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All my lights are 400w. In retrospect, I wish they were 600w, but I got a killer deal on the 400's so its all good. Right now I have 1 plant under 2 400w HPS and a 400w MH. The top Cola is about 13" mabe 14" from the bulb (open reflector) and isn't having any heat issues. The plant is really...

OK, Question. Why would you use nutes higher in K than N for the veg phase? It goes against everything I've been told for vegging. Do plants not really need higher nitrogen for vegetative growth?

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Good news and bad news. Good news is that very little can go wrong with he ballast except age, and they last a good long while. The green wire is not an issue, no need to ground the reflector. Bad news is its either the bulb, socket or ignitor/capacitor, neither of which is real serious...

They have NO sense of humor!

DAYUM!!! Papaya is one of the strains I'm thinking about ordering. Keep me posted. I am growing sackseed right now, I just don't have alot of faith in the seed shops these days. Been hearing alot of bad press about seeds not sprouting, stealth methods discovered etc. Besides that, I'm kinda...

Plus Rep 4 U!!! I'm glad that altruism isn't a dead virtue!!! TLP

You just answered you own question. No matter what you do, you aint gonna hide it from the maintenance dudes. Either get in REALLY good with them, or don't call maintenance. You get a leak, call a plumber QUICK!! Besides, even tho they're supposed to give you notice before entering, it happens...

Without a good "contingency plan", if the cops get involved, he won't have to worry about getting a place to live for a while.

Alot of apartment buildings share ventilation between units. Be careful. Ours is growing in the spare bedroom, and with the door open you gotta be within 5' of the door before you can smell it. But some strains smell more than others, or so I'm told.

All mi lights are 400w, and I used 12ga wire between the ballast and reflector/bulb when I made my lights. I used it because thats what everyone told me was needed. I can feel your pain. It controlled my light position. I found some really supple 14 ga wire at HD, so I bought 20' and replaced...

OH SHIT!! I thought you were in the zone!! You SHOULD be fine, but there have been some storms that flat out fucked shit up that far north. Be safe, and good luck.

I grew up with Hurricanes, and the threat of them. Dude, after surviving Andrew, If I didn't evacuate, I'd not stick my nose out the door until it was over. We used to scoff at hurricanes. Andrew put the fear of god in me. I was onboard my boat out at anchor (Dinner Key) during the storm, and...

Go ahead and start some more, but what the hell ya got to lose by watering this one and seeing if it lives? I't aint like its months old or anything. I killed 2 of my babies that I overwatered, and figured they were goners when everyone told me they'd make a come back. The one I didn't pull came...

+rep for you!! I have always felt that most of what you said is true. Actually, it's ALL true. I just think that even tho CFLs will work, you'll get a bigger yeild out of HID lighting. But for personal use growing, you hit the nail on the head. And the part about adding not to tell anyone about...

FlaGirl, thats hilarious. I was born and raised in Key West. Obviously some of these guys have never been thru a tropical depression, let alone a hurricane. I was at ground zero for Andrew (That threw the fear of god into me), and several others. A hurricane aint no joke!!! Dude with the...

DAMMIT!!!!! Some 3 year old chucks some seed in the ground and gets happy, healthy adult flowering plants, I plant my seeds, carefully tend them, catering to thier every need, and lose all but one. And that one wasn't for lack of trying. I may have to re-think the whole outdoor growing thing...

If you're gonna use mirrors, thats the way to do it! Way less light loss. Still and all, I'm skeptical. Besides those mirrors are usually more that your avearge homegrower is willing to spend. The only ones commercially/readily available that I can think of are for use in telescopes, and they...

Aside from all the reasons stated here, mirrors are decidedly inefficient reflectors. Why spend money for all the lumens you get from HID lights, and sacrifice anywhere from 25% to 30% of that light? Get a good reflector/hood and have it powder coated flat titanium white. That would be the best...

My room is 12 x 12 x 8 and I've only had three out of 8 lights (400w'ers) running at any given time. During the peak heat of the day, the temps were creeping up on the 90 deg mark. Eventually, I'm gonna have to be able to run 8 (or 10) 600w lights in order to make this whole endeavor worthwhile...