hellbender1
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all i can say is htg supply diy build kit cheapest youll find and not difficult to build.
Cfl Proximity To Foliage
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Warriorbuds
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I just read this whole thread(thanks in part to some OG Kush).....cfl box, newbie who now has, some great info! TY for all who have contributed to this thread!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Xrangex
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Haha, already there buddy XDso basically you want so many fucking cfls that you realize you just spent enough money on cfls that you could have had a 600hps and had 4x the useful light as you have now.
i kinda get what the OP is saying, buying 200 watts worth of 40 watt cfls and moving them all around the plant is better than buying some 250 watt hps and just hanging it on top. Better to just litter the top, left, right, back and even your door with massive amounts of CFL spam that way your plant gets maximum light coverage and grows out on all directions
I looked through 4 lowes in MA and NH but I couldn't find the Y-connector that splits a a socket into two sockets. I checked True Value and a bunch of other hardware stores too. Being a sketch mofo I didnt want to look suspicious buying tons of grow-equipment in the same place lol.. Ends up lowes stopped carrying them a few months ago. But then I went to Home Depot and they had boxes of em for cheap! like 1.50 for 1.
so..
Your best bet is going to home depot or ordering them online. You can find them in the electrical section near the switches/outlets.
so..
Your best bet is going to home depot or ordering them online. You can find them in the electrical section near the switches/outlets.
FresnoFarmer
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They are called twin socket splitters, not y-connectors. Go to HD and ask where the Twin Socket Splitters for light bulbs are and they should take you right there. You can get them online as well.
roachfinder
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whats the best soil?
Systema
Active Member
depends on your experience
newbie = soil
Think you know = soil
you know some = coco + perlite
you know good = hydro or soil
you know a lot = soil or hydro or coco
roachfinder
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ok i know good. maybe alot. its all soil. but ok? i was thinking fox farm ocean floor or some veganics. i cant afford much or id already have a hydro set up with son agro bulbs and a shit ton of advanced nutrients
essdizzle68
Member
Depending on your region, BACCTO potting soil is high in N and slow-release fertilizers. Look it up on google or bing, should give you good results on soil content. I am very impressed with this product.
Roach, I have been using FFOF on my second grow and I love it! It's very loose with tons of nutes, and I have yet to feed my plants on my second week of flowering. And it is also ph balanced between 6.2 and 6.8. You can get 1.5 cu ft for $36 on amazon, so it's a little pricey but my fruit spirit is about 22" on week 6 of growing with lots of budsites and i'm using cfl's. That's the only thing I have tried though besides regular soil.
essdizzle68
Member
The best soil(less) mix I have found is manufactured by BACCTO. Not sure if they service all fifty states but you should have no problem googling them.
tre93543
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I disagreewith keeping the cfls 1 inch away. I am using 10 cfl bulbs ranging from 23 watt to 45 watt. during vegging, keep them 2-4 inches away from the leaves, but during flowering, the heat from the lights was burning my girls hairs. I moved them about 10 inches away, and all is great now. here is how i am set up
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