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Ok I saved some seeds from the first batch I made, didn't think they'd germinate but they are sprouting now! Right now I don't even know whether the plant(s) I have are "determinate" or "indeterminate". Anyway excitingly looking forward to plant my fist tomatoes. (I just recently extended my...

I repotted now into Hydro (Hempy Buckets) anyway since I want to keep my greenhouse soil free. Even if there's a chance they won't grow any larger.  I also started to save some seeds, had to learn about this. Will see how it goes. Those tomatoes taste awesome, very aromatic and tangy

Brilliant idea with the seeds! I will definitely save them and then plant some more from seed! (When I have the seeds I would without a heartbeat send some to whoever wants some..there is just a problem, Spanish mail is insanely expensive. But I can look into that)   Yes I am pretty sure they...

I got me those two pots with what seems cherry tomatoes. The plants are very short and dense and bushy. Some red tomatoes are actually hidden inside the dense bush of leaves.   My question is do I need to repot them?   They are still in the same container I got them from the garden store, but...

  I like those! Seem pretty similar as the Hempy Bucket setup I have, principle seems to be the same, "internal" reservoir at the bottom. You can also make this into a passive Hydro system (like Hempy Buckets), except that you use Perlite/Vermiculite and instead of water some hydro nutrients.  ...

"Best" is a very vague term...but I'd personally swear by LED lights and would not use anything else.   I started my growing hobby with two "blurple" MarsHydro "300W" lights, each was €95 shipped. These are affordable starter lights and while they're likely very "meh" for plants with very high...

The prob with the MH lights is also that you will have a hard time to even get data for the LEDs. They use 5 different so called "5W" lights, two types of blues, two types of reds and white, each is driven at about 1.5W (now referring to the so called "300W" lights). Each type outputs different...

Xpur, I don't know what calculations you are using there, but there is something VERY important missing.   Calculating PPFD makes only sense if you take the growing size/space into account. A statement like "the older marshydro put out 483 PPFD" doesn't make any sense (sorry) if you don't...

The "blurple" LED lights with the so called "5W" LEDs (cough, cough) are really outdated tech...and while I had a Marshydro myself, it didn't last too long here in Spanish hot conditions. After 6 months LEDs started to go out and I had replacements shipped from fricking Shenzen, China and had to...

Started out with one bar that had 4xCXB3590s, 36V, 3500K, CD bin on a Meanwell 240W 1750mA driver. That light was nice but it restricted my growing area somewhat to 1.20x0.60m (4x2'). That light bar, including the lenses and shipping the COBs from Kingbrite cost me about €400.   However, I got...

+1 for http://www.semillas.de/shop_en/index.html   Not the most beautiful site, but he has an amazing selection and good prices. There is a vendor thread about him here somewhere with all positive reviews.   Lol, tight now he has 790 (seven-hundred-fricking-ninety) pepper varietes and 144 tomato...

Yes clearly gnats, but I didn't know they also appear with Hydro setups. Do you have other plants with soil as well? This is where fungus gnats usually put their eggs.

Every time I repot plants, I add some root stimulator to the first watering right after repotting. I can't "prove" it but I swear that root stim helps them after repotting.   When small plants are in rock wool, and as in my case you grow in perlite/vermiculite, re-potting is even easier. The...

I am still relatively new to topping, pruning, but here is what I learned the last few days:   Topping (and I assume pruning too) can be essential depending how and where you grow.   Here is an example of a newbie mistake I made, I grew those from seed under 3500K LED COBs, in a Hydro setup...

  I have never seen a grower who runs those 36V COBs higher than 1750mA, even if "in theory" they CAN indeed run at much higher amps. Most actually run them at 1400mA which makes for about 50W per COB.   This is also about EFFICIENCY and heat and life span. The CREE COBs gain more efficiency...

This is with my "Hempy Bucket" grow: They are growing INSANELY, I just had to order a second grow light to expand my growing area... (Jalepenos and Serranos). Every day I have to up my light a few notches, growing almost too tall for my taste...  

You have Ants BECAUSE you have aphids. They form a symbiotic relationship since the ants are literally nursing the aphids, for their howney dew.   Fortunately, aphids are one of the easier pests to get rid off!   What I do: Mix insecticidal soap (sometimes also called potassium soap) 2% with...

Don't guess, get a mini microscope from ebay etc..so you KNOW whether you have mites or not, rather than guessing.

I am thinking about ordering from him EVERY SINGLE DAY (the cool thing is I am in Spain too), but he has so many varieties it's almost overwhelming to chose :) I am about to expand my growing area, right now I don't even have space. But getting some seeds from him is next on my list...   It...

you driving your CXBs at the full 1400mA, and at what distance do you have your lights?   re: expanding my grow area to 1.20 x 1.10m, I am looking into a second bar and will convert my current 4x into 2x bars with 3 COBs each. So I will end up with 2x 3xCXB3590. (The two bars will be connected...