Tip 1] Grow Light/Lamps

Lamps can greatly lose lumen output over the course of 9 months to a year. In fact, they usually depreciate in lumen output by 30% over this time frame. This means that you will get 30% less yield from your marijuana plants but it is costing you the same amount of electric to run them. It is therefore a false economy to run old lights/lamps.

Tip 2] Seedlings and rockwool

When using rockwool to raise or start marijuana seedlings; make a stock solution using your grow nutrient or similar to a TDS/CF reading of 10-12 then pH adjust that stock solution down to 5.5 pH. Decant this solution into a bottle so you can feed this to the rockwool as and when needed. Shake bottle well before sprinkling. Do not over soak or let rockwool sit in a puddle of nutrient.

Tip 3] Grow Medium

Don't know what medium to use? Then feel free to contact us [no obligation] to talk to one of our specially trained staff to explain the different applications for the different grow media.

Tip 4] Don't over do it

Less is best; the name of the game in hydroponics is to never over do it. i.e. DON'T: over feed/fertilze them, over light them [within reason], under do it and you'll get a result, over do it and problems will happen.

Tip 5] Lighting

Typically the more light you give the cannabis plant , the better the yield will be. Double the lux, double the yield. Approximate coverage with:

• 400W is 1 m² : 5 to 10 marijuana plants
• 600W is 1.5m² : 7 to 14 marijuana plants
• 1000W is 2 m² : 15 to 20 marijuana plants

Tip 6] The night cycle

During the night cycle, make sure the marijuana plants are kept in complete darkness especially during the fruiting and flowering stage. Any light can slow or even put a stop on this process. So go in there at night and make sure no light is visible - even LED's can upset this process.

Tip 7] Light movers

When employing a light mover it is strongly recommended that you use either 1000W or 600W lights. A 400W or 250W will under light the environment when the light is tracking back and forth over a distance of 6 feet. We recommend a 1000W when using a light mover.

Tip 8] Noise

The LTI/RVK extraction motors are completely silent however the airflow is not. If noise is a problem then stick one carbon filter on one end of the extractor and a silencer on the other end and hey presto one noiseless extraction unit which is also odor free.

Tip 9] Water temperature

With water heaters they are only to be used in environments that are very cold. You are not meant to heat the water, just remove the chill from it. i.e. the water would still seem colder than it would hotter. Feeding your marijuana plants warm water is more detrimental than feeding them cold water.

Tip 10] Digital meters

Calibrate your digital pH and cf meters regularly. Using buffer 4 and buffer 7 for your pH meters and conductivity standard for your cf meter. Without regular calibrating, these meters could be out of skew, and a wrong reading can make a lot of difference.

Tip 11] Planting seedlings

Do not plant young cannabis plants into systems unless they are showing good root development. If no roots are showing wait till there is before transplanting to your system. If you plant too soon, the rootball becomes saturated and this prohibits the marijuana plant's growth.

Tip 12] pH up & pH down [warning]

Never ever mix pH up and pH down together directly in a concentrate. This stuff is very dangerous and needs to be handled with care. Use one pipette for each job and color code the pipette to the bottle.