Autopot FlexiTank Tap

Autopot FlexiTank Tap

An Autopot FlexiTank Tap comes in handy when you are planning or building an Autopot system and would like use a Click Fit Tank Adapter/Filter to run a trunk feeding line to multiple Autopot sets. These taps also serve to replace old, worn-out FlexiTank Taps.

The tap fits through the ready-made holes in both the FlexiTank and FlexiTank Pro ranges and includes 2 rubber washer seals that are hand-tightened to each side of the reservoir with the provided plastic nut. The tap can also be installed into any other suitable water reservoir through which the correct sized hole (26mm) can drilled to fit the tap. Hard plastic industrial drums are often use as water reservoirs when building hydroponic systems. When considering such a container, make sure that the plastic will not let sunlight through its walls. If sunlight penetrates into the nutrient solution, algae will start growing inside of it, causing nutrient depletion and Oxygen loss in the solution.

The outlet side of the Autopot FlexiTank Tap is threaded and fitted with a 26.5mm click connector, to which a Click Fit Tank Adapter/Filter can be fitted. Autopot piping (16mm) or irrigation piping (12mm) can then be connected to feed the Autopots in the system.

Air Tubing

Air Tubing

Air Tubing or air piping is used to connect air stones and air curtains to air pumps and air compressors, which in turn are used to aerate and agitate nutrient solutions in hydroponic growing systems, like DWC‘s (Deep Water Culture) or NFT’s (Nutrient Film Technique), etc. This provides oxygen to plant roots, helps prevent algae formation and prevents nutrients from settling to the bottom of feeding tanks over time.

5mm Air Tubing, made from clear flexible plastic or silicone, is compatible with most air pumps and air stones, and is sold per meter.

Regular plastic air piping is more rigid than the silicon air piping, but may form permanent “flat spots” over time if the piping remains bent for long periods – for example, when running the piping underneath a reservoir lid.

Silicon Air Piping will keep its original shape much better, but is softer and more pliable – which means that it can more easily be pressed shut and care will have to be taken to install the piping properly, so that it DOES NOT get pressed shut by a reservoir lid, for instance.

Air tubing should not be used to channel water, as the semi-transparent material will allow light though it and this will cause algae to grow inside the piping, which may spread to other parts of the system. This may not be a problem if present in small quantities, but will rob your plants of oxygen and nutrition when out of hand.

Always make sure that your air pump is installed HIGHER than the top of your water reservoir, so that water cannot run into the air pump form the reservoir and cause an electrical short-circuit. Alternatively, use Air Pump Check Valves to prevent water from getting into your air pump. If your system is set up outside, make sure that your air pump and electrical supply is properly waterproofed.

TIP: Air tubing can also be attached to a suitable syringe and can then be used to draw exact nutrient doses from bottles of organic or hydroponic nutrient ranges.

Autopot Piping

Autopot Piping

Autopot Piping comes in various thicknesses and is made from soft PVC, which is slightly softer and more pliable than agricultural LDPE or PVC irrigation pipe. The elasticity of the Autopot piping molds snugly around pipe fittings when attached, providing a leak-proof seal when used in low and no pressure applications, like Autopot’s gravity fed self watering systems. Fittings can also be removed from the this type of piping quite easily, allowing for easy deconstruction or changes in system layout.

We especially recommend using Autopot piping to connect your Autopot Aquavalves because of the soft fit.

Below is a table of the approximate inner diameter and outer diameter measurements of the various types of Autopot Piping that is available:

General Name Inner Diameter Outer Diameter Compatible Fittings
6 mm 4.2 mm 6.3 mm “5 or 6 mm” Fittings, 6 mm Top Hat Grommets*, Older Aquavalve systems
9 mm 6.5 mm 9 mm “9 mm” Fittings (Used with the new Aquavalve 5 and Aquavalve 5 systems)
16 mm 12.5 mm 18.5 mm “12 mm” Fittings & 16 mm Top Hat Grommets*. Used for trunk lines in multi-pot systems.

* Correct hole size must be drilled to house Top Hat Grommet.

All are sold per meter.

CO2 Regulator

CO2 Regulator

A CO2 Regulator helps with CO2 supplementation for your grow area and your plants will love you for it!  CO2 supplementation using CO2 tanks and regulators become necessary when the grow area is too large to be accommodated by other means of CO2 supplementation that are best suited for smaller growing areas, like the average grow tent ( e.g. Yeast and sugar solutions / mycelium generators / compressed CO2 can dispensers, etc. )

There is great benefit to supplementing with CO2 when growing – as plants use the carbon gleaned from CO2 in the air to literally build themselves! ( Read more HERE )

  • Please Note: Our regulators may vary slightly in appearance and specification, depending on availability.
  • IMPORTANT: These types of regulators are NOT made to release gas for extended periods of time ( short bursts of up to around 30 seconds only, with enough time between bursts to allow the regulator to get back to normal temperature ). For LARGE rooms a thermostatically controlled electric heated regulator will be required! An unheated unit will freeze up and cease to operate correctly or trip power supply when it releases gas for extended periods of time / too frequently! If a regulator freezes up – it is either overworked, or faulty. Both of these conditions require urgent attention.
  • HANDY TIP: Apply Soapy water to (pressurized) parts and connections of your system to make sure that there are no leaks present. 

 

These CO2 Regulators are fitted with a 220-volt solenoid which can be turned on and off manually, or using a digital timer. Both of these methods are NOT RECOMMENDED – increasing CO2 levels in the air without CO2 monitors or CO2 controllers CAN BE FATAL! Using a CO2 controller with the regulator is ideal, as the controller’s CO2 sensor will turn the CO2 supply from the tank OFF when the desired ( and still safe for humans ) PPM levels are reached. Growers often like add enrich their room air to concentration of up to 1200 PPM CO2.

CO2 tanks are normally rented or refilled with commercial gas suppliers, e.g. Afrox.

Our regulators have the following minimum specifications:

  • 1.6m length of electrical cord and standard ZA Plug.
  • Max Inlet Pressure: 0-315 bar
  • Electricity Supply: 220V, solenoid 220V
  • Flow Rate: Up to 7 l/min
  • Pressure Gauge: Up to 3500 psi

Cover Your Crop Seed Packs

Cover Your Crop Seed Packs 2023

Cover Your Crop Seed Packs are here! Each seed pack is enriched with mycorrhizal fungi and kelp flake and will boost the micro-biome in each of your potted plants.

Companion planting is a natural and affordable long term organic solution to providing natural insecticides and fungicides for your Cannabis garden.

Cannabis responds to companion planting with stronger growth, greater resistance to disease and pests and better yields which results in more oil production. A collection of plants grown together that support each other and cannabis are called guilds.

Guilds act as diverse micro-ecosystems, that improve overall soil quality, water penetration and retention and bio-availability of nutrients. Healthy guilds attract beneficial insects and small creatures, that prey on pests that can damage cannabis. Companions often disguise the unique cannabis aroma of flowering plants and hides the strong smell unavoidable during flowering stage.

Small rocks placed randomly among the growing area can become homes for predatory spiders or reptiles that will also help keep insects under control. Lizards are very effective hunters of larger insect pests like moths and can get rid off ants extremely well.

Companions can also act as living mulch, provide shade, green manure, added nutrients, vitamins and minerals. This can all be achieved by planting the correct companions.

Types of cover crop seed packs available:

Winter Rye: Develops a deep root system that locks in soil nutrients and promotes oxygenation. A great way to add bio-available nitrogen into your compost pile. Cut young Rye and add to your smoothies!

Germination Temperature: 20°C – 28°C Prefered PH: 5.6 – 6.5 Light: Full sun

Red Clover: The low-growing clovers are very resilient and act as living mulch, encouraging soil friability. All the clovers fix nitrogen, which is released into the local neighbouring plants as it decomposes.

Germination Temperature: 10°C – 25°C Prefered PH: 5.5 – 7.5 Light: Full sun

Alfalfa: This meter high grass repels the dreaded Lygus Bug, while attracting friends to your patch, such as ladybugs, assassin beetles and several predatory wasps.

Germination Temperature: 18°C – 29°C Prefered PH: 6.8 – 7.5 Light: Full sun

Marigold: A companion planting staple, the powerful and pretty marigold repels beetles and leaf hoppers, Mexican beetle and objectionable nematodes. Its buoyant bloom attracts beneficial nectar-eating species.

Germination Temperature: 23°C – 28°C Prefered PH: 5.5 – 7.5 Light: Full sun

Dill: Dill attracts allies like honeybees and hoverflies, ichneumonids and other beneficial wasps. Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars will forgo your cannabis, as they prefer feasting on dill. Spider mites, the curse of the cannabis farmer, despise dill and will stay away in droves. Dill is also an effective repellent for aphids, cabbage looper and squash bugs.

Germination Temperature: 15°C – 22°C Prefered PH: 5.5 – 7.5 Light: Full sun

Chamomile: The carpet of small bright white flowers will always be buzzing with delighted honeybees and hoverflies while repelling mosquitoes and flies.

Germination Temperature: 20°C – 28°C Prefered PH: 5.6 – 7.5 Light: Full sun

Coriander: As a front-line deterrent, coriander repels aphids, potato beetles and the dreaded spider mite and helps attract tachninid flies, hoverflies and a variety of parasitoid wasps that prey on bad bugs or their larvae.

Germination Temperature: 18°C – 21°C Prefered PH: 6.1 – 7.8 Light: Full sun

Blumat Digital Soil Moisture Meter

Blumat Digital Soil Moisture Meter

The Blumat Digital Soil Moisture Meter is a professional moisture meter allowing you to accurately check the moisture content of your soil or substrate. The meter uses Blumat’s porous clay cone sensor technology to measure the soil moisture. As the soil needs to “bond” to the clay “carrot” cone in order for the meter to give accurate readings ( in millibar ), the clay cone needs to be in the soil for 2 to 3 hours before the first readings are taken. This makes the meter most valuable as a permanent meter for plants that will require constant monitoring.  Detailed operating instructions HERE.

The meter comes in very handy to apply the precise amounts of water needed to sensitive plants and prevents root damage caused by over-watering or by too much rainfall during the rainy season.

Be careful not to damage the clay cone “carrot” sensor when inserting the probe into harder soils – making a hole roughly the size of the probe beforehand in harder soils will help to prevent sensor damage.

Operation:

NEVER immerse the electronic measuring in water or get it wet. If used outside during the rainy season – remove the electronic measuring head from the sensor when not in use ( the sensor, or carrot, can be left in the soil during rainfall ) OR protect the head by covering it with the plastic protection cap ( included with the meter ).

N.B: Always monitor the water level in the plastic tube of the “carrot” sensor before using the meter. If need be, fill the tube up to the brim again.

 

Operation
Operation
Operation
Operation

 

Operation
  1.  Unscrew measuring head
  2.  Soak plastic tube with ceramic tip in water for at least 15 minutes.
  3.  Fill plastic tube with tap water up to the brim.
  4.  Screw measuring head back on as far as it will go.
  5.  Then insert into the soil, about 15 to 18 cm deep in the outer part of the root, for potted plants 5 to 8 cm from the edge of the pot.

For newly repotted plants, insert the cone directly into the soft soil always rotating to the right and then press the soil down slightly.

In case of dense root growth or very hard soil, pierce a suitable hole in the outer part of the root. Fill the hole halfway up with loose earth and water. Then insert the Blumat Digital rotating to the right, fill the hole with soil and press down.

 

 

Detailed operating instructions HERE.

Cooltube Reflector

Cooltube Reflector

The Cooltube Reflector is an air-tight, fully sealed clear glass tube with a lamp mounting bracket in its center on the one end. Cooltube Reflectors are perfect for removing the excess heat generated by HPS or Metal Halide grow lights.

New Cooltube Wing Design

PLEASE NOTE: NEW Cooltubes now have detachable side wings instead of being permanently attached on hinges that flip the wings up or down. (See photos on the left)

Cooltubes were one of the first air cooled reflectors to become available and all these years later they are still a firm favorite with many growers. They are effectively an inline glass tube that allows you to extract air through the reflector and over your lamp, taking the heat away before it can raise the temperature of your grow room. (Instructional video here)

Cooltubes can be mounted in series along the same length of flexible aluminium ducting.

The Cooltubes have a rounded internal reflector (inside the glass tube), as well as foldable outside reflector wings, for a slightly tighter light spread. They have a mounting hook on each side, to suspend from rope ratchets, come with a 4.5 m long male kettle plug power cord and can be used with up to 1000 Watt bulbs. The hood is fitted with a ceramic E40 light fitting.

Length of 6″ tube (150 mm diameter), end to end: 62 cm

Width of 6″ cooltube when reflector wings are folded out (tip to tip): 28 cm

Length of 8″ tube (200 mm diameter), end to end: 72 cm

Width of 8″ cooltube when reflector wings are folded out (tip to tip): 35 cm

BudBox PRO White XL 1.2m x 1.2m x 2m

BudBox PRO White XL 1.2m x 1.2m x 2m

BudBox PRO White XL 1.2m x 1.2m x 2m tent features a strong framework to support more weight, metal click-lock connectors to keep the whole tent stable and sturdy, high quality tent fabric with precision stitching to keep light inside at all times. A green tinted viewing window lets you keep a close eye on your growing environment while eliminating any potential light leaks. In short, the BudBox Pro grow tent is a premium grade grow tent.

  • BudBox Pro – superbly designed and constructed, premier grow tents
  • Pro White material offers class leading PAR results
  • Strong, powder-coated 25mm steel framework
  • Metal, click-lock connectors for enhanced structural strength and long-term stability
  • Creates a sealed area that locks in light, smells and sounds
  • Tough, thick, durable yet lightweight outer shell that’s easy to fit in minutes
  • Features a green tinted viewing window, to keep a close eye on your growing environment without unzipping the door
  • Intake and extraction ports with tightening drawstrings attached, large enough for acoustic ducting
  • Military-grade, high-quality zips
  • Large ventilation panel/s for increased passive air flow

Budbox silicon sleeves

BudBox™ is still the ONLY grow tent that takes the time and care to powder coat our poles and connectors, delivering the best possible anti-corrosion protection and a very clean and reflective look.

Let’s talk about light. You plants need PAR light to grow and flower. PAR is an acronym for Photosynthetic Active Radiation; plants love the blue and red light from 400 to 750nm. Blue light tends to help the plants grow strong leaves and stems and the red part helps with flowering. BudBox™ Pro–White models reflects more PAR than Mylar material and at the same time reduce troublesome hot spots (concentrated heat energy) and, as such, will always the professional’s choice when it comes to horticulture. Not only is the flat white material reflecting more PAR light directly to your plants it reflects less of the overall unused spectrum. With light energy comes heat energy and the Pro-white lining will always run cooler than a standard Mylar tent. The Mylar material will reflect more heat energy, therefore, will run hotter (around 6-8degC) as such, the these units require greater ventilation, or the use of less powerful lighting, so the environment does not overheat and damage your plants.

BudBox PRO White XL 1.2m x 1.2m x 2m Contains:

1 x Carry bag
1 x White lined fabric tent
8 x Upright poles
8 x Horizontal bars
8 x Corner pieces
3 x Hanging rails
6 x Plastic hanging rail covers
3 x Hanging straps
1 x Waterproof spill-tray

Dimensions:
120cm x 120cm x 200cm

Specs:
Pole thickness: 25mm rolled steel
Connector pieces: Rolled steel
Ventilation panels: 2 (64cm x 25cm)
Viewing window: Yes
Irrigation bar and port: Yes (1 x irrigation bar, 2 x irrigation port)
Intake ports: 1 (26cm diameter)
Extraction ports: 1 (26cm diameter)
Cable ports: 2 (10cm diameter)
Cooltube ports: 2 (22cm diameter)
Doors: 2 (front doors that zip all the way around to the sides), 2 x side access doors

White vs Silver

 

Atami Cocos Substrate

Atami Cocos Substrate

Atami Cocos Substrate is a high quality growing medium comprised of coco fibres extracted from the mesocarp of the coconut. It is a 100% natural product and designed so that it can be used immediately.

The Atami Cocos Substrate is unique in the fact that it is a coco with light fertiliser included, sufficient enough for the 1st week of plant growth. The buffering ensures the grower has optimum control of pH levels. After the first week you can add water with liquid fertilisers and stimulators to gain optimal growing results. Because of the structure of coco, it can store nutrients that are continually available for the plant.

Cocos Substrate is produced under controlled conditions, which is an assurance of quality and offers the ability to use it over and over again after each growing cycle. It can absorb plenty of water in a short period of time and can also deliver water rapidly and abundantly.

The roots also have plenty of available oxygen, which keeps them active. Despite the absence of residual water, there is always enough humidity for the plant.

Coco substrate is light and stable and is one of the best mediums for providing oxygen to the roots of the growing plants. Atami coco substrates are internationally certified by RHP, a foundation whose aim is to optimize the quality of growing mediums.

The coconut fibres have been washed, steamed and buffered to ensure that the substrate is free from any pathogens and unwanted elements, giving an optimum growing substrate that is suitable for both seeds and cuttings.

  • Airy structure
  • High quality coco
  • Optimal root development

Available in bags of 50L.

Produced in The Netherlands.

Specifications:

  •  Ingredients – coconut fibers, mineral lime, calcium nitrate and NPK fertilizer 11-27-8
  • pH 6.0
  • EC (1: 1.5 H2O VV) & lt; 1.75 mS / cm
  • Organic matter> 85%
  • Moisture content <85%
  • 50l
  • Air volume 20%

Black White Panda Plastic Sheet

Black/White Plastic Sheet

Black/White Plastic Sheet, or panda film as it is often called, is black on one side and a 90 percent reflective white on the other side allowing light to be reflected back to your plants where it belongs. Panda film is an inexpensive reflective material for grow room walls or green house barriers or floors.

Use Black/White Plastic Sheet to reflect light and also prevent mold and algae growth on walls. Panda Film can provide a light proof barrier for partitioning rooms, covering hydroponic grow media, waterproof flooring, making reservoir covers or a variety of other gardening uses.

BENEFITS:

• Long lasting in exposed sunlight.

• Good general purpose exterior covering sheet.

SPECS:

• Blended LDPE material (Low-density polyethylene)

• UV stabilised.

• Reasonable tear and puncture resistance.

Thickness: 150 micron

Applications:

  • Structure covering ( ex: warehouse storage areas)
  • Growing system / storage privacy
  • Aquaponic float bed liner
  • Darkening and shading plants to prolong dormancy and promote flowering
  • Weed barrier for orchards and row crops
  • Greenhouse blackouts
  • Overwinter protection

Designed with a black side and a white side, this strong, waterproof blackout film is uniquely suited to applications such as weed control, greenhouse blackout, indoor growing tents, overwinter plant protection, and privacy.

Use to line growing areas or cover ground around plants with the black side down. Deprive weeds of sunlight while reflecting ambient light back onto the plants.

EazyPlug Plugs

EazyPlug Plugs

EazyPlug:

EazyPlug has, with its organic materials and our special way of bonding, a predetermined pH and EC value and a fixed air-to-water ratio. The EazyPlug is very easy to use. Just make sure that the plug always can drain the excess water and you cannot overwater it. Because the growing conditions are always optimal, the EazyPlug creates a very fast and powerful rooting and germination.

Germinating seeds

Fully moisten the plug and put your seed in the seed hole. Put a thin layer of fine coco coir on top of the plug (optional) and spray thoroughly with water. Make sure the plug can drain excess water and put it away in a humid and warm environment. Then wait to see the miracle happening. It is that simple!

Strike cuttings

Fully moisten the plug and put your cutting all the way into the cutting hole. Make sure the EazyPlug can drain excess water and put it away in a humid and warm environment. No rooting gel or powder is necessary.

Easy to transplant

The Eazy Plug will always remain firmly bonded together as a whole. This minimizes the risk on root damage during sorting, transplanting or replanting, thus preventing the plant from diseases.

Limitless shelf life

The Eazy Plug is supplied dried, making it clean and lightweight, with limitless shelf life and no risk of molds. It takes water back up very easily and quickly, retaining all of its former characteristics.

Eazy Plug Characteristics

Model : square plug
Air-to-water ratio : 20-80
Size : 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
EC : 1.0 *
pH : 5.8 *
Volume : 0.035 L
Weight dried : 3 gr

Features

• Self regulating
• Easy to control
• Air pruning for substantial enlargement hair root mass
• Suitable for gradual drier cultivation

Compatibility

With all known growing media, like Rock Wool, coir pith, black and white
peat, garden soil, potting soil, soil-less mixes, bark fines and wood
mulch, sand and grit, wood fibers, perlite, pumice, clay and
vermiculite.

Employability

In hydroponic systems like eb&flow, drip-feed (recovery and nonrecovery), nutrient film technique, wicksystems, floating platforms,
deep water culture, aquaponic systems, dry hydroponics soil (indoor and outdoor)

Re-moistening time when completely dehydrated

Pouring from above < 10 seconds
Immerge < 10 seconds
Drip-feed – depends on the ratio
Watering from below < 45 seconds

Composting

100% in normal composting conditions, no industrial composting necessary.
Declared: bonding of components has no discernible effect on compostability.

Safety

Declared: material meets safety requirements of REACH.

Toxicity

Declared: non-toxic.

Denature after cultivation

Plug contains cutting stem and callus and can, in potency, contain a regenerative capacity and needs to be denatured by either a strong
acid or base, concentrated inorganic salts, organic solvents (alcohol or chloroform), radiation or heat.

How to strike cuttings with Eazy Plug

Step 1: Moisten the Eazy Plug
Allow the Eazy Plugs to fully suck up water with a pH of 5.8.
Let it drain out excess water. Do not squeeze out or dry the plugs. Eazy Plugs are self-regulating and will only hold the water they need for an optimum moisture level and an optimum air-to-water ratio. The plug will feel much heavier than Rock-Wool, but that’s normal.

Step 2: Take cutting 
For a more detailed explanation of taking cuttings click here.
Cut diagonally at a 45 degree angle just below a node or stem swelling, making sure to keep at least 3 nodes above your intersection.
Remove all but a couple of leaves. Scrape a little of the outer layer at the bottom of the cutting, but not all around. Cut off ⅓ of the top of remaining big leaves.

Step 3: Root stimulator
If you want to make use of a rooting powder (for example Rhizopon), dip the base of your fresh cut cutting into the rooting powder.

Step 4: Insertion in Eazy Plug
Insert the cutting into the Eazy Plug cutting hole. Make sure to insert it deeply enough, completely to the bottom of the cutting hole.

Step 5: Put into propagator
Put the tray with Eazy Plug into a propagator.
Close the lid of the propagator and shut any present air vents to keep the humidity inside the system.

Step 6: Remoistening and fresh air
Only remoisten the Eazy Plug after 3 days and keep on doing that every 3 days until the first appearance of roots.
Briefly open the propagator every day for a little fresh air.
Open the air vents slightly at the earliest after 4-5 days. Humidity should remain above 80%, as too much loss of humidity can seriously effect your success rate.

Step 7: Assure drainage of excess water
Make sure Eazy Plug is able to drain excess water at all times, so it can always self-regulate the correct amount of moisture. Never let the bottom of the Eazy Plug touch water, as the moisture absorption of Eazy Plug is exceptionally good and the Eazy Plug will quickly become too wet, which will have a negative effect on the rate of success.

Step 8: Open air vents
After the first roots have developed, you can gradually open the air vents further in order to acclimate the cutting to a less humid environment.

Step 9: Transplant
In 7-9 days from start your cutting should have grown its roots throughout the Eazy Plug and it is time to transplant them.

Conditions for developing roots:
1. Temperature: The optimum soil temperature for striking roots is 22º Celsius. Above 23º Celsius, you must consider a rise in failure rate.
2. RH (humidity): RH of 80-95% is perfect. As the cutting needs its energy for striking roots, the moisture level of leaves and stem should remain intact.
3. Light: In the first few days the cutting will form callus, from which the roots will start to grow. In this phase the cutting only needs tempered light with a broad spectrum (regular assimilation light). After the development of roots the amount of light can be gradually increased.

Lumii Black 600w Electronic Kit

Lumii Black 600w Electronic Kit

The Lumii Black 600w Electronic Kit is supplied with the Lumii BLACK 600w Electronic Ballast, Lumii Black 600w Dual Spectrum lamp and the Lumii Black reflector.

The ballast features both a dim and a boost functions enabling you to control the light output from your lamp to your plants. It can be dimmed down to both 250w and 400w and also has a ‘super-lumens’ boost option (600w+Boost) which is on average a 10% increase in output.

This Lumii Black Lamp is a 600w Dual Spectrum HPS Lamp. It is an essential for stimulating enhanced flowering as it gives out 88,000 Lumens and lasts for up to 18,000 hours.

A Dutch Barn-Styled, Euro Reflector the LUMii Black Reflector does exactly what it should. Complete with lamp holder, mounting holes to attach rope ratchets to,  and a 4m length of kettle-plug cord.

We recommend using a 600w lamp for 600w dimmer settings, a 400w lamp for 400w dimmer settings and a 250w lamp for 250w dimmer settings.

Never boost a lower wattage lamp to a higher lamp setting.

YoYo Plant Trainer

YoYo Plant Trainer

The YoYo Plant Trainer are superb for separating and spreading out your plant stems. Attach the yoyo to your tent-frame or grow-room wall and then pull out the angled hook and clip it around the plant-stem. The gentle tension in the yoyo will then pull the plant-stem out. Great for getting plants to open out for increased yields!

  • YoYo Plant Trainer – one of our most popular plant-training / support devices
  • Contains a 1.2m long nylon line with an angled hook for clipping around a stem
  • Light spring tension in the yo-yo gently pulls the stem toward the reel
  • Alternatively, you can insert the included plastic stopper to keep the line at a static length.
  • Attach yo-yo to your tent-fame or grow-room wall and gently open your plant out to receive more of the available light
  • Helps you to make the most of your grow-space and light
  • Re-useable many times

The YoYo Plant Trainer Contains:

1 x YoYo Plant Trainer

How the YoYo Plant Trainer Works:

The yo-yo plant trainer consists of a 1.2 metre long nylon line (similar to fishing line) which is wound onto a lightly sprung reel inside the yo-yo’s housing. An angled hook is attached to the end of the nylon line for clipping around a plant-stem and there is hanging hook on the yo-yo reel housing for attaching to a grow-tent frame or your grow-room wall (via a cup-hook or similar). The tension is fairly consistent over the 1.2 metres of the travel but inevitably there is slightly more tension on the line at full extension than there is when only a few centimetres has been pulled out.

Using the Yo-Yo Plant Trainer

Yo-Yo plant trainers are mainly for use on mature plants as they reach the end of the vegetative phase and also especially during flowering/fruiting. Plant-stems on young plants are usually too thin and delicate for this type of training. During the flowering/fruiting time, plants tend to grow upwards but not outwards, leading to the stems getting bunched together. By opening out the plant, each stem will get more light lower down, encouraging more flower or fruiting sites.

Attach the yo-yo body to the outside of your grow-space (i.e to your grow-tent or grow-room wall) via the clip. Pull the hook out and clip it around the plant-stem. The plant-stem will now be gently pulled towards the yo-yo body, opening the plant out. Use as many yo-yo’s as necessary, pulling in different directions, to open out your plant to receive more light and increase the number of flowering or fruiting sites which will eventually increase yields.

If you are lucky enough to have stems bowing under the weight of your crop at the end of the flowering or fruiting stage then yo-yo’s can be attached to the ceiling / tent-roof frame, to provide upwards support to the plant-stems. This will help prevent stems from bowing downwards away from the light and also from breaking under the weight of the produce!

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Lumii Black Reflector

Lumii Black Reflector

The Lumii Black Reflector is a budget reflector, made to the highest standard, very popular with beginners and commercial growers.

Alternative reflectors -> HERE

 

Revised Dutch barn design utilising a V-groove directly above the lamp to help eliminate hotspots.

The  Lumii Black Reflector has a dimpled aluminium finish for even light distribution, revised reflective angles, curved corners for safety and a parabolic fold above the lamp for a more even spread of light. It’s open ended design also makes it suitable for low mounting heights. There really is no cheaper way of getting this much valuable light to your plants.

Features an E40 ceramic lamp holder and 4m of kettle-plugged cord and is pre-assembled.

Comes covered in plastic to prevent scratches on reflector. Please remove protective plastic before use.

Ideal for 250w, 400w and 600w HID lamps. Ballast is required to fire HID Lamps.

Can also use E40 CFL’s. No ballast required for CFL’s to fire lamp.

Size: 47cm x 47cm