Elite bulbs.  You can pull spec sheets from Phillips as well, but they don't contain any pretty graphs.   The Phillips ballast can be run in either 210w or 315w mode.  We operate ours in...

Great looking plants man!  The weather in Charleston has been horrible lately, way too cold for this time of year.  Every time I plan on moving some of the older plants outside the weather goes south and messes up my day.     I couldn't agree more about T5s and fluorescents.  Some people have...

  I've been following that one, along with Rives CMH 315w only thread as well.  When we started looking at CMH lights there wasn't a whole lot of information on them so luckily I found those guys that were able to give me some advice.  Not many people are using these lights for peppers so Rives...

  I tried ordering the ballasts through them but he didn't respond until about 2 weeks after we found another distributor.  It seems that he is hit or miss when it comes to customer service and I didn't want to send someone that kind of money without talking to him first.  There is quite a few...

  It's very short compared to what we saw when we started using the 600W systems.  We never see ourselves going back to HPS/MH setups.  The electricity savings are nice, but more importantly the HVAC costs have gown down because these lights just don't generate that much heat.  We use our...

Thanks! The reduced operating costs were enough to make me happy but the plants love the new lights. We're adding 6 more by May once the new building gets finished.