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The Issues: Most of my fan leaves have turned yellow then dried up and died (all on the Strawberry Hazes). While bud sites are plentiful I am at 9 weeks of flower (both hazes are expected to run 11 weeks and the kush should haze been finished by week 8.) the buds are looking underdeveloped and...

nope, won't work. I know because I've tried it, the results weren't so pretty

Thanks for the replies, the ballast was and will remain outside of the chamber. I was also running the fan from outside chamber for all of the test configurations. The light is mounted vertically and exhaust is being pulled from the top. Generally what CFM is suitable for exhausting a 400 HPS?

Greetings friends, It's been a while but I'm back and trying to set up my first legitimate grow chamber. The dimensions are 2'Dx3.5'Wx5'H flat white painted walls. I have a 400 watt HPS light with a magnetic ballast and the light is housed in a 6" diameter cooltube I have a Eleicent inline fan...

There are many plants that naturally repel insects, they've been in use since the beginning of horticulture... I feel like a cheap bastard for just posting a link but this should help alot more then anything I can write... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_repellent_plants

lol, please tell me you you don't mean a 150W incandescent... Been there, Done that, Took pictures, Had laughs... From the size of your plants, there's no need for side lighting quite yet. Focus on getting the right lighting up top. 1 23w CFL will work for now, expect at least 6 during veg. and...

1. Nope, this is perfectly acceptable. It only becomes a problem if you are using extremely high wattage lights at which point the refraction of the light through the water drops could possibly burn the plant. 2. Probably not, idea is sound but it would take a miniature ecosystem to get...

I'd vote use them, just because you got 4/5 males on the first attempt it doesn't give any indication of how the next attempt will turn out... hell that's probably where all of your females are hiding!

hey Doe, your first grow is almost like a flash back to my first grow, lol. In regards to your backyard soil it is pretty sketchy, there's no way of know the NPK values or the PH. while it is possible to grow with it, it would take some experience reading the plants to know what nutes it needs...

A seed, soil and sunlight. This works for most plants. I've had great results growing basil, rosemary, thyme... etc. with this method

There are 2 ways to create feminized seeds, First is to use hormones on a pure female plant to cause it too hermie and the second is to stress a pure female (with lighting) into hermie... Of the two the second option is much more difficult but is preferable because the seeds aren't exposed to...

I've used CFLs for flowering, while I wouldn't recommend it for commercial growing, It does the job just fine for a personal stash. Just remember the strengths of CFLs keep them close to the plant (at the very least within 6 inches) and total coverage (you want a light targeting every section of...

The gel wouldn't convert any of the light to blue it would just filter everything that wasn't blue. You would be drastically reducing the intensity of your lighting, I would recommend just sticking with what you have, HPS isn't as good as MH for veg but that doesn't mean that it's not good!

Sex is predetermined, Some time ago some on these boards suggested that you could increase your fem ratio by choosing only seeds with a small indent near the point. I'm not sure if it was actually proven, I can say with certainty that of the after hearing that I inspected my last batch seeds...

As a general rule anywhere between 24 to 18/6 is good practice in veg stage, especially for newer growers. ***A Possibly Interesting Side Note*** As for the cycles closer to 14/10 that you've been hearing about it's based off the idea that that the "homogeneous" conditions of indoor growing...

Sorry I'm SOOOOO late for the party, but I have grown it and loved it. It was my first grow so I did just about everything wrong but the plant just refused to die. In the end I got a fair yield that kept me and my friends extremely happy. Good sativa high. I've had dreams about growing it again...

Today I told my mom "I've smoked pot on several occasions and enjoyed it, I don't do it excessively or even regularly but I will most likely do it again and continue too. I am growing 2 plants, mostly as an personal experiment, but also because I don't like to associate with the drug dealers in...

It doesn't say what they are, but the line "Same quality of light as Soft White bulbs" leads me to believe that they are soft white as well which would be the 2700K spectrum, you are looking for cool white or daylight, they will appear blue-ish as opposed to peachy

Now I know many of you who are setting up you're first grow have been told to never (EVER!) to use incandescent or halogen lights. If you're like me you are probably on a tight budget, eyeballing those insanely low prices and wondering how much of this advise is practical versus a purist society...

Thanks alot for the advise Shaman. I just finished cutting the boards for the box, I'll paint them tomorrow and I'll probably have the new lighting built by thursday. I haven't really seen anyone talking about general height/growth expectations, only seen pictures. any idea if I'm in a good...