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I can't be certain, but I'd guess female. I see what could be a pistil, and don't see anything ballsy looking. The plant is big enough that it should be showing it's sex plainly I think. If it had balls, I'd say you'd know it by now. It frustrated the shit out of me my first grow (this grow)...

Thanx to Khujo for letting us in on this: Check the "button" inside of the mogul socket. It's either gonna be a pulse rated button, or a copper "strip", that the base must contact to light. Older/cheaper mogul bases will have the copper strip. you can bend it upwards to make sure the base of...

Do not take this as gospel, but on all the sites I've been on, one of the common schools of thought is that you can use either an HPS or a MH for both vegging and flowering. The spectrum of an HPS is more suited for flowering, the MH for vegging. From what I can gather, an HPS would be preferred...

I gotta agree with khujo. We know the bulb and ballast work outside the cabinet. It could very well be the socket. Khujo knows more than I about them. My only other guess would be a short in the wire when you put it in the cabinet. I've NEVER heard of an intermittant failure in a ballast. They...

Dude, you got me fucked up! It HAS GOT to be something simple. Something we aint seeingHere is a pic of one of my lights. The power supply cord is 6', the ballast housing has the cap, and ignitor in it, and there is 20' of cord between the ballast and the reflector. I used wire nuts, same as...

You're doing hydro? I am clueless about Hydro. I was starting to think that dirt was too complicated for me.

ChknHwk, I don't know about that. After I harvest this one in a week or two, I'll try it. I do know that HPS will burn MH bulbs with no apparent probs. I tried one of those conversion bulbs. I ordered either a Phillips (I forget what they call thiers), Or a GE Chroma-fit. Those are not supposed...

Will do. I'll post pics if anyones interested. What would I do, just rinse the ball well?

I have a plant in one thats finishing flowering and is about 2 weeks from harvest. It doesn't SEEM to have harmed the plant, but then I have no idea what it would have done if the pot had been opaque. AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!! Sometimes I think WAY too much.

.24 oz would be the right amount given the parameters you gave. Of course, that doesn't take nutes, or other environmental factors into consideration.

I am using some 4 gal and 5 gal buckets for my growing pots. These are really convenient, especially the 4 gal pots, as they are square. They are a translucent white. Are these ok to use as pots? It didn't seem to make a diff with the first grow (Such as it was). As usual, I got to thinking...

All my lights are re-worked, modified commercial lights. When i separated the bulb mogul socket from the ballast, there was no provision to ground the reflector. The reflectors were not grounded from the factory. I have grabbed, knocked myself in the head etc with my reflectors, no shocks. not...

I certainly am not trying to say that you don't know what you're talking about. I am on MY FIRST grow. So you probably got me beat by at least a couple grows. But as someone who deals with light, intensity and color temperature on a daily basis, I can assure you that no matter where it comes...

I have 20' of wire between the ballasts and my bulbs, no problem. 2 have 16 ga, and the rest have 14 ga. Now mine are all 400w, 250w MIGHT be different, but I doubt it. Your problem is either the bulb, or the ballast, and I'm betting it's the bulb. ballasts are really pretty simple, they can...

Lowes: Home Depot: Now granted, Home Depot has gone up. 2 months ago, they were ther same price as Lowes. As for the "Agro Grade" bulb, sorry, but light is light. 50,000 lumens at 5600 deg K is the same light, no matter which bulb you use. The only appreciable difference in...

As has been pointed out, the HID lights are way more efficient as far as lumens per watt. I'm curious, I figured out my electric usage, and found that each 400w is costing me less than $18 per mo. Is the electric included in the rent? That would make the LandLord antsy, but you could agree to...

I wonder why they say it won't work? I am burning MH bulbs with my HPS ballast, with no apparent problems. In fact, when I got my lights (Salvaged commercial high bay lights) I got some MH ballasts, but the ones that were clearly marked as HPS had MH bulbs in them, so the factory was obviously...

At the risk of sounding condescending, Are you expecting the bulb to light up full tilt immediately?HID lights take a good 5 or more minutes to get to full brilliance. If I have to unplug my HPS for whatever reason (For pics), sometimes the bulb takes a few minutes to come back on when I plug...

Personally, I'd rather deal with the unbathed hippies than a bunch of radically right-wing, gun-toting paramilitary types with an agenda. (although I can see where that would be needed these days)

Should be fine. My bulbs are about 12 to 14 in from the tops. 400w HPS. I kept them about there for the vegging as well with MH. As long as the tops aren't burnt, getting them as close as possible is common advice on almost every growing forum. Must be true.