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  1. herballuvmonkey

    can i use my 120V power cord to power my 1000watt ballast witch power my 1000 watthps

    also back to the original question. no you can't. a 240 volt hps will need 240 volts to work properly. hps lamps have an ignitor which mh lamps do not. when you power it up there is a surge of power to help ignite the lamp. if your sending half the voltage you probably wont get anything but a...
  2. herballuvmonkey

    can i use my 120V power cord to power my 1000watt ballast witch power my 1000 watthps

    Yeah dude i don't know what math your doing but it isn't electrical math. It would be wattage divided by volts equals amps, your putting in an extra step. Google power chart so you can get straight.
  3. herballuvmonkey

    Any techniques to slow or retard growth?

    prune them like they were a hedge and keep cutting them back
  4. herballuvmonkey

    Mixing MH and HPS during flower, please help

    how about saving some money and just getting a hortilux mixed spectrum bulb, duh???
  5. herballuvmonkey

    2 23W cfl's at 7weeks vegging only given plain water 15" tall in mp soil NEED HELP

    I replied to this in another thread. please start one thread with the same question
  6. herballuvmonkey

    Newbie looking for advice on indoor grow

    ok first I need the dimensions of that box so you can size your fan correctly. Yes you need a small carbon filter (I suggest the 18 inch type). It looks relatively small I wouldn't go with more than 2 plants, hell personally I would Scrog one plant in that box. always good to have a...
  7. herballuvmonkey

    Question on CFL wattage and Lumens, can somebody tell me if this is right????? thanks

    Ok to make this easy go with 3000 lumens per sq foot. That's the way I learned with cfl oh so many years ago and did not have a problem. You wil get decent dank but you will use more electricity as far as efficiency. Once you find this out you will switch to another light source unless your...
  8. herballuvmonkey

    cfl grow need help its 15" tall 7 weeks old no nutes what so everjust plain water

    Correct...also as for bloom, you have to use bloom nutes or your plant will suffer when she starts to flower. She will still flower but you won't be happy when she finishes, you are in essence starving her from the essential nutrients that she needs. She will be majorly stressed by week...
  9. herballuvmonkey

    not sure whats making this happen?

    Yup nutrient burn bro. Back off an go just water for a bit. I had something like that happen but because I go hydro it was a lot easier to detect and fix as pretty much whatever you do hydro is almost immediate (within 24 hrs). Anyway that would be my first move is to back off and see how...
  10. herballuvmonkey

    Domestic Seeds from Colorado?

    Has anyone taken a look at this site from Colorado? They are claiming they can send you seeds produced here in the US or maybe it's produced abroad but they are selling in the US. I know that Colorado law says that large dispensaries have to produce 70% of their weed themselves so this may be...
  11. herballuvmonkey

    Help with setup, need to be able to leave the grow for 7days

    If you want something you can leave for days but not so complex as a re-circulator use a dwc system but with a little bit of a twist. Common mj ideals or theory says your should have 5 gals per girl if you are growing normal plants. Here is your best bet cut down to 3 gal pots. Why because...
  12. herballuvmonkey

    Anybody experienced with AK 47?

    CO2 is cool, never used it though, well not to any avail. I've found that great lights, good airflow proper nutrients and a lil love will get you the funkiest of the funk if you want. The great thing about scrog is that it only takes one maybe two rounds to get a really good idea of how to do...
  13. herballuvmonkey

    Air Pump Question

    All of that is retarded bro. Its simple science depending on if u r doing a pure recirc system or your going to have airpumps in each bucket or one reservoir and recirc. h20. All your trying to do basically in a recirc system is keep the h2o moving through each bucket this pulls oxygen into...
  14. herballuvmonkey

    Let's talk serious SCROG

    Dude that should be like day 14 to 15 at 30 in such a small scrog you should be mostly full.
  15. herballuvmonkey

    Heat problems with grow tent

    here is an easy solution. Cut two holes in your closet one n the ceiling, one in a side wall. By 2 bath fans one 50 cfm one 70 cfm. Connect the 50 to the ceiling (this will be your exhaust) and the 70 to the wall outside of the closet. This will create positive air pressure so you will take...
  16. herballuvmonkey

    20,000 Watt Medical Grow Op Construction

    OOH Rah to your signature
  17. herballuvmonkey

    Hps bulb or mh bulb?

    Buy 1 MH for vegging and get a super bulb with both spectrums for flowering. Any questions see above posts.
  18. herballuvmonkey

    Anybody experienced with AK 47?

    If you are scrogging top her once before she gets to the screen. Understand that AK will run like crazy once she goes into flower so flower her at 50-60% of the screen being full (with at least being 28-32 days old). Swim used a 3x3 screen under a 600w hps. Done well you should get a good...
  19. herballuvmonkey

    Swamp Cooler vs AC unit... recommendations

    Also For the folks that are in a more humid climate thinking about these. They work great when used in combo with an ac unit. Simple science. Remember swamp coolers add humidity ac take humidity out. Use them in combo and u still get a push on the humidity but your room temps will come down...
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