Some common acronyms used here

Basic Growing Info
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I thought this handy so saved it here and I will add

EWC -Earth Worm Castings
LITFA-Leave it the fuck alone
SST- Seed Sprout Tea
FIM- Fuck I missed
LST - low-stress training
DWC - deep water culture (or Death Without Cause :wink:)
SOG - Sea of Green
ScrOG - Screen of Green
IBL - In-bred line
IPM - Integrated Pest Management
PPM parts per million
EC electrical conductivity
pH potential hydrogen
RH relative humidity
DO dissolved oxygen
TDS total dissolved solids
DIF - Day and night temperature difference
VPD - Vapor Pressure Deficit
HID - High-Intensity Discharge (Lighting)
CFL Compact Fluorescent
LED Light Emitting Diode
HPS HJigh Pressure Sodium
MH Metal Halide
CFM Cubiic Feet per minute
RO Reverse Osmosis
DIY (Really, you had to look that one up?)
DTW Drain To Waste
BT- Bacillus thuringiensis
NFT - Nutrient Film Technique
LPA - Low Pressure Aeroponics
HPA - High pressure Aeroponics
AAA (or sometimes just AA) Air Atomized Aeroponics
E/F - Ebb and Flow also known as F/D - Flood and Drain
REZ - reservoir

ABA Abscisic acid
IAA Indole Acetic Acid
NAA Naphthalene Acetic Acid
JA/MeJA Jasmonic Acid and Methyl Jasmonate
Ga3 Gibberellic Acid
HEPA high-efficiency particulate air

For several of the following they are defined @ https://overgrow.com/t/lighting-spectral-data/13627 in the first post.
PAR photosynthetically active radiation
PPFD Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density
DLI Daily Light Interval
LAB lactic acid bacillus
KNF Korean Natural Farming
JADAM the name JADAM is an abbreviation of Jayonul Damun Saramdul. In English, it translates as ā€œpeople who like nature.ā€
JLF Jadam liquid fertilzer
JMS Jadam Microbiial solution

STS Silver ThioSulphate
CS Colloidal Silver

Edit note: it is a wiki please add entries and feel free to link to an explanation, process, video or recipe.

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LITFA ā€ Leave it the fuck alone!

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will add but made a wiki.

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My favorite, next to FIM - ā€œFuck, I Missedā€

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Isnā€™t there one for stress training?

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LST - low stress training
DWC - deep water culture

All I can think of for now, but thereā€™s definitely tons more

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Should other terms be included and linked to an explanation? I feel like some donā€™t really understand some terms like monster cropping and super-cropping and links could be provided.they arenā€™t acronyms though

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DIF - Day and night temperature difference
VPD - Vapor Pressure Deficit
HID - High Intensity Discharge (Lighting)
LSD - :dizzy_face:

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LSD - Limited Slip Differential :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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LED, HPS, MH
PPF PAR PPFD umol DLI
RO
HEPA (NO ONE knows what HEPA means :smile:)
CFM
DIY

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HEPA is high efficiency particulate air. ??? Donā€™t commit this to memory.

A couple of the typical ones are missing

PPM parts per million
EC electrical conductivity
pH potential hydrogen
RH relative humidity
DO dissolved oxygen
TDS total dissolved solids

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CFL Compact Fluorescent
DTW Drain To Waste
DWC Death Without Cause :wink:

ABA Abscisic acid
IAA Indole Acetic Acid
NAA Naphthalene Acetic Acid
JA/MeJA Jasmonic Acid and Methyl Jasmonate
Ga3 Gibberellic Acid

STS Silver ThioSulphate
CS Colloidal Silver

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it is a wiki people please add them to the first entry and feel free to link to an explanation, process, video or recipe.

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lol, sorry. Will do.

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include this in the GrowFAQ ?

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I keep seeing the term mang - what does this mean ? ( i live a sheltered life lol. )
Gaz

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There may be other meanings but it can be a transliteration of ā€œmanā€ in a Puerto Rican or possibly Mexican accent.

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I could be a Canadian thing or something. Lol
I know iā€™v been called it on several occasions hopefully itā€™ss good thing!

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Watch Scarface, youā€™ll get itā€¦lol

Definitely not a Canadian thing @Tinytuttle, but ā€œHoserā€ isā€¦lol

Peace
DaFozz

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Ouch!! That really hurt!! LOL! :blush:

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