hey man no worries, i know you speak the truth from experience. i have exactly the same thoughts re upping the lighting etc. i'll go to flower and then adapt. i plan on flowering this weekend. probably start sunday/monday. still trying to work out the best time to have the dark cycle. at...
hi mate
from what i can remember they are 4 to 5" wide. ballast and bulb are same width pretty much. yeah if i had more knowledge and confidence at the start i would have done a total diy with hps and grow tent, in hindsight. from the grow shop a 250watt cool tube kit is £110 but i would...
to true bro.
i love the unit. next grow will be in a diy bubbler, however. more space for roots. but to get yourself going and instill confidence it's defo a winner. whats more is your money isn't wasted as you can use it for seedlings/clones or heaven forbid the normal crops. or give it to...
hehe, no ph just goes high fairly quick from what i've read. i did a low ph solution to top up so the resulting rez ph would be lowered. i did have some concerns about doing that but the plants seem to handle it ok now they are big. it's not something i would try tho until they were well...
no thats cool gypsy. i guess that was the answer i was expecting. i was just wondering if you may of had some sort of super stealth something or other going on.
my roots are submerged and there is plenty of them and i'm only 3 weeks into veg. i also have the aerogarden on the tomatoes setting (18/6 i believe for the water pump). i also grew from tap rooted seed.
i would agree tho that if you have roots in the water and some airstones then the ag pump...
according to what i've read the plants grow horizontally toward the light. or they are supposed to. i have no experience of any of these contraptions, so i can't personally comment on their effectiveness.
hi gypsy
i'll look into a cool tube but i think with the cfls being end on with reduce the lumen to the plants. i would also need to make a new reflector probably unless it came with one. i have a fan on the homemade reflector and it does a grand job, just need to sort out a more powerful...
added nearly 1.5l with nutes and ph'd to about 4 just now. ph'd the rez after mixing and it's high 5/low 6. plants are really starting to stink. need to start thinking of exhaust and filter. the exhaust fan i have already isn't up to the job re air extraction, not enough cfm. with the tent...
yeah the fan definitely helps alot. 2 125watters get hot and the hood just traps all that hot air without the fan. i'm using a 120mm 117cfm ac fan made by ebmpapst. i probably need to sort out a decent exhaust and carbon filter for flowering. these babies are really starting to cheese already.