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I've had really great success with led bulbs. I use fiet omni 13.5w led bulbs and have pulled a gram a watt with them. They are a bit more expensive but they are much higher quality(use to be found at lowe's). A good way to tell quality is by the weight of the heatsink...most of the cheepo bulbs...

If you plan on growing for seed you might want to start out with a strain that's known for larger seeds/calyxs. I know 'big bud' has some huge seeds, bout the size of a pea. Compare that to some thai's/sativa's that I've grown that have seeds about half the size of a bb. I think starting out...

If it's tripping out of the blue I'd replace it. Could it be tripping when the pumps come on? When pumps start up they spike higher in watts to start or w/e . I could see maybe over time as the pumps wear down it might take slightly more amps to kick them on. If it trips when you wiggle plugs...

I've grown the same strains/clones in large and small sizes. It's all in the genetics...A small 5 gram skunk plant can out-stink my lemonhaze with a few ounces on it. To get a good smell of a flowering plant I usually smear some trics on my fingers and smell that. I've never gotten nearly as...

They should always be wired in parallel...Bob has his wired parallel as well..look closer at the pic and you'll see he's running a double wire to each socket.

right on man, looks like you did right. Looks good. I just didn't wanna suggest cutting branches cuz it's about 3 weeks into flower. I usually try to trim the lil stuff before any buds form.

I wouldn't chop any branches at this point. It looks like you already thinned out the bottom which is good. When I have a really bushy plant I try to remove any leaves that are growing into the other branches....this allows better airflow and gets more light to each budsite. If you want to...

looks beautiful man! Nice to see I'm not the only one that still rocks a metal pipe once in a while :)

I've grown a bit of bud under standard led bulbs..they work great. I was hitting a gram a watt dependably. They're a great plug and play option for a new grower...and imo 2x as efficient as cfl's I've since upgraded to diy cob leds and couldn't be happier. I've seen a 60% increase in yields for...

I'm not an expert on this but I think I remember reading that you could plug an old radio into the same socket as your ballast and it was a cheap way to check for interference(am?). I thought that the electrical interference from ballasts was coming from the ac electrical lines, not the cable...

I built a very similar setup for led bulbs, 5 sockets onto a separate ceiling piece that I would attach into place. I've since refitted it with a single cob, but the led bulbs worked great for me(for bout 2 years), and I still use them for extra light in my other box. I'd link to my grow but...

very nice job ..man it's trippin me out how much this looks like something that I would build, or have built lol. I did the exact same thing clipping off the edges to let the wires out.

When you pollinate I highly recommend waiting till the females are at full bloom. You want maximum white pistils showing...every 2 pistils can equate to one seed. If you try to pollinate early it will drastically reduce the final seed count. I would grow under 18/6 till maturity and you know...

very nice. I didn't know these kinda desks existed...seems like a perfect fit for a grow cab.

when looking at led panels go by the true wattage..the 300 you linked is 136 true watts. For those type leds you want roughly 60-70watts per square foot. If those are interior dimensions you listed then that's about 4 square feet, so you want about 300 true watts total. You might be better off...

I would go with something a little stronger then the t-5's. maybe 1 or 2 led panels or a 150-250w hps. Possibly even 1 or 2 cob leds...it all depends on your budget and how efficient you want to get. In small spaces, I personally feel it's alot easier to get high yields with leds...easier to...

Hi first off, thanks for your service I've built a variety of different grow boxes for friends and such. I'd be happy to help with design or equipment stuff....I'm not too familiar with prebuilt boxes..but from what I've read people tend to upgrade them or could have built them at home for a...

most autos will stay this small if you leave them in a small container. You can do it with clones too but they need to be flowered at 3-4" tall.

something like this. that's just a random example..you might be able to find cheaper elsewhere. I've used one like that to run 4 channel fan controllers before, just make sure the dc output is more then the max draw of all fans from the controller. *molex , it's the same 4 pin plug that's on...