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I resonate with a lot in this comment, been through rolling blackouts at -5 and total crop failure multiple times. People don’t understand the risk/reward input/output farmers have, but for some reason it’s still compelling!

Those barriana lights have to be directly above the plants, a few inches otherwise they just don’t put out enough light to make any meaningful difference, although the new ones are better than the old ones I can run them about a foot over the plants and I get 150 ppfd over a 4x4’ area. You would be better off, looking into sodium halide or HID depending on what you wanna grow they’re probably just as efficient and just a little more expensive but can cover a 10 x 10 area pretty easily

@ my greenhouse is only like 7 fee high so idk if that would be too close for those bigger lights. Most people have them way far away from their crops in those tall greenhouses

It depends, for starters you can only do what you can do, but generally 10 hours of 300 is good, but a mixture of 150 ppfd for 16-18 hours will get you some descent growth too. Hope this helps!

Do you think your Amazon lights are working for growth? if so, which ones are they? I live in eastern North Carolina. I have some Rex and Muir that is seven weeks old only about the size of a golf ball. kind of interested now in what you said about the CO2

Whats the day/night time temp? What do the roots look like? Are you just using natural light? If its natural light things will pick up soon for us. I am in NC to and we just went over 10 hours of daylight which makes a huge difference!

I’ll bet your right 👍

Hey I just setup rafts on a 4 blocks and spray it with a pressure washer with a gentle nozzle. Gets the job done in a few minutes.

Looked into that, it’s pretty interesting. This greenhouse is filled with 2 large hydroponic systems so no opportunities for much om but I’ll keep that in mind for my other gh 👍

Green incised, it adds a lot more weight then the green sweet crisp👍

@ thanks for the tip!!

Shoots that’s sweet! That use for this is a new one 😆 I use it to grow food you use it on your toilet

Happy to share it with you! 👍

Dang, thanks for the insightful Comment and support! Just curious where you ended up working after doing that?

Yes, this is the $10 million dollar question and it there are 3 practical solutions to this problem that I can come up with and I might share them in my next video for you, too much to explain here but the main thing you need to focus on is not growing during the winter until you can afford to, that’s what I did. 👍

Thats easy, small hoops with foil covers over the rows like they use in watermelon farming, using radiant heat from heat storages or whatever you use for heating, in europe we use agro textile covers for that but thats just to prevent it from freezing. Balancing cost to performance is key here. My lettuce isnt doing well just because of this extreme temp difference in a non heated very tall greenhouse i made myself (4.5m) so next year imma try something different with it. As far as ive read key to growing winter lettuce is to reduce the temperature extremes.

Sounds like you’re a great time to grow in, and I’m very jealous! So the point of having warmer nighttime temps so that you can have warmer daytime temp, which increases photosynthesis drastically. If the temperature swing is greater than 15 to 20°F. Then the plants will begin to stress out and they’ll shut down. This was my problem. There’s a study that highlights the differences and the results were quite astounding!

You make some good points! I could make a whole new video on this but to be honest safety is always a huge concern of mine, so first and foremost get a good controller preferably one that connects to WiFi like the INKBIRD. I could address safety concerns for hours, and safety is always huge for me, but definitely if you’re not comfortable at all it’s not worth it. Now the benefits? They’re endless and for various reasons, some people have grow tents in garages for instance and want to reduce their heating demand for instance, but mainly, if you have indoor grow space, mainly a tent, you are paying for all of your production, so doubling or tripling photosynthesis is a major boost to your results, but as I mentioned in the video you have to have your light game on point first 👍

@SaludaGradeFarm yes. Co2 is not the first thing i would be concerned about. There are many other things to master first. But co2 is a good way to take your game from 80% to 95 when you mastered all the basics. For me its a bit out of the picture because i use a foil greenhouse, that is not suitable for co2 really because i have to keep the door open, then i got some crops that are just outdoors without tent, if i could raise co2 levels there, i Would not want to do it😂 and indoors i just grow Weed, and i produce more than i can smoke already with a relatively small setup, so no need either. Would be nice to grow a little bit faster sometimes, but patience is part of the game

It's not dangerous. You can literally have a sealed room with over 2,000ppm of CO2 and be fine. You can spend 12 hours a day in that room. I used to do it every single day when I ran warehouse grows. BTW if you switched to a sealed room for your bud, your yields would skyrocket and your buds will be dense and rock hard.

@kenshinhimura9387 its not dangerous as long as your equpment works fine. With burners it shouldnt be the biggest problem but with a bottle i would be careful. I work as a brewmaster and it is standard protocol to only use co2 bottles for draught beer that cannot fill the room to a dangerous level even if they empty themselves fully due to some leak or or other equipment malfunction. 2000 ppm is on the high end anyways for growing indoors i think, and yes, those levels are not dangerous. The potential for danger is there though

@@theblobfish9614 That's why you use a CO2 controller and monitor. You can see what the CO2 level in the room is and adjust it as needed. I never went much above 2,000ppm. My plants grew like crazy at those levels and finished 1 week early.

We used big beef the first year and they did do great, but ultimately died from leaf mold, so we started going with more extreme varieties, and we do sell out and the plants last until November, but you can definitely tell a difference in The flavor but, we sell out based on quality and freshness.

@@BuddyGallo The best place to start, in my opinion, is at a farmers market for a bunch of reasons, but other then that we called or emailed restaurants, coops, food pantries, and food hubs, but we developed our products while selling at the farmers market.

Happy to help!

Propane burns much cleaner and has less of a chance of producing co diesel heaters produce more co and other things that can burn the foliage.

Just get a 20lb co2 tank and run a sealed grow room with air conditioners and dehumidifiers. No air ever comes in, and no air ever leaves the room.

Welcome! Hope it’s a big game changer for you! 👍👍🤯

@@Richardjaymz on this system there are 3 venturis, so the only way to go is through one of the venturis. This is my older system, I now just use one and i have perfect aeration, I tested it in one of my older videos with a dissolved o2 meter!

I have a meter coming so I can tell how much they’re drawing, there’s too many changes to be able to tell just by looking at the bill!

Hey tomfu most important thing you can do, if your not doing it already, is get the co2 in your grow space at 1000 ppm as soon as you can. I have a meter coming that will be able to test how many watts the lights actually pull! Stay tuned.

I use a non vented heater for this reason only👍

No it's a 30 by 145 greenhouse that i have a section divided up to start in so i am not having to heat up the whole house

​@SaludaGradeFarm nice.i have wood and 275000 times 2 for just back up in one but the others just have wood heaters ps great looking crop

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Most effective way is to cover nutrient solution as best possible, this is inevitable that you’ll get some algae that will have to be cleaned. Other than that garden friendly fungicide will keep it under control if applied to your system once a week, but it may need a to be more aggressive at first to establish a colony 👍

You can get the poles from either a chain link fence supply or Home Depot. The plastic film came from greenhouse mega store, you want to get greenhouse grade plastic because it’s UV resistant 👍

@ thank u great idea

Trying to make a talking video less boring, AVD is up so it must’ve worked 👍🤯

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​@@SaludaGradeFarm thanks so much.

@@simoncrooks7441 very cool, we only have a problem in July and August, but I’m sure root rot is pretty prevalent there, you got anything to share about how to deal with hot humid air?

I’ve Never heard of a trickle filter before, I’ll have to look that up

@@Just___me_ Thanks for the comment, I like to hear people’s stories, and it’s an inspiration because I am living so many people’s dreams because I farm full time, have since Covid! Everyone always asks me about aquaponics, and I always tell them it’s not profitable so I don’t do it, well my curiosity finally got the best of me! Moved the talapia outside yesterday, hopefully I can get some video edited! God bless

@SaludaGradeFarm where do you live? That's rhetorical, you don't have to answer that. It's just that some places don't allow tilapia due to it being invasive.

Hey! It’s an active aqua 4x4 flood and drain tray. I bought it from Amazon but it’s no longer available.

@@SaludaGradeFarm Thanks, Ill look around for something similar, I like your set up.

Hey, yes the solution runs continuously through the system. To avoid root rot you need to use some type of aerator, either an air stone, waterfall method or Venturi. 👍 hope this helps!

@@SaludaGradeFarm thank you. I have a small system inside my house and it's waterfall into my tank. I love the build you have. Great job

How to prevent root rot in hydroponics! ruclips.net/video/Vy6tDOs_9vQ/видео.html Here’s a link to a video inspired by your post Thanks! I started small and worked up over the last 5 years and now it’s awesome! I need to share my story at one point.

Not necessarily

you have a really good point there. I got the term when I was living in a camper and someone said I need to change out the China bomb tires that came with the camper, felt like it was appropriate here too 😆 I have a friend who grows “mature” plants with them but they look awful. He says it’s ok because the customers don’t know what plants are supposed to look like 👀