Thanx for the input!

I thought that a part of the reason for vinegar was to neutralize any bleach residue left behind after rinsing? It seems I remember reading something to that effect a while back...

Happy!

Hey Happy,

Totally disagree with bleach. First off, it corrodes stainless i.e. chiller or wort chiller. Second, using vinegar to neutralize bleach creates some even nastier stuff i.e. hypochlorus acid or worst case chlorine gas.

H2O2 is good but they are keeping a closer eye on high %'s because that is was what was used in Boston bombings

My suggestion is to head to your local homebrew store. I use PBW (powdered brewery wash). Has been around forever. I believe Coors helped in it's formation. I would bet they have it. If it's good enough for the Silver Bullet, it's good enough for me

RKY

Yea, I did a little search and saw that it wouldn't be good......

Thanx for the heads-up!

Happy

I used salt clearing agents like clear-ex when I ran hydro. works pretty well and is safe for your res and anything that may be in it.

I've used diluted bleach for cleaning 5gal dwc buckets and even hydroton but peroxide works and they even make some enzymatic cleaners designed for hydroponic systems.

Finally I have got the 2nd half dried and in jars!!! 4 1/2 Half gallon jars....

Total dried weight came out to be 484.... 281 from 1st batch, 203 from 2nd... It might have been a little more, except I found a recipe for Green Dragon and I got a new set of bubble bags....so I maybe pushed a little more to the trim pile than I would have otherwise...hahaha

So....SME was right...again...lol You stated that a first time grower does very well to hit .5g/w. The grow was not without issues, and there is no doubt that my inexperience cost me some.....I did not hit .5 Rough calcs indicate I got just around .4....but I want to confirm total watts from specs..

On to the next one.....soon!

Happy!

Ooooppppppssssssss..........

Meant to throw up a pic ....

Very nice...

Final conclusions regarding your light and smoke report?

We'll help on the next one too but you'll need less of it.

I have no experience with anything but LED...and even that is pretty limited. All things considered, I'm not sending the lights back!! LOL Considering the lights were new to me, the system was new to me....everything was new to me...so I screwed up a lot....but learned a lot!!

None of the issues can be blamed on the lights...except making the girls get too damn big...hahaha

I'm glad I split my harvest/dry/cure into 2 batches....the first one I was nervous, but did ok....smoke is pretty smooth and does the job it is supposed to...but doesn't have a strong aroma or taste. Second batch I think I got closer....stronger aroma and taste, still smooth, and seems to do the job a toke or two sooner... I WILL be in the HappyWeedz for quite a while!!!

I got a few of the "killer" buds from some tops, but most were smaller than what I hoped for, but I blame that on them stretching so tall and falling over for the last few weeks of life....

I had 1020 watts of California LightWorks with one of my 357 Magnums hanging over the end...which really came in handy...because when they fell over, a lot would have been in the shadows if it weren't hanging there....

So I don't know what to use for a total watts... The 357 I think is about 180 draw(?), but only 1 watt diodes...

So if you count the Mag evenly with the CLWs for a total of 1200 watts, I got .4g/w....and adjusting it down would increase the ratio from there..but like RkyMtnMan, still no where near enough...hahaha It does give me something to shoot for, shatter, and go beyond!!! Hoping that will be easy with what I have learned and the guidance I might get...

I am re-hanging lights and re-assembling my Aeroflo tonight!!! So I'm gonna be around for a while...if you'll have me...

Happy!

Good Job!

Peace out,

GR