mr west
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i dunno its wot my mum says lmao
Auto White Russian (White widow, AK47, Lowryder) grow with CFLs
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Fyfe
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looking good queen, retard looks like she's coming along.
they seem droopy? have they just come out of the dark period?
sorry to hear about the dlr's. hopefully they will come through for you.
those little oil filled heaters are cheap to buy if your looking for one, there £30 and they keep a constant temp in the room that you set. so energy saving aswell.
they seem droopy? have they just come out of the dark period?
sorry to hear about the dlr's. hopefully they will come through for you.
those little oil filled heaters are cheap to buy if your looking for one, there £30 and they keep a constant temp in the room that you set. so energy saving aswell.
koolhand77
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Q how cold is it? If the roots get to cold the plant will not survive. better to keep them warm. 75 is perfect
QueenBee
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Ive got a halogen heater but its either off or on - no temperature control.
Urgent question, please offer advice: Would it be worth leaving my 125w CFL on 24/7 for a bit of heat constantly? Or would changing the light cycle now screw them up? Coz the heater is 400w on the lowest setting and 1200w on full so my lights would use a lot less electric!
Urgent question, please offer advice: Would it be worth leaving my 125w CFL on 24/7 for a bit of heat constantly? Or would changing the light cycle now screw them up? Coz the heater is 400w on the lowest setting and 1200w on full so my lights would use a lot less electric!
QueenBee
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They get 5 hours of dark now. It would be easier leaving at least one on as well coz its been hard keeping the 19/5 schedule now Im back at work and have no timer. I think I might try it. And this new lot of DRs will be getting the 24/0 light from the beginning so at least it wouldnt shock them. Do the plants grow as well under 24/0? Mind theyre not growing properley now anyway.
A basic timer is about £4 in Wilkinsons, ok for flouros, but not HPS.
Argos do a heated blanket for £15, may work, could also use with a timer
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4500238/c_1/1|category_root|Home+and+furniture|10197552/c_2/2|cat_10197552|Bedding|10197575/c_3/3|cat_10197575|Electric+blankets|10197598.htm
Argos do a heated blanket for £15, may work, could also use with a timer
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4500238/c_1/1|category_root|Home+and+furniture|10197552/c_2/2|cat_10197552|Bedding|10197575/c_3/3|cat_10197575|Electric+blankets|10197598.htm
mr west
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Yeah ive blown bout 4 cheap timers with my hid floodlight veg light, spend a tenna for something a bit better rated
Londoner
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Get a contactor/relay mate, before a timer meltsdown and starts a fire.Yeah ive blown bout 4 cheap timers with my hid floodlight veg light, spend a tenna for something a bit better rated
mr west
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its all kool mate i bought a 7 day digi timer thats fine for the 250w. One of my good mate who helps me out is a qualified electrician lol fucking sparkys lol.
Londoner
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Ah ok, id still and do run a contactor on 250's tho, i even run my 125w enviro's via a contactor, cant trust the load going through household timers, theyre good for the resistive loads on household appliances, but very under rated for the the inductive loads drawn by all hid lights. But thats just me lol
QueenBee
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Dont need a timer anymore, I keep the 125w dual on all the time and turn the other 2 off for about 5 1/2 hours while Im at work. Im trying not to open the cupboard as often to keep the heat in and 3 lights get it nice and warm. It seems to be helping but maybe its coz Im not checking them as much. Finding it very hard to sex the last 2 WRs, want to think that ones a girl and ones a boy but the 'girl' has a weird bit of growth that could be a ball or could be a leaf but weird place for a leaf. Waiting for more to show. Its day 36 for X, 25 and 26 for U and T (should be showing for definate by now! Argh!), 19 for * and retard. My one surviving Diesel out of the first 4 seeds I did looks like its going wrong so thats awesome and I checked the last 6 seeds of my Diesels today and to my horror they were all up and the most up ones looked very pale (very low light in the lounge - needed the heat to start them tho) so I got them straight in the cupboard. Must have forgotton to check them yesterday, they shouldnt have been in the dark so long. Hope theyre bloody going to be OK. Stupid everything.
