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  1. KBkiller42

    Can I vent into ceiling? please help

    Hey guys Im still having little bit of a heat issue since theres no where to really put the hot air other than into the room my closet is in. So i thought maybe i could get the room to drop a few degrees if i vent my cooltube into the ceiling. I am planning on cutting a 4" hole for duct work and...
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    I Need Expert Help PLEASE!!

    thanks man do you think its safe to cut a 4" hole in my ceiling i live on the bottom floor of an apartment. Is it ok to vent right into my ceiling I was thinking about drilling a few small hole to see if its a spot without studs or anyhting then drill big hole in the middle and try and use a...
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    I Need Expert Help PLEASE!!

    I dont have any more money to put into this grow really and if i did its not 300 dollars for an ac that i have to run 12 hours a day my central ac is set to 75 its about 78 in my room 79 in closet cant get much lower very old unit uses shitons of electricity I'm buying some panda film, a staple...
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    I Need Expert Help PLEASE!!

    hey all well my problem is heat. I bought a cool tube for my 400 watt lamp i have a closet roughly 12' x 2' x 7' it has 4 sliding doors. I am cooling the tube with 171 cfm inline jet fan with a few feet of ducting on both sides. I have an oscilating fan blwoing on the plants anohter fan blowing...
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    grow closet need ventilation ideas

    82 is good others would say its not but my temps right now are getting as high as 87-90 my leaves are showing a little bit of heat stress but hopefully ill be getting my cooltube, i'm expecting it today
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    grow closet need ventilation ideas

    poly film you can find either online or your local hydro shop 86 is better but you need to try and get it lower
  7. KBkiller42

    1000watt light keeps cooking plants!

    Your tent is black and its outside it itself is going to absorb heat from the sun. Try to bring it inside into a constant controlled temperature and humidity the reason your plants might not be growing is the humidity could be to high and the plants are sitting in stale hot humid air and...
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    any pics of fox farm or calmag fuckups? either underdoses or overdoses?

    I used fox farm nutes but if you dont know your plants you wont know how much to feed them no matter what nutrients your using if you give your plants to much you can shock them and or give them nutrient burn Always start with 1/2 strength and see how you plants react I feel like its better to...
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    HOw long usually after 12/12 lights does SEX show?

    oh and cloning is best to do before 2 weeks into flower I feel like any training, cloning, tying down, or topping should be done before the plants has its growth spurt
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    HOw long usually after 12/12 lights does SEX show?

    its always been 10-14 days for my plants to show sex, as long as there isn't any light leaks and its getting enough light and your environment is decent you should see sex no later than 3 weeks for most strains I sometimes take clones before I know the sex clones usually take 10-14 to root...
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    grow closet need ventilation ideas

    hey man im setting up my second grow and its similar to yours my 400 watt pumped out too much heat so i ordered a cool tube im just going to remove socket on my ballast/reflector and wire the ballast to the cool tube. ill let you know if it works i should be getting it tomorrow. I would say you...
  12. KBkiller42

    A Bored Electrician to Answer Your Questions

    I don't understand. If for whatever reason the light socket on your reflector broke would you not just wire a new one on? Im basically replacing my light socket with a cool tube and socket connecting it to my ballast with the same wires that were putting power to my old socket. I don't know...
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    Mixture of lights?

    blue is better for veg and red is better for bloom but ive always heard its good or at least its ok to mix spectrums. Im no expert but more light is more light. Im pretty sure you could grow with either spectrum all the way through
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    A Bored Electrician to Answer Your Questions

    hey i was wondering if you could help me out I have a self enclosed ballast/reflector/light socket system Because of temp problems i want to get a cool tube Could i simply take off the socket to expose the wires and attach the female end of an extension cord to it and plug the cool tube right...
  15. KBkiller42

    Any ideA on strain....5 weeks flowering

    my guess would be a sativa, going by the long skinny leaves looks like she needs another 3 weeks to fatten up so probably an indica sativa mix mostly sativa traits though
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    ebay grow tents

    all over this site people re saying stay away from the white pvc ones, ive read peoples stories about the toxic off gassing of the"highly reflective pvc liner" but they still sell some with the white lining
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    ebay grow tents

    alot of them say non toxic white plastic pvc lining
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    ebay grow tents

    are all grow tents with white pvc lining toxic to plants. how do i know which ones are and are not toxic
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    need help wiring cooltube

    yes thank you for the help I'm hoping my temps will be good if i get the cool tube run it with a 232 cfm fan and use my 171 cfm jet fan with carbon scrubber.
  20. KBkiller42

    need help wiring cooltube

    ok well the problem is the ballast is enclosed with in the reflector. so in order to have a cool tube i think i would need to splice the cool tube wiring and splice the wires going to the socket on my reflector and connect it to my cool tube using an extension cord. I am just assuming this could...
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