Growers Diaries

3x Papillon on a light mover

3 light Papillon system on a light mover

I have written a series of blogs testing the 315w Papillon in various setups, I really like the light it is without doubt one of the best grow lights ever made. The reason for doing various tests was to find out how to get the most from this amazing light.

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Compost tea with DEM

Making compost tea with DEM-Dragonfly Earth Medicine


Compost teas are a great way to supplement your living organic super soil, in this blog I will share with you my recipes for making teas for the veg and flower cycles, all ingredients are organic and will help you produce the best smelling and tasting flowers you will ever grow.

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OPTICLIMATE PRO 3

OPTICLIMATE PRO 3 - Why Spend £3000?

  When growing with a closed loop system it is very important to make sure you have a fully air tight seal on your room, when I build my grow rooms I always build a room within a room using 3x2 timber and plasterboard with an MDF ceiling (to make fixing lights easier) and every joint and gap is filled with either expanding foam or caulk.   After the room is built and I have an air tight room I then line the walls with ORCA grow film this is the best reflective material on the market!!! Yes it’s more expensive than black and white but you get what you pay for and you will see the difference in your yield

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Dragonfly Earth Medicine

Dragonfly Earth Medicine - living organic super soil


Do you want good yields of amazing tasting flowers? Then read this blog as I’m about to change the way you grow forever and give you all the information you need to produce the best smelling and tasting flowers you will ever grow!

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D-Papillon - plasma killer

D-Papillon AKA the plasma killer


Due to hearing nothing but good things about this light from various sources I decided to give it a test, I will be testing these lights in various setups to see exactly how it performs and more importantly the quality of the flowers it can produce.

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Aeroponics

Aeroponics

If you want to grow quicker plants then take a look at Aeroponics.Aeroponics is so simple, it’s basically a process of growing in air with a fine mist being sprayed directly to the roots.

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Growing in warm weather

Top tips for growing in warm weather

 


Nutriculture Grow Systems top tips for growing in warm weather: Keeping a room cooler is so much easier, if you’ve got good headroom. Whilst it’s not always possible, we’d suggest around 6ft or higher is the space you should be looking for. This will allow for increased air movement and enable better temperature control.

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Bloom Quality Nutrients

 Bloom- Good Quality Nutrients..


The important thing to remember with growing is that you need to learn what the plant needs rather than just doing as the chart says, charts should be used as a guideline and a point of reference.

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Light Intensity

Light Intensity - Maximising your light

 Every grower at some point has asked the question “how close do I keep the light to my plant” the closer you can get it the bigger the yield will be but we have to take into account that if we mount the light to close to the plant this will cause burn to the flowers and leaves.

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