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  1. ballist

    Hardwater? Nutrient burn? Fungus?

    I find dirt much easier to be honest. I have also had success with hempys which I find easier than dirt in a number of ways. Sure you can use the nuits you have in dirt. Mg might be pre loaded with nutrients so be careful
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    Heatsinks for DIY LED lamps

    I am thinking this could be quite a usuable profile for led grow lights http://www.birminghamaluminium.com/heatsink_detail/148
  3. ballist

    Hardwater? Nutrient burn? Fungus?

    My last grow I used city punch which was aroun 150ppm and in the beginning I added GH flora duo and bougth in upto 450ppm for the first week or 2. I had a plant in hydro that looked a little like yours that I tried to save but failed. Every time I thought it was improving I would add some nuts...
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    KIND LED GROW 700 watts - 710 cheese first time grow

    I thought I read somewhere is your thread you had 330 sqf to play with? If it was me, I would put the veg tent upstairs and flower downstairs, but in all honesty I would try and avoid using upstairs. Do you have any target yields in mind? It will pay in the long run to try and keep it simple...
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    Heatsinks for DIY LED lamps

    Very nice thanks. I have some work to do now :)
  6. ballist

    Heatsinks for DIY LED lamps

    does anyone know where to buy uncut lengths of extruded aluminum in EU? From memory back when I was in au land it was much cheaper to buy uncut extruded from a wholesaler than buying cut lengths in retail. I think it was 2m standard length.
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    Matched ballast ??

    and last a hell of a lot longer. Go factor that into the cost equation. I've heard the sales pitch and bought it before, no more!
  8. ballist

    Matched ballast ??

    personally I would just add a 315cmh bulb to the 600. cheaper than those eyehortilux dual bulbs by far.
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    Matched ballast ??

    Use with Magnetic Core and Coil ballasts only with an ANSI rating of S52 - See more at: http://www.eyehortilux.com/products/high-pressure-sodium#sblue they are bloody expensive though :)
  10. ballist

    Matched ballast ??

    Some bulbs can break down with certain electronic ballasts due to the frequency they run the ballast at, basically causing metal fatigue. You wont get the problem with a good old reliable mag ballast. save your pennies and stay away from the electronic ones as my experience is 2 broken...
  11. ballist

    KIND LED GROW 700 watts - 710 cheese first time grow

    You really should have another think about what your doing as it sounds way more complicated than in need be. I ran 3 tents (3x3 4x4 and I forget ). The 2 larger tents where for flowering while the other tent was my veg tent. All of this was in 1 room which was about 13sqm. I ran the exhaust...
  12. ballist

    buying equipment first time. Previous setup DIY

    The ebay seller seems ok, 99,8%positive feedback. If you want to save some cash get a mag ballist.
  13. ballist

    KIND LED GROW 700 watts - 710 cheese first time grow

    why not put both tents in 1 room, it would simplfy things I think. I don't really understand your question, thats true! In any event you would want a bigger exhaust than intake.
  14. ballist

    Hardwater? Nutrient burn? Fungus?

    I really don't know what you did but my guess is you overfed them at first and caused the leaves to burn and now your starving them. I guess by now they are dead anyway as your not been back for a couple of days
  15. ballist

    KIND LED GROW 700 watts - 710 cheese first time grow

    exhaust should be bigger than intake. Ypou want a slight negative pressure inside the tent to keep the smell under control otherwise air will leak somewhere and you will blame the carbon filter for the smell ;)
  16. ballist

    Economical multi LED Chip Projects for Growing

    I believe you can solder copper to aluminum, the hard part is getting rid of the aluminum oxide with a suitable flux.
  17. ballist

    diesel berry by auto seeds

    Autos are like that. You stuff up an auto early your doomed for a poor yield. I would throw them out and start again.
  18. ballist

    DiY LED - Cree CXA3070

    Yes it would work. You would need approx 1,6amps for 8 fans. An old computer psu would be able to do that but not the greatest for efficiency.
  19. ballist

    Marshydro Led grow...

    It probably will make a nice veg panel or supplement the hps with it but it does sound like your really chasing yield. To replace a 600w hps 400+ watts of good quality leds beware how they market leds. Most just multiply the number of leds by their maximum dissipation but typically they are...
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    IF you are new to LED and want help choosing what to buy, POST HERE!

    I am thinking of another project after this, designing a custom led driver.will start a thread on that once I get time and some more ideas.
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